472 Lxxxii. EEICACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Blwdodendron. 



A shrub, more or less scaly-glandular throughout, 1-6 ft. ; branchlets very scabrid 

 glandular. Leaves j-l^ in., oboTate and obtuse or lanceolate and subacute, base 

 narrowed; petiole scarcely any. Pedicels ^Ij in., very scabrous. Calpx-lobes ^ id. 

 Cm-oUa-tuhe ^ in.; lobes \ in. Stamens 8, very rarely 10; filaments hairy below. 

 Ovary 5-eelled. Capsule ^-^ by J-j in., erect. Seeds oblong, acute; testa close, 

 hardly produced at the ends. 



84. R. setosum, D. Don in Trans. Wem. Soc. iii. 408, I^-odr. 152; 

 braachlets bristly, leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse scaly on both surfaces and often 

 bristly beneath, pedicels 3-8 clustered short, calyx lobes elliptic, corolla red 

 tube very short, lobes oblong spreading. JDC. Prodr. vii. 7'24:; Hook./. JRhod. 

 Sikkim Himal. t. 20, and in Journ. Hortic. Soe. Zand. vii. 81, 105. K. Antho- 

 pogon, Wall. Cat. 759, partly. 



THivAi. ] Wallich. Sikkim; alt. 13-16,000 ft., j: D. ZT., &c. 



A small shrub, 1 foot. Leaves ^ by f in. ; petiole very short, usually bristly. 

 Pedicels J in., glandular-scaly. Calyx-lobes ^— j by ^-J in., obtuse, glandular-scaly. 

 Corolla-tube J in. ; lobes J by ^ in. Stamens 8, sometimes 10 ; filaments hairy below. 

 Ovary 5-celled, glandular-scaly. Capsule J by J in., ovoid, hardly larger than the 

 calyx-lobes. Seeds (ellipsoid, subacute at the ends ; testa close, not produced. 



35. XI. nivale, Hook. f. Shod. Sikkim Himal. t. 26 ; prostrate, leaves 

 small elliptic, flowers solitary subsessile, corolla rose-red, tube short, lobes 

 obovate-elliptic spreading. Hook. f. in Journ. Hoi-tic. Soc. Lond. vii. 81, 105. 



Sikkim; alt. 13-16,000 ft., Phullong and Kinchinjhow, J. B. H. 



A dense, small bush ; hardly rising 2 in. from the ground. Leaves \-\ in., obtuse, 

 glabrous, scaly on both surfaces. Calyx-lobes ^ in., elliptic, obtuse, unequal. Ci/rolla- 

 tube -g in. ; lobes ^ in., round-obovate ; hairy in the throat. Stamens S or 10; fila- 

 ments hairy below. Ovary 5-celled, scaly. Capsule ^ in. long, ovoid. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, compressed, subacute; testa close, not produced. 



36. Zl. Anthopog'on, D. Don in Mem. Wem. Soc. iii. 409, and Prodr. 

 153 ; leaves petioled elliptic subobtuse at both ends glabrous above densely 

 scaly beneath, pedicels short numerous fascicled terminal, corolla yellow, tube 

 cylindric, lobes vfide-spreading, Wall. Cat. 759, chiefly ; Royle III. 260, t. 64, 

 fig. 2; Lovd. Arb. Brit. 590, t. 1116; DC. Prodr. vii. 725; Hook. f. Mhod. 

 Sikkim Himal. Conspect. 7, and in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 82 ; Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3947 ; Brandis For. Fl. 282. K. aromaticum, Wall. Cat. 1520 (,fde 

 Hook. /., wanting in Herb. Wall. R. palu3tre, Turcz.; DC. Ih-odr. vii. 715. 

 B. parvifolium, Adams in Mem. Soc. Mosc. ix. 237. E. parviflorum, F. 

 Schmidt Beis. in Amurl. 158 (Jide Maxim.). R. fragrans and micranthum, 

 Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient. 16, 18, t. 4, fig. 1-10. Azalea fragrans, Adams ; 

 Boem. et Sch. Syst. iv. 379. A. lapponica. Pall. Fl. Boss. ii. 52, t. 70, flg. 1, A, 

 B. Osmothamnus fragrans. and palhdus, DC. Prodr. vii. 715. 



Alpinb Himalaya; alt. 11-16,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, common. — ^Dis- 

 TEIB. Central and Northern Asia. 



A small shrub, 1 ft. ; branchlets scabrous and densely scaly. Leaves li by J in., 

 cinnamoneous beneath and as it were tomentose from the layer of glands ; petiole 

 ^-i in. Pedicels 4-12, ^,J in., glabrous; bracts ^ in., ovate, hairy. Calyx-lobes 

 |-| in., elliptic, obtuse, margin villous. Corolla-tube i in., throat hairy ; lobes ^ in., 

 elliptic-obovate, obtuse, entire. Stamens 6-8, included. Ovary S-l-celled, scaly ; 

 style ^-§- in. ; 4-5 stigmatic points rising above the widened truncate summit of the 

 style. . Capsule § in., ovoid. Seeds oblong, subacute ; testa lax, not produced even at 

 the ends. 



** Calyx very shortly, or obsoletely lobed. 



37. R. ItZaddenl, Hook.f. BJiod. Sikkim Himal. t. 18; leaves ohlong or 

 elliptic acute glabrous densely scaly beneath, corymbs 4-12-flowered, calyx- 



