4,66 Lxxxii. EBiCACEj). (C. B. Clarke.) [Bliododendron. 



Vab. nilagirioa ; leaves elliptic or oblong subobtuse, the base rhomboid or often 

 rounded. E. nilagirica, Zenk. PI. Ind. t. 15. E. arboreum, rar. Wight III. 1. 140, and 

 /«. t. 1201. B. nobile. Wall. Cat. 1521, B.— Mts. of South India and Ceylon, alt. 

 5-8000 ft., very common. — The whole of the Deccan material at Kew is very homo- 

 geneous, and unlike the Himalayan ; Beddome's figure {Fl. Sylv. t. 228) from fresh 

 Nilgherry specimens exhibits ho-wever nearly the Himalayan form. 



11 . II. niveum, Sook. f. BJiod. Sikkim JEmcd., Conspect. p. 4 ; leaves 

 lanceolate narrowed at both ends mealy-tomentose beneath not rugose, corolla 

 campanulate lilac. Hook. f. in Joum. Hort. Soc. Land. vii. 78, 93 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4730 ; Lemaire Jard. Fleur. iv. t. 421. Khododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 

 185, n. 947. E. Blumei, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Joum. v. (1853) 366 ?. 



SncKiM Himalaya; alt. 10-12,000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., Clarke. 



Closely allied to R. arboream, but distinet. The leaves do not exhibit the nerves 

 impressed on the upper surface nor is the under surface so softly and opaquely tomen- 

 tose ; and lilac flowers are unknown in R. arborewm. The seeds of R. niiieum are 

 narrow, oblong with a very lax testa, much produced at both ends, and appearing as a 

 margin on both sides, differing fiom the seeds of R. arboremn. The pedicels are 

 longer, often J in. The capsule, which has been supposed different from that of R. 

 arborewm, is nearly the same, usually a little smaller. 



12. It. campanulatunx, Ikm in Mem. Wem. Soc. iii. 410; leaves 

 elliptic subobtuse at both ends with a close cinnamoneous tomentiim concealing 

 the nervation beneath, corolla campanulate pui-ple, ovary and capsule glabrous 

 or nearly so. Wall. Cat. 756 ; Don Prodr. 153 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1944 ; 

 Stoeet Brit. Fl. Gard. vi. (1838) t. 241 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 721 ; Loud. Arh. Brit. 

 589, t. 1114; Bot. Mag. t. 3759 ; Hook. f. in Joum. Hort. Soc. Land. vii. 78, 

 100; Brand. For. Fl. 281. R. seruginoaum. Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 

 22. R. nobile. Wall. Cat. 1521, A, chiefly. R. Edgarii, Gamble Darjeeling 

 List. 52. 



Alpine Himalaya; alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, plentiful. 



A large shrub, 6-16 ft. Leaves 5 by 2J in., often mucronate, glabrous, very 

 closely minutely reticulated above ; tomentum beneath sometimes more lax woolly, 

 sometimes flocculose and deciduous ; petiole J-1 in. Pedicels f-lj in., glabrous ; 

 bracts 1 in., broad-oblong, silky. Calyx-teeth scarcely jL in., broadly triangular. 

 Corolla I-I4 by |-1 in., 5-lobed. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous. Ovary S-9- 

 celled. Capsule |-ly by J-J in. cylindric, more or less curved. Seeds linear-oblong, 

 compressed ; testa scarcely produced except at the end. 



Vae. WallicMi, Hook, f. ; leaves elliptic or oblong tomentum beneath lax often 

 caducous, petiole densely woolly. E. WalEfhii, Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 5. E. 

 planifolium, Nutt. in Hook, Kew Joum. v. (1853) 365. E. Batemani, Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5387.— Sikkim ; alt. 10-12,000 ft.,.^. D. H., &c. Bhotan; Booth. Leaves 

 sometimes 5 by 2 in. 



13. R. fulgrens, Hook. f. Bhod. SikJcim Himal. t. 25 ; leaves elliptic 

 base rounded cinnamoneous tomentose beneath, heads dense, calyx-teeth sub- 

 obsolete, corolla campanulate scarlet, ovary and capsule glabrous. Hook.f. in 

 Joum. HoH. Soc. Land. vii. 79, 100 ; Fl. des Seires, viii. (1852-3) t. 789. R. 

 nobile, WaU. Cat. 1521, in part. 



Nipal; Wallich. Sikkim ; alt. 10-14,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



Similar to R. campamilatum, except as to the points mentioned in the diagnosis ; 

 the leaves are often subcordate at the base. In flower it is at once recognised by its 

 unequalled brilliant colour. 



14. R. Kendrlckll, Nutt. in Mag. Nat. Hist. 2, xii. (1853) 10 ; leaves 

 very narrowly lanceolate acuminate glabrous, heads dense many-flowered, calyx 

 minutely lobed, corolla campanulate bright-red, ovary strigose. Nutt. in Hook. 



