RHODODEN’DRON IN’DICUM. | 
BRICK-COLOURED INDIAN RHODODENDRON, OR AZALEA., 
im OR DICOTYLEDONE&. 
Natural division 
te which } poi 
this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ERICACEA. 
Artificial divisions PENTANDRIA, 
to which MONOGYNIA, 
this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS. 
No, 160. 
GENUS. Ruopopenpron. Linyavs. Catyx quinque-partitus. Corotia 
hypogyna, vel infundibuliformis vel subcampanulata, limbo quinquefido vel 
rarius septemfido, wquali, vel sub-bilabiato, Stamina hypogyna vel ima 
corollx inserta, ejusdem laciniis numero xqualia (5), vel sepius duplo (10) vel 
(14); flamenta filiformia, adscendentia ; anthers mation, loculis apice _poro 
obliquo dehiscentibus. 
Stryuvs filiformis. Sriema capitatum. CaPsuLa globosa’ vel oblonga, quinque- 
decemlocularis, —* quinque-decemvalvis, columna centrali placenti 
libera. Semrna plurima, testa laxa, re reticulata, scobiformia. Frurices vel 
arbores, i in ae et Asixw mediz alpibus, in ae boreali, in Indiz terra 
conti ntanei; foliis alternis: i tegerrimis, semper virentibus 
CALYCIFLORE 
rruons, @Sa 
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DECANDOLLE, 
vel decid floribus ee a Sioa roseis purpareig, ze) albis. 
' Enpiicuer: Genera Plantaru 59. 
SPECIES. RuopopEenpRON enn (Linn2US) VARIETAS, LATERITIUM. 
(Azavea Inpica, var. LATERITIA). Foutis Le nee obtusis, floribus pentan- 
dris lete ¢ lntebitiis, corollis tubuloeso-campanul 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Leas ee Catyx five-parted. 
Coroita hypogynous or subcampanulate, limb five- rarely seven- 
cleft, equal or slightly two-lipped. Stamens hypogynous or inserted 
into the base of the corolla, equal in number with the segments of the 
corolla, and in that case five, or more frequently double, and then 
ten, or fourteen; filaments filiform, ascending, anthers not pointed, the 
cells opening by an oblique pore at the summit. Ovary five- or ten- 
celled, cells containing many ovules. Sryxe filiform; stigma capitate. 
CapsuLe globose or oblong, five- or ten-celled, becoming either five- 
or ten-valved, by a septicidal dehiscence; the column central, free, 
and placentiferous. SzEDs numerous; testa loose, reticulated, appear- 
ing as if sprinkled with particles of dust. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, RHODODENDRON INpICUM, VARIETY 
BRICK-COLOURED. A SHRUB, two or three feet high, branched, branches 
numerous, giving a very bushy appearance to the plant. LEavEs alter- 
nate, almost sessile, oblong or spathulate, alternate at the base, dark 
