Rhododendron.] lxxxii. EEiCACBiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 463 



as the round patent lobes. Sook. Joum. Sot. i. 369 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 725 ; 

 Sot. Mag. t. 6045 ; Secc. Malesia, i. 205. R. tubiflorum and celebicum, DC. 

 Prodr. vii. 725 ; Miq. in Ann. Mug. Lugd. Sat. i. 44, t. 2, A, B. R. 1am- 

 pongum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. Suppl. 585. Vii'eya tubiflora and celebica, Slume 

 Sijd. 855, 854. 



Malacca; Mt. Ophir, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, &c. — Disthib. Sumatra, Java, 

 Celebes. 



A large shrub, all parts more or less glandular and scaly. Leaves 3^ by \ in., 

 base cuneate; petiole i-\ in. Umbels terminal, 2-6-flowered; pedicels J-^ in. 

 Calyx yery smiM. Corolla-tube ^ hy ^ in. StewteJiS 1 ; iilaments glubrous. Ovary 

 6-celled; stigma clavate not peltate. Capsule 1-1|- by 1-i in., acute; valves re- 

 curved to the base, twisted. 



2. R. jasminiflorum, Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 4524; leaves elliptic obtuse 

 Tery coriaceous glabrous glandular-scaly beneath, corolla white tube cylindric 

 thrice as long as the obovate patent lobes. Lemaire Jard. Flew. t. 41 : lllustr. 

 Hoi-tic. (1859) t. 203. 



Malacca ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Maingay. — Distrib. Java. 



A small shrub. Leaves 2^ by 1-1^ in., obtuse, base rounded or cordate; petiole 

 i in. Umbels S-S-flowered ; pedicels J in., pubescent. Calyx-lobes hardly any. 

 Corolla-tube 1^ by i in., sparsely glandular-scaly or glabrous -without. Stamens 10 ; 

 filaments minutely pilose. Ovary 5-celled, glandular scaly; sfyle glandular, stigma 

 subclavate. Capsule 1 by J in., acute, glandular-scabrous ; valves recurved to the 

 base, twisted. 



** Leaves eglanduiar beneath. 



3. R. javanicum, Benn. PL Jem. Ear. 85, t. 19 ; leaves lanceolate 

 narrowed at both ends glabrous eglanduiar, corymbs many-flowered, corolla large 

 orange-red wide-funnel-shaped from a tubular base. DC. Prodr. vii. 721 ; Sot. 

 Mag. t. 4836 ; Fl. des Serres (1847), t. 293 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Sat. i. 

 42, t. 1, B. Vireya javanica, Slume Sijd. ii. 854. 



Malay Peninsula ; Lobb, — Distrib. Sumatra, Java Celebes. 



A large shrub. Leaves 6 by 1^ in., .primary nerves either oblique to or at right 

 angles with the midrib, sometimes obscurely punctate beneath ; petiole ^ in. Unlets 

 solitary ; pedicels 3-12, 1-2 in., nearly glabrous ; bracts 1^ in., linear-oblong. Caly.T 

 obsolete. Corolla 2 in. long, and as much in diam., rose orange or brick-red, 

 glabrous without ; lobes 5, round. Stamens 10 ; filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous 

 or glandular-scaly ; style usually glabrous ; stigma large, peltate. Capsule 1 by i in., 

 acute. 



4. R. moulmalnense, Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 4904; leaves lanceolate 

 acute at both ends glabrous eglanduiar, pedicels 3-4 clustered on short axillary 

 spurs close below the terminal bud, corolla rose-red, lobes elliptic acute much 

 longer than the cylindric tube. Kurz in Jawrn. Ax. Soe. 1877 ii. 216, and For. 

 Fl. ii. 94. 



MouLMEiN ; Thoung-gyrai, alt. .5000 ft., Lobb ; Nattoung Expedition, Parish. 



A stout shrub. Leaves 4 by Ij in. ; petiole } in. Umbels 1-4 together, so that 

 the inflorescence appears a 2— 10-flowered lateral or pseudo-terminal umbel; pedicels 

 1 in., glabrous; bracts 1 in., elliptic, acute, glabrous; bracteoles ^ in., linear, hairy. 

 Calyx-lobes minute. Corolla-tube i in., slightly wider upwards ; lobes 5, f-1 by iin., 

 subacute, erect-patent. Stamens i 0, glabrous. Ovary 5-celled, glabrous ; stigma 

 peltate. Capsule narrow, acute (not ripe), — Kurz failed to distinguish this from B. 

 javanicum ; but the inflorescence is so totally different that according to Maximowicz's 

 views its affinity is with R. Keysii. 



5. R. Tejrsxnannl, Miq. Fl. Lnd. Sat, Suppl. 585 ; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate acute eglanduiar often whorled, umbels terminal many-flowered, coroUa 



