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rugose, dark-green, 8x4 inches, smooth on both sides, 

 scaly beneath. Flowers few, in loose heads, long bell- 

 shaped, white tinged with yellow at the base, 5 inches or 

 more long and broad, fragrant, calyx lobes large and fleshy. 

 Tender. 



R. occidentale. N. America. 1824. Shrub 2-6 feet. 

 Deciduous. Leaves obovate, rather fleshy, hairy when 

 young, bright-green, 3 inches long. Flowers before the 

 leaves in compact heads, fragrant, tubular, 2\ inches long, 

 white, tinged with rose and yellow. Also known as R. 

 calendulaceum. Hardy. 



R. Oldhamii. Formosa. 1882. A dwarf shrub. De- 

 ciduous. Leaves cuneate, lance-shaped, clustered, hairy 

 when young. Flowers funnel-shaped, 2 inches across, 

 salmon-red. Tender. 



R. ovatum. China. 1844. A virgate shrub 6 feet. 

 Evergreen. Leaves Myrtle-like, i inch long, shining green. 

 Flowers in loose terminal clusters, rotate, i inch across, 

 pale purple. Tender. 



R. parvifolium. Siberia. 1877. An erect virgate shrub 

 about i foot high. Leaves oblong, scaly, green above, 

 rusty beneath, -J inch long. Flowers in umbels, like those 

 of the Myrtle, rose-coloured. Very near R. lapponicum. 

 Hardy. 



R. pendulum. Himalaya, 11,000 feet. 1860. A small 

 shrub with pendulous branches, often epiphytic. Ever- 

 green. Leaves elliptic, i-J- inch long, rust-hairy beneath. 

 Flowers in loose heads, campanulate, five-lobed, f inch 

 long, white, scaly outside, calyx large in proportion. 

 Hardy. 



R. ponticum. Asia Minor and Portugal. 1763. A 

 spreading shrub up to 12 feet. Evergreen. Leaves lance- 



