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dorso sulcatis ; floribus! axillaribus v. terminali-glomerulatis ; bracteis 
3 v. 0. (Africa austr.?) 
11. RHODODENDREÆ. 
14? Rhododendron T. — Flores subregulares v. Sæpius 1rregu- 
lares ; receptaculo convexiusculo. Calyx subnullus v. e foliolis 5 
liberis varieve connatis constans. Corolla subregularis v. sæpius irre- 
galaris, varie imbricata ; limbo 5-10-lobo v. partito, nunc sub-92- 
labiato. Stamina 5-20, sæpius inæqualia declinata ; filamentis fili- 
lormibus v.subulatis, nunc crassis, varie glanduligeris v. basi pilosis ; 
antheris dorsifixis muticis, poris terminalibus v. rimis brevissimis 
dehiscentibus. Discus sæpe crassus, crenatus v. iobatus. Germen 5-20- 
loculare ; stylo brevi v. longo, incurvo v. declinato, apice capitato et 
septali-5-20-1obo ; lobis stigmatosis annulo brevi cireumeinctis. Ovula 
æ, placentis axilibus projectis inserta, æ-seriata. Fructus capsularis 
hignosus, 5-20-locularis, septicide ab apice 5-20-valvis ; valvis ab axi 
placentifero solutis. Semina , scobiformia ; nucleo oblongo parvo; 
albumine carnoso ; embryone cylindraceo ; integumento reticulato 
utrinque in appendicem v. alam laceram varie producto. — Arbores, 
fruticuli v. frutices, glabri v. varie induti ; foliis alternis v. spurie ver- 
ticillatis, integris coriaceis v. raro membranaceis, annuis v. 2-annuis ; 
floribus axillaribus solitariis v. plerumque inracemosbreves v.umbelli- 
formes corymbososve dispositis. (Orbis utriusque reg. mont.) — 
Vid. p. 196. 
15? ‘Fsusiophyllum MaAxiM.® — Flores fere Rhododendri* ; calyce 
gamophyllo brevi. Corollæ tubus cylindraceus ; limbo brevi deciduo, 
9-lobo, imbricato. Stamina 5, libera; antheris inclusis oblongis, 
introrsum 2-rimosis. Discus 5-lobus. Germen 3-loculare ; stylo gra- 
ci; lobis stigmatosis 3, septalibus, apice cupulari insidentibus. 
Ovula %, placentæ descendenti affixis, descendentibus linearibus. 
Fructus...? — Fruticulus ; ramulis strigosis; pilis squamatis elon- 
gatis ; foliis alternis in summis ramulis confertis ovato-ellipticis v. 
1. Minutis v. minimis. 3. Rhod. as.-or., 12, t. 3, fig. 1-8. — B.H., 
- Spec. ad 15. Hanv., Gen. s.-afric. pl,  Gen., II, 602, n. 48. . 
2, 218. 4. Cujus forte potius sectio. 
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