PLATE CCCLXXIX. | 
-RHODODENDRON | PONTICUM, var. deciduum. 
Deciduous eid Rhododendron. 
CLASS X. ORDER TI. 
_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. | 
Sacre 5-partitus. Corolla rotato-infundibuli- 
teed wihtes of 5 divisions, Blossom wheel- 
formis. Stamina declinata. Capsula | funnel-shaped. Chives declined. Capsule 
5-locularis. 5-celled, 
‘SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
een, foliis lanceolatis deciduis, 
laciniis corolla valde undulatis. 
‘Ruopopenpron, with lanced deciduousleaves, 
and segments of the corolla very = 
" waved, f- 
REFERENCE To. THE PLATE. 
; 1. The empalement and peduncle. : le. 
2. The same, with the chives and thea 
3. A chive detached, Deo petites 
: beautiful plant, which is probably an hybrid” 
me r me Az: nd t Xhodod ndron., Ati is reported to have been raised 
‘The pontic Rhododebdiran’ | is a very sportive species ; varies cial in the formation a Sicor 
of its corolla; and weeded strong variety of it with the flowers of R. maximum. The present 
variety has not any of its undulated flowers spotted with yellow, no more than that which is figured ‘ 
_by Pallas in Flora Rossica : _yet the spotting of the three superior segments of the corolla is pretty con- 
tant ir var ich w 3 and is even present, although faintly, in 4 
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