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oblong, punctate above, glaucous and scaly beneath, 2 inches 

 long. Flowers clustered in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 bell-shaped, with spreading lobes, i inch across, flesh- 

 coloured. Tender. 



R. viscosum. N. America. 1734. A deciduous shrub 

 3 feet high, with thin branches, green ovate leaves 2 inches 

 long, with hairy margins and midrib. Flowers in compact 

 clusters, tubular, the lobes spreading i inch across, white, 

 viscous, fragrant. One of the parents of a late-flowering 

 race of Ghent Azaleas. Hardy. 



R. Wightii. Sikkim, 14,000 feet. 1851. A shrub, 6-14 

 feet. Evergreen. Leaves oblong, 7 inches long, dark-green 

 above, rust-hairy beneath, closely reticulate, reddish when 

 young. Flowers, many, in lax heads, yellow, bell-shaped, 

 ij inch long, five-lobed ; ten stamens. Seeds large for 

 Rhododendron. Probably hardy. 



R. yunnanense. Yunnan. 1894. Erect, freely branched 

 shrub 6 feet or more. Evergreen. Leaves elliptic, leathery, 

 hairy, dark-green, 3 inches long. Flowers in loose heads, 

 erect, Azalea-like, 2 inches across, white with crimson spots. 

 Hardy. 



