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Flowers in corymbs, bell-shaped, i inch across, white. 

 Tender. 



R. linear if olium. Japan. 1869. A small shrub with 

 slender branches. Evergreen. Leaves few, linear, hairy, 

 2-4 inches long. Flowers in terminal clusters, corolla 

 divided almost to the base into five narrow, spreading 

 petals, about i inch long, red-purple. Tender. 



R. Maddenii. Sikkim, 6000 feet. 1850. A shrub 8 

 feet. Evergreen. Leaves oblong, glabrous, scaly beneath, 

 6 inches long. Flowers in corymbs, bell-shaped, 4 inches 

 long, with five spreading, rounded lobes, white, tinged with 

 rose, slightly scaly outside. Also known as R. Jenkinsii. 

 Tender. 



R. Malay anum. Mountains of Malaya. 1854. A large 

 shrub. Evergreen. Leaves lance-shaped, scaly beneath 

 3 inches long. Flowers in umbels, tubular, an inch long, 

 red, lobes small, spreading. Greenhouse. 



R. Mariesii. Central China. 1886. A shrub 3-6 feet, 

 with thin branches. Deciduous. Leaves ovate, hairy when 

 young, green and glabrous when mature, 2 inches long. 

 Flowers usually in pairs, rotate, ij inch across, pink with 

 crimson spots. Tender. 



R. maximum. American Laurel or Rose Bay. North 

 America. 1738. A bushy tree up to 40 feet high, trunk 

 sometimes i foot in diameter. Evergreen. Leaves ovate 

 or lance-shaped, leathery, glabrous, dark-green above, paler 

 beneath, 4-12 inches long; flowers fragrant, in umbellate 

 clusters, shallow bell-shaped, divided into five ovate lobes, 

 about ij inch wide, white, rose, or purplish, the stalk 

 and calyx of the same colour. Flowers in midsummer. 

 Hardy. 



R. Metternichii. Japan. 1870. An evergreen shrub, 3 



