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without glass, only covered at night with a mat. Independent 

 of its flowers, it is a striking plant, from the size and beauty 

 of the foliage, which its discoverer compares to those of the 

 rusty-leaved variety of Magnolia grandiflora ; but the green 

 is of a much deeper hue. It grows at an elevation of 10,000 

 feet. The heads of blossoms are very large, and the indi- 

 vidual flowers are large, white, with a dark spot at the base 

 of the corolla. It is a superb shrub. {Bot. Mag., July.) 



331. Rhododendron Hooke^ri Nutt. Dr. Hooker's Rho- 



dodendron. Bootan. 



This is one of the acquisitions of Mr. Booth in his researches 

 in Bootan, who introduced it into the collection of Nuttall, at 

 Nuttgrove, Ranhill, where it flowered in April last. It is 

 really a handsome and brilliant species, forming "entire thick- 

 ets upon the Oola Mountains, accompanied by Pinus excelsa, 

 at 8 to 9,000 feet above the sea level ; the frost and snow at 

 that time, the 20th December, being very severe and con- 

 tinuous. It grows 10 to 14 feet high. Leaves of moderate 

 size ; heads of bloom small ; flowers only medium size, but 

 of a deep crimson scarlet. As the Pinus excelsa is quite 

 hardy, it is hoped this brilliant rhododendron may prove so. 

 {Bot. Mag., July.) 



332. Rhododendron campanula^ta var. Wallichii Hook. 

 Bell-flowered Rhododendron. Dr. Wallich's variety. 



From the interior of Sikkim Himalaya, and named R. 

 Wallichn. It, however, proves to be a variety of campanula- 

 tum, with large blush flowers, and very beautiful. {Bot. 

 Mag., July.) 



333. Rhododendron Blandford^flo^rum. Hook. Bland- 

 fordia-flowered Rhododendron. Eastern Nepal. 



A remarkably distinct species, not uncommon at elevations 

 of 10,000 to 12,000 feet on the Himalayan mountains of 

 Eastern Nepal. It forms a rather tall, sparingly leafy, twiggy 

 bush, with narrow foliage, but with ornamental flowers, 



