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R. Griffithianum. Leaves 9 inches long. Flowers fragrant. 

 So far not a success under cultivation. 



R. Delavayi. China. 1894. A bush or small tree, 

 very like R. arboreum. Evergreen. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 leathery, dark-green, brown-felted beneath, 6 inches long. 

 Flowers in compact heads, bell-shaped, with spreading 

 lobes, 2 inches across, bright crimson. Tender. 



R. Edgeworthii. Himalaya, 9000 feet. 1851. A strag- 

 gling shrub 6 feet. Evergreen. Branchlets woolly. Some- 

 times epiphytic. Leaves elliptic with strongly marked veins, 

 rust-hairy on both sides, woolly beneath, 2-4 inches. 

 Flowers in loose heads, broad bell-shaped, five-lobed, 3 

 inches across, white, fragrant Tender. 



R. Falconeri. Himalaya, 9000-13,000 feet. 1850. A 

 sturdy shrub or tree up to 30 feet. Evergreen. Leaves 

 elliptic, 9x4 inches or larger, rugose, clothed beneath with 

 rust-coloured felt. Flowers in crowded heads, bracts large, 

 hairy, corolla bell-shaped, 2 inches long, 7-10 lobed, creamy 

 white. Tender. 



R. ferrugineum. Alpine Rose. European Alps. 1752. 

 A dwarf shrub, i foot high. Evergreen, with Box-like 

 foliage, shining green above, red-scaly beneath, hairy 

 when young. Flowers in small, compact umbels, tubular, 

 with spreading lobes, i inch across, rose red, with small 

 yellowish punctures. Hardy. The var. albiflorum has 

 white flowers. 



R. flamdum (primulinum). China. 1910. A compact 

 shrub 1-2 feet high, branches twiggy and scaly. Evergreen. 

 Leaves Myrtle-like, ovate, less than i inch long, green 

 and scaly on both surfaces. Flowers in clusters of 3-5, 

 shallow, bell-shaped, about i inch long, divided into five 

 wavy lobes, pale-yellow, stamens spreading. Hardy. 



