CULTIVATED SPECIES in 



shaped, dark-green, paler beneath. Flowers in corymbs, 

 bell-shaped, distinctly lobed, purple to white. There are 

 numerous varieties. Hardy. 



R. Przewalskii. China. 1899. Compact shrub. Ever- 

 green. Leaves oblong, 3-5 inches, leathery, dark-green. 

 Flowers in compact heads, white, bell-shaped, with rounded 

 lobes. Hardy. 



R. punctatum. N. America. A spreading shrub 6 feet. 

 Evergreen. Leaves elliptic, up to 3 inches long, smooth, 

 thickly dotted with resinous globules. Flowers in com- 

 pact heads, funnel-shaped, i inch across, rose-red, with 

 darker spots. Hardy. 



R. racemosum. Yunnan. 1890. A compact, Box-like 

 plant. Deciduous. Leaves ovate, less than i inch, with 

 scale-like punctures. Flowers in loose terminal clusters 

 with a short tube, spreading lobes, and a conspicuous 

 cluster of stamens. Hardy. 



R. retusum. Java, 3000 feet. 1855. A shrub, 2 feet. 

 Evergreen. Leaves obovate, leathery, dark-green, slightly 

 scaly beneath. Flowers in loose umbels, nodding, tubular, 

 ij inch long, bright scarlet, paler inside. Greenhouse. 



R. Rhodora. N. America. 1767. A deciduous shrub 

 5 feet high, with brown twiggy branches, lanceolate hairy 

 leaves i inch long. Flowers preceding the leaves in 

 April in compact clusters, Honeysuckle-like, rose-purple. 

 Also known as Rhodora canadensis. Hardy. 



R. rhombicum. Japan. 1894. A deciduous shrub 

 4 feet high. Leaves rhomboid, dark-green tinged with 

 purple, smooth. Flowers produced in pairs in April before 

 the leaves, flat, 2 inches across, purplish-rose. Tender. 



R. rubiginosum. Yunnan. 1894. A rigid shrub, 3 

 feet. Evergreen. Leaves ovate, 3 inches long, dark-green 



