

PLATE XXXVI. 



RHODODENDRON PUNCTATUM. 



Doited-leaved Rhododendron. 



CLASS X. ORDER I . 

 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla rotato-infundibu- 

 liformis. Stamina declinata. Capfula 5- 

 locularis. 



Empalement of five divifions. Blollom of a 

 rounded funnel-fhape. Chives bent down- 

 ward. Caplule of five cells. 

 See Rhododendron Dauricum, Plate IV. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Rhododendron foliis glabris, fubtus punclatis; Rhododendron with lVnooth leaves, dotted on the 



viminibus laxis; corollis crifpis, violaceo- under part; flender loofe branches ; blof- 



purpureis. \\ foms crilped, and of a blueifh purple. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Blollom. 



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



3. The Seed-veiled, and Pointal, (natural fize). 



It is to the induftrious refearches of J. Frafier, nurferyman, of the King's Road, Chelfea, we arc 

 indebted for this charming fpecies of Rhododendron, who introduced it in the year 1/92 from the 

 back fettlements of Carolina, North America, where it is native. This fpecies is by far the moft 

 delicate of any yet difcovered on that continent; grows to the height of three, or four feet, and of 

 fufficient hardinefs to refill our winters inthe open ground; a flight protection infures its flowering, 

 as our late frofts are apt to injure the buds, which are very often without that alliflance deftroyed. 

 The beft method of propagating this fhrub is by layers, which fhould be taken off in autumn, and 

 protected the firft winter. It flowers about the month of July, at which leafon this year a drawing 

 was made from a plant, in the nurfery of Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith. It (like moll American 

 plants) delights in fandy peat. 



