Bhododendron.] lxxxii. ERicACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 469 



ix. 186, t. 17. R. nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, pa7ily. R. lancifolium, Hook. f. 

 Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 4. 



Tempbeats Himaiaya; alt. 8-12,000 ft. ; from Kdmaon to Bhotak; common iu 

 Sikkim. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 6 by 1^2 in., base rounded, reticulated beneath ; petiole 

 j-J in., -with bristles |-j- in. long, or (on the same branch) smooth. Pedicels j— J in., 

 glabrous ; bracts fin., oblong, hairy. Calyx-lobes 5^ by § in., glabrous. Corolla 1-1 J 

 in. wide-funnelshaped. Stamens 10. Owary S-9-eelled, hairy. Capsule § by f in., 

 hirsute. Seeds oblong, compressed ; testa lax, produced at both ends, and often 

 appearing as a margin round the seed. — The type form of this plant from Nipal and 

 West Sikkim has the leaves generally glabrous ; they are sometimes setose beneath 

 and closely ciliate on the margin. 



Var. Smithii ; leaves furfuraeeoua subtomentose beneath. E. Smithii, Nutt. ms. ; 

 Bat. Mag. t. 5120. Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 145, n. 693 and 169, u. 813 

 a. — East Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 8-12,000 ft., frequent. 



tt BrancUets densely woolly, 



23. R. Ed^ewortlxil, Hook. f. Rhod, Sikkim Jlimal, t, 21 ; leaves 

 elliptic subacute strongly rugose-veinsd above, corolla very large broadly funnel- 

 shaped. Hook. f. in Journ. Hwtic. Soc. Lond. vii. 77, 94 ; Bot. May. t. 4936 ; 

 Reyel. GarterM. v. t. 170 ; Fl. des Serves, viii. (1862-3) t. 797-8.— Erieiaea, 

 Griff. Itin. Notes, 165, n. 770. 



Sikkim Himaiaya ; alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H., &e. Bhotan ; Griffith, Booth. 



A shrub, 4-6 ft., terrestrial and erect or epiphytic. Leaves 4 by If in., base 

 rhomboid, densely ferruginous, woolly beneath; petiole j-J ip. Pedicels j-1 in., 

 densely woolly. Calyx-lobes J by J in,, obtuse, unequal. Corolla 2=^3 in., S-lobed 

 about half-way down. Ovary and style below woolly. Capsule f by ^ in., densely 

 ferruginous-woolly. Seeds linear; testa shortly tailed at each «nd, — There are round 

 glandular scales beneath the wool of the leaves ; the species might be arranged in 

 Series B. 



24. R. pendulum, Hook, f. Rhod. Sikkim Sirnal. t, 13; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong glabrous or thinly floccose above, corolla smfill shortly broadly funnel- 

 shaped. Hook. f. in Hortic. Soc, Lond, vij. 80, 103; Fl, des Serres, vii. 

 (1851-2) t. 662. 



Sikkim Himalaya ; alt. 9-11,000 ft. ; Lachen, J. D, H. ; Jongri and Dikchoo, 

 Clarke. 



Epiphytic ; branches pendulous, 2^4 ft. Leaves H by | in., obtusely rhomboid at 

 both pnds, rusty-woolly beneath ; petiole ^-| in. Pedicels \ in., rusty-woolly. C(dyx- 

 lobes J by J in., obtuse, rose-coloured. Corolla | in., S'lobed about half-way down, 

 glandular without. Capsule 5 by |- in., hirsute. Seeds linear-oblong ; testa shortly 

 tailed at each end. 



Sbeies B. Leaves sprinkled beneath -with sessile round glandular scales 

 (whicb in R. Anthopogon coalesce, forming apparently a tomentmn). Large 

 or small shrubs. 



* Calyx prominently lobed, lobes longer than broad. 



25. Xt. DalhousieB) Hook./, Rhod. Sikkim Himal. tt. 1, 2; leaves obovate- 

 obloDg cuneate at the base glabrous, pedicels 2-5 clustered, calyx-lobes elliptic 

 obtuse, corolla very large campanukte vrhite. Hook, in Journ. Hwtic. Soc. 

 Lond. vii. 77, 93; Bot. Mag. t. 4718; Fl, des Serres, v. (1849) t. 460-8. B. 

 macrocarpos, Gr^. Itin. Notes, 138. 



Sikkim Himalaya ; alt. 6-9000 ft., frequent, J, B, H., &c. Bhotan ; alt. 6800 ft., 

 Griffith, Booth. 



A laxly branched shrub, often epiphytic. Leaves 4-5 by 1^-2 in., obtuse or sub- 



