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orange-red, tubular, 2 inches long, lobes rounded, spread- 

 ing. Greenhouse. 



R. Kcempferi. 1892. Japan. Formerly included under 

 R. indicum, from which it differs in being deciduous, with 

 the flowers in umbels, and having yellow instead of purple 

 anthers. Tender. 



R. kamtschaticum. N.E. Asia and N.W. America. 1802. 

 A dwarf shrub 6 inches high. Deciduous. Branches sub- 

 erect. Leaves tongue-shaped, 2 inches long, herbaceous, 

 hairy. Flowers solitary, terminal ; calyx composed of five 

 green, leaf-like lobes ; corolla carmine-purple with crimson 

 dots, ij inch across, divided at the base into five spreading, 

 oblong lobes i J inch wide, hairy outside ; stamens ten. 

 Hardy. 



R. Keiskei. Japan. 1908. An evergreen shrub, like R. 

 triflorum, about 6 feet high, densely branched. Leaves 

 leathery, green, tinged with brown, petioles red, 2 inches 

 long. Flowers in clusters of 3-5, 2 inches across, shallow 

 bell-shaped, wide-spreading lobes, lemon-yellow ; anthers 

 red. Hardy. 



R. Kendrickii. Bhotan, 7000 feet. 1859. A large shrub. 

 Evergreen. Leaves lanceolate, 6 inches long, green on 

 both sides, hairy when young. Flowers in rather loose 

 heads, bell-shaped, with five broad, spreading lobes, ij 

 inch long, crimson. Tender. 



R. Keysii. Bhotan, 10,000 feet. 1851. A virgate shrub 

 up to 6 feet, branches thin. Evergreen. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, 3 inches long, glabrous, red-scaly beneath. Flowers 

 less than i inch long, in loose clusters, tubular, lobes 

 scarcely spreading, brick-red and yellow. Tender. 



R. Kingianum. Manipur. 1882. A robust shrub with 

 stout, erect branches. Evergreen. Leaves ovate, convex, 



