Bhododendron.] Lxxxii. eeicace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 465 



76, 97 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5552 ; Mev. Hortte. 1855, 431, t. 22.— Rhododendron, 

 Griff. Notut. iv. 303 and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 621. 



Eastern Himalaya; from Nipal to Bhotan, alt. 10-12,000, abundant, Griffith, 

 J. B. H., &o. 



A broad, roiind shrub, 10-20 ft. Leaves 10 by 4 in., obtuse, cuneate or rounded 

 at the base; petiole f-l|- in. Heads many-flowered, dense; bracts IJ by ;|— ^ in., 

 silky ; pedicels 1-2 in., hairy. Calyx subo'bsolete. Corolla 1 J by 1 in., 6-10-lobed. 

 Stamens 14-18; filamentg glabrous or nearly so. Ovary glandular, scarcely pubes- 

 cent, 10-12-eelled. Capsule I^ by J in., narrowly oylindrio, curved, furfiiraceous or 

 subtomentose. Seeds narj'owly oblong ; testa hardly lax or produced except at the 

 end. 



9. 3EI. Falconeri, Hook. f. Shod. Sikkim. Himal. t. 10; leaves large 

 long-petioled elliptic obtuse ferruginous-tomentose beneath, very coriaceous, 

 corolla white or yellowish with purple spots at the base within. Hook. f. in 

 Joum. HoH. Soc. Land. vii. 76, 97 ; Fl. des Serves, v. (1849) t. 477-80 ; 

 xi. t. 1166-7; Hegel Gartenfl. t. 658. R. eximium and venosum, Nidt. 

 in Hook. Kew Jown. v. 364, 365. — Rhododeiidron, Oriff. Itin. Notes, 140, 

 n. 654. 



From East Nipal to Hhotan; alt. 9-13,000 ft., abundant, Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



A tree, 30 ft. ; or frequently a large gregarious shrub. Leaves 9 hy 3-4 in., base 

 obtuse or subcordate, rugose by impressed nerves above; petiole |-1J in. Heads 

 many -flowered, dense; bracts large, densely hairy; pedicels 1-2 in., ferruginous- 

 tomentose. Calyx subobsolete. Corolla 1-2 by f-l^ in.. 7-10-lobed, usually white, 

 sometimes yellow even when young. Stamens 12-16 ; filaments slightly hairy belnw. 

 Ovary densely ferruginous-woolly, 10-16-celled ; style glabrous; stigma very large. 

 Capsule 1-2 by \-\ in., more or less tomentose and curved. Seeds ellipsoid, com- 

 pressed margined. 



tt Corolla4ohes 5, entire or emarginate, stamens 10. 

 (a) Corolla purple, rose or white. 



10. R. arboreum, Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 6; leaves lanceolate or oblong 

 narrowed at both ends rugose-veined on both surfaces silvery or with rusty 

 tomentum beneath, corolla campanulate red pink or nearly white. Hook. Exot. 

 Fl. t. 168 ; Bot. Beg. tt. 890, 1240, 1982 ; Wall. Cat. 755, and PI. As. Bar. ii. 23, 

 t. 123 ; BC. IVodr. vii. 720 ; Hook. f. in Joum. Hort. Soc. Bond. vii. 78, 92 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5311 ; Bedd. Fl, Sylv. t.'228; Brand For. Fl. 281 ; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 93 ; in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 216. R. puniceum, Bo.xh. HoH. Beng. 

 33, and Fl. Ind. ii. 409. R. cinnamomeum, Wall. Cat. 760 ; O. Don Oen. Sygt. 

 iii. 844. R. album. Sweet Brit. Fl. Oard. v. (1838) t. 148. R. Oampbellise, 

 Hook.f. Bhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 6. R. Windsorii, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Joum. 

 V. 1853, 357, var. j3 included (not var. y). — Boorans, Hardwicke in Asiat. Re- 

 search, vi. 359. 



Temperate Himalaya; alt. 5-10,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, very common. 

 Khasia Mts. ; alt. 4-6000 ft., common. Biema ; Karen Hills, Kurz. 



A tree, 25 ft. Leaves 5 by Ij in., acute, rarely shortly so, base cuneate, tomentum 

 beneath usually hard white, sometimes einnamoneons or' more woolly; petiole j-J in. 

 Heads many-flowered, dense ; pedicels O-J in., hairy ; bracts densely hairy. Calyx- 

 lobe^ sometimes ^in., widely ovate, sometimes very obscure. Corolla I-IA by ^-1 in., 

 5-lobed, usually red, sometimes pink nearly white a.s depicted by Wallich. Stamens 

 10; filaments glabrous or nearly so. Ova/ry mealy or ferruginous-woolly, usually 

 7-9-celled. Capsule 1 by |- in., cylindric, curved, furfuraceous. Seeds ellii -loid, 

 testa scarcely lax except produced at the end. — In B. Camjihellia the leaves are 9 by 

 2^ in., with petiole J in. Jn R. Windsori, in all tlie numerous examples collected by 

 Booth, the calyx is, as Nuttall describes, minute; but, in the cultivated p ant {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5008), they are ovate-laueaolate acuminate. 



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