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clusters of two or three; March. Hardy. Introduced from Dahuria 

 1780. 



Rh. Edgeworthii (Edgeworth's). A straggling shrub, witli 

 branches often pendulous. Leaves oval-lance-shaped, 2 to 4 inches 

 long; with margins turned back, surface wrinkled. Flowers, white 

 suftbsed with yellow or pink, 4 inches across, highly fragrant ; corolla- 

 lobes downy beneath with fringed edges ; in clusters of two or three ; 

 May and June. Introduced from Sikkim, 1851, where it grows on 

 rocks and trees. 



Rh. Falconeri (Falconer's). Trunk early branching into two or 

 three, each becoming 2 feet in diam., and 30 to 50 feet high. Leaves 

 shining, very thick and leathery, as much as a foot and a half long, and 

 half as wide, finer than those of the Magnolia. Flowers small, but 

 numerous, white, in dense globose clusters ; May. Half-hardy. Intro- 

 duced from Sikkim, 1850. 



Rh. ferrugineum (rusty). Alpine Rose. Stems branched, 1 to 2 

 feet high. Leaves elliptical, smooth above, covered with rusty scales 

 beneath. Flowers small, funnel-shaped, carmine, in small terminal 

 clusters; May to July. Introduced from Switzerland, 1752. Hardy. 

 There is a white-flowered xsiriGty—albiflorum. 



Rh. Fortunei (Fortune's). A hardy shrub, with stout branches, 12 

 feet high. Leaves narrowly oblong, rounded or heart-shaped at the 

 base, 5 to 7 inches long. Flowers pale rose, drooping, fragrant ; corolla 

 seven-lobed, 3 to 5 inches across ; stamens fourteen ; in loose clusters of 

 eight or ten ; May. Introduced from China, 1859. 



Rh. fulgens (shining). Stems 4 feet high. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 leathery, glossy above, woolly beneath, the margins curled back, 4 inches 

 long. Flowers bright blood-red, corolla shining, with five lobes; in 

 dense heads ; June. Introduced from Eastern Himalaya, 1851. 



Rh. GRANDE (large). Trunks, one to three, branched above, 30 feet 

 liigli. Leaves oblong-egg-shaped, as much as a foot long and 5 inches 

 wide, silvery white beneath. Flowers, 2| inches across, bell-shaped, white, 

 with purple blotch at base; March. Introduced from Sikkim, 1850. 

 Also known as ML argenteum. 



Rh. griffithtanum (Griffiths'). A tall bush or tree, 4 to 8 feet 

 high, with oblong-lance-shaped, shining green leaves, pale and smooth 

 beneath. Flowers pure white, saucer-shaped, 6 inches across, in large 

 loose, terminal umbels; May. Introduced from Sikkim, 1850. Also 

 known as R. Aucldandii. Except in very warm situations, this should 

 have greenhouse accommodation. 



Rh. hirsutum (hairy). Alpine Rose. S'lmiXav to Rh. ferrugineum, 



