PLATE IV. 
RHODODENDRON DAURICUM. 
Dauric Rhododendron. 
rrans x ORDER. IT 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx quinquepartitus, perfiftens. Empatement of five divifions, and remaining. 
Corotza. Monopetala, rotato-infundibulifor- Brossom. One leaf, of a roundith funnel-fhape: 
mis: limbo patente; laciniis rotundatis. the limb fpreading; and its fegments 
rounded. 
Stamina. Filamenta decem, filiformia, longitu- Curves. Ten hair-like threads, the length of 
dine corollz, declinata. Antherz ovales. the bloffom, bent downward. Tips oval. 
Pistiztum. Germen pentagonum, retufum. Poinrat. Seed-bud five-fided, and dented. 
Stylus filiformis, longitudine corolle. Stig- Shaft thread-fhaped, the length of the 
ma um. bloffiom. Summit blunt-ended. 
PericarPium. Capfula ovata, quinquelocularis. Szep-yesseL. Capfule oval, five-celled. 
Semina numerofa, minima, lineares. Szeps many, fmall, and linear. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
dendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis, Rhododendron, with fmooth leaves, naked on 
petiolis longiffimis; corolle violacez, foliis both fides, and long foot-ftalks; the blof- 
ampliores, rotate. foms light purple, larger than the leaves, 
and wheel-fhaped. 
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: REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The Bloffom, (natural fize). 
2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize); one ti : i 
> 2 Pp detached ma fied *. 
3. The Seed-veffel, and Pointal, (magnified). = 
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= — been deferibed, and is well known to botanifts, it has not, till within thefe 
~—" “ si wth 2 een = Great Britain, It is a perfeétly hardy plant, being a native of the coaft 
+ hee a — €as, ane parts adjacent; from whence it has been conveyed to Peterfburg 
peep as, and figured by him in his Flora Ruffica, Mr. Buth was the perfon who brought it 
= ~ “: : = ae a Ruffia. The flowers begin to appear in the month of March, con- 
pas - BR : y- As yet (from its fearcity) the beft method of cultivating it can 
hase miele ae — a theltered fituation, and light foil, like moft of the genus; 
mee - fers . drawing was made from a plant, at the nurfery of Mefirs. Lee 
