PLATE IV. 



RHODODENDRON DAURICUM. 



Dauric Rhododendron. 



CLASS X. ORDER I. 

 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC C 



Calyx quinquepartitus, perfiftens. 

 Corolla. Monopelala, rotato-infundibulifor- 

 mis: limbo patente; laciniis rotundatis. 



Stamina. Filamenta decern, filiformia, longitu- 

 dine corollae, declinata. Antherae ovales. 



Pistillum. Germen pentagonum, retufum. 

 Stylus filiformis, longitudine corolla;. Stig- 

 ma obtufum. 



Pericarpium. Capfula ovata, quinquelocularis. 



Semina numerofa, minima, lineares. 



HARACTEE. 



Empalement of five divifions, and remaining. 

 Blossom. One leaf, of a roundim funnel-fhape: 



the limb fpreadingj and its fegments 



rounded. 

 Chives. Ten hair-like threads, the length of 



the blolTom, bent downward. Tips oval. 

 Pointal. Seed-bud five-fided, and dented. 



Shaft thread-fhaped, the length of the 



bloilbm. Summit blunt-ended. 

 Seed-vessel. Capfule oval, five-celled. 

 Seeds many, fmall, and linear. 



Rhododendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis, 

 petiolis longiffimis; corollae violace.x, foliis 

 nmpliores, rotatae. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Rhododendron, with linooth leaves, naked on 

 both fides, and long foot-ftalks; the blof- 

 foms light purple, larger than the leaves, 

 and wheel-fhaped. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Bloflbm, (natural fize). 



2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize) ; one tip detached, (magnified). 



3. The Seed-venel, and Pointal, (magnified). 



Although this flirnb has been deforibed, and is well known to botanifts, it has not, till within thefe 

 very few years, been feen in Great Britain. It is a perfectly hardy plant, being a native of the coaft 

 of the Black and Cafpian feas, and parts adjacent; from whence it has been conveyed to Peterfburg 

 by Dr. P. Pallas, and figured by him in his Flora Ruihca. Mr. Bufli was the perfon who brought it 

 to England, on his return from Ruffia. The flowers begin to appear in the month of March, con- 

 tinuing through April and May. As yet (from its fcarcity) the belt method of cultivating it can 

 icarcely be known ; but it feems to like a fheltered fituation, and light foil, like moft of the genus; 

 and has been increafed by layers. The drawing was made from a plant, at the nurfery of Melfrs. Lee 

 and Kennedy, Hammerfmith. 



