412 LXIV. ERICACEAE [Rhododendron 



(b) Calyx deeply lobed. 



a. L. large, more than 2 in. long. 



26. R. DalhousiEe, Hook. f. Sikk. Rhod, tt. 1, 2. Sikkirn 6-9,000 ft. Manipur, 9,000 ft. 

 Yunnan. An epiphytic shrub, 6-10 ft. high, 1. approximate near the ends of branches, 

 blade 4-5, pet. J in. long. Heads of 2-5 large, scented fl., 3i in. long, 3 in. across at 

 mouth, corolla white, pink when fading. 27. R. Nuttallii, Booth. Bhutan, 4-5,000 ft. 

 Similar, 1. larger, rugose above, sec. and tertiary n. prominent beneath, calyx-lobes 

 j in. long. 28. R. Maddeni, Hook. f. Sikk. Rhod. t. 18. Sikkirn 6,000 ft. Bhutan. 

 Naga and Manipur hills 8-10,000 ft. A shrub 6-8 ft. high, 1. densely scaly beneath, 

 blade 4-6, pet. J— 1 in. long. Corymbs 4-12-fld., calyx-lobes oblong, often unequal, 

 corolla white, 3-4 in. across. 



29. R. Bootnii, Nutt. Bhutan. Epiphytic, branchlets and petioles villous with long 

 hairs, young 1. sprinkled with long lax hairs, adult 1. hairy on the margin, blade 4-5, 

 pet. J in. Corymbs dense, many-fld., corolla yellow. 30. R. ciliatum, Hook. f. Sikk. 

 Ehod. t. 24. Sikkirn 9-10,000 ft. A small rigid shrub, branchlets, petioles, edge of 1. 

 and pedicels with long soft bristles, 1. acute, blade 2J-3 in., pet. J in. Corymbs of 2-6 fl., 

 corolla white, rosy on fading. 31. R. camelliseflorum, Hook. f. Sikk. Rhod. t. 28. East 

 Nepal to Bhutan 9-13,000 ft. Corolla white, shortly campanulate, lobes widely spread- 

 ing, 1J in. across, capsule J in. long, densely clothed with glandular scales. 32. R. 

 glaucum, Hook. f. Sikk. Rhod^ t. 17. Sikkirn and Bhutan 10-12,000 ft. A small shrub, 

 with strong resinous smell, 1. glaucous, almost white beneath, blade 2-3, pet. £ in. 

 long. Corymbs 4-10-fld., pedicels and calyx densely covered with glandular scales, 

 corolla pale pinkish-purple, 1 in. across. 33. R. leptocarpum, Nutt. Bhutan, im- 

 perfectly known. 



(3. L. small, under 2 in. 



34. R. lepidotum, Wall. ; Boyle 111. t. 64 (S. salignum and elceagnoides, Hook. f. Rhod. 

 Sikk. t. 23). Higher ranges of the Himalaya from Kashmir eastwards 9-15,000 ft. 

 A small aromatic shrub, 1. J-l in. long, sessile or nearly so. El. yellow or purple, 

 solitary or 2-3 together, pedicels 4 _ 1J i n - long, scabrous, calyx-lobes not ciliate. 35. 

 R. pumilum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikk. t. 14. Sikkirn 12-14,000 ft. Stems slender, creeping 

 among moss, 1. i in. long, fl. 1-3 together, pedicels 1—24 in. long, corolla campanulate, 

 rose-coloured. 36. R. setosum, D. Don ; Hook, f . Rhod. Sikk. t. 20. Sikkirn 13-16,000 ft. 

 Small, attains 12 in., with strong resinous smell, branchlets, petioles, edge of 1. with 

 long soft bristles. El. 3-8, pedicels short, corolla red, 14 in. across at mouth, lobes 

 narrow. 37. R. nivale, Hook. f. Sikk. Rhod. t. 26. Sikkirn 13-16,000 ft., prostrate, fl. 

 solitary rose-col'd., nearly sessile. 



38. R. Anthopogon, D. Don ; Royle 111. t. 64. Tofe, Pb. ; TaUshang,~Kun. Himalaya, 

 from Kashmir eastwards, 11-16,000 ft. Yunnan. Eastern Siberia (R. fragrans, Maxim). 

 A small gregarious shrub, strongly aromatic, 1. 1-14. in. long, upperside shining, under- 

 side brown tomentose and scaly. El. yellow, in dense terminal corymbs, corolla 

 delicate, translucent. 



II. Capsule linear, valves membranous, placentas separating from a slender 

 central axis as 5 filiform ribs, attached to the apex. 



39. R. moulmainense, Hook. Hills of Martaban, Tenasserim and Upper Burma. 

 Zalat pyu, Burm. A large shrub or small tree, 1. glabrous on both sides, blade 4-5, 

 pet. J in. Heads terminal 2-10-fld., calyx-lobes minute, corolla white, tube J in. long, 

 shorter than the 5 erect-patent lobes. 



40. R. vaccinioides, Hook. f. Sikkirn 7-9,000 ft. A small shrub often epiphytic, 

 branches scabrous, 1. scattered, spathulate, 4.-1 in. long, glandular scaly beneath, fl. 

 solitary, corolla white or pinkish. 



Obuek LXV. — Epacridaceae. Leucopogon malayanits, Jack (Styplielia malayica, Drude 

 in Engler u. Prantl iv. i. 78) Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula and Archipel. A small 

 rigid evergreen shrub, entirely glabrous, branches densely leaf3 r , 1. rigidly coriaceous, 

 sessile, linear-lanceolate, mucronate, glaucous beneath, with numerous parallel slender 

 longitudinal nerves. El. 5-merous, white, sessile, in few-fld. axillary spikes, each 

 supported by a pair of bracteoles. Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes bearded within, valvate 

 in bud. Anthers 1-celled, opening by a single longitudinal slit, ovary 5-celled, one 

 ovule in each cell, at the base surrounded by a disk of 5 hypogynous scales. Rpacridece 

 belong almost entirely to the southern hemisphere, nearly all species being natives of 

 Australia. 



