Bhododendron.'} Lxxxii. eeicacej). (C. B. Clarke.) 473 



teeth oUoDg, corolla very large white, mouth widely funnel-shaped. Book./, 

 in Joum. Hartic. Soc. Lond. vii. 79, 95 ; Hooh. Bot. Mag. t. 4805 ; Fl. des 

 Sm-ea (1853-4), t. 912; Rev. Hortic. (1855) t. 16; lUustr. Sortie. (1857) t. 

 140. B. Jenkinsii, Nutt. in Hooh. Kew Jowrn. v. (1853) 361 ; Regel Gartmfl. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan ; alt. 6000 ft., J. D. K., 'Booth. 



A shrub, 6-8 ft. Leaves 5-6 by 1^-2^ in., base rhomboid or rounded ; petiole 

 \-\ in. Pedicels J-| in., scaly. Catyx-lobes i in., in fruit nearly \ in., triangular- 

 oblong, glabrous, membranous. Corolla 3-4 in.; lobes 6, rounded. Stamens 18; 

 filaments glabrous. O'jary 10-eelled, scaly. Capsule 1 by ^ in., ellipsoid. Seeds 

 linear-lanceolate, caudate, large for the geuus ; testa close, produced at the ends. 



Vak. calopkylla ; calyx-lobes shorter sometimes ovate obtuse, capsule much 

 smaller. E. cnlophylla, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Jowrn. v. 362 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6002 ; Fl. 

 des Serres, t. 2340 ; Begel Gartenfi. t. 460, fig. 4, 6; t. S77. E. macranthum, Gnff. 

 Jo. PI. Asiat. t. S20, not R. macranthum, Grif. Itin. Notes, 144, n. 690. Ehododen- 

 dron sp.. Griff. Itin. Notes, 198, n. 1134.— Bhotan, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, ^ooth.— 

 The capsules in Griffith's and Booth's (numerous) examples hardly average one half 

 the size of those of R, Maddeni ; the largest capsule in E. calopkylla is hardly | by 

 y in., and its calyx-lobes are not at all enlarged in fruit. The leaves in the two 

 varieties (or species?) are exactly alike. 



38. R. forxnosum, Wall. Rl. As. Rar. iii. 3, t. 207; leaves ohovate- 

 lanceolate acute glabrous or setose-ciliate, corymbs 2-5-flowered, calyx-teeth 

 small, corolla large white widely funnel-shaped. DC. Prodr. vii. 721 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4457 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 216, and For. Fl. ii. 94. B. 

 Gibsonii, Faxt. Mag. Bot. viii. t. 217 ; Fl. des Setres, i. t. 18. 



Bhotan ; Griffith, Booth. Khasia Mts. ; alt. 3-5000 ft., common. Maetaban ; 

 Nattoung, alt. 7200 ft., Ktirz. 



A shrub, 8 ft. ; branohlets glabrous, rarely ferruginous-bristly. Leaves 1-2J in., 

 variable in size, usually broadest above the middle, shortly acute, long attenuate to 

 the base, glands beneath numerous (but not approximate as in S. Maddeni) ; petiole 

 ^-^ in. PcdiceZs J in., glandular-scaly; bracts ^ in., ovate, glabrous, ciliate. Calyx- 

 lobes obtuse, hirsute or glabrous. Corolla 1^-2 in. long and broad; lobes about as 

 long as the tube, round, entire or slightly crenate, sometimes with pink marks. 

 Stamens 10: filaments sparsely pilose. Ovary 5-oe\\ed, scaly. Capsule J by ^ in., 

 erect, symmetric. Seeds elliptic, acute; testa close, hardly produced at the ends. 



Vae. salicifoUa ; leaves very narrowly lanceolate, sometimes 3 by less than ^ in. 

 — £hasia, frequent. 



Tae. intsqualis ; capsule J by ^ in., ovoid, unsymmetric from a very unequal base. 

 — Khasia ; KoUong rock, alt. 5000 ft., H. f. ^ 2\ — This has been considered a dis- 

 tinct species, and may be so, but the flowers are unknown. Branches often hirsute- 

 setose ; leaves entirely without the setose cilise common (but sometimes wanting) in 

 E.formosum. Capsules (of which there are numerous examples) more unsymmetric 

 than in any other Indian Bhododendron, 



39. R. Veitclxianuin, Sbok. Bot. Mag, t. 4992 ; leaves obovate-lanceo- 

 late acute glabrous glandular-scaly beneath, corolla large white or pink wide- 

 funnel-shaped. Fl. des Serres, xiv. t. 1416, xv. t. 1519-20. B. formosum, var. 

 0, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 216. 



MouxMEiN ; alt. 7000 ft., Moolee, Pa/rish, Kure. 



A. shrub, 8 ft. ; sometimes epiphytic ; branchlets glabrous or (in Kurz's example) 

 hirsute. Leaves 3^ by 1-1^ in., base cuneate; petiole ^ in., sometimes hirsute. 

 Umbels terminal, 3-8- flowered; pedicels J in., glandular-scaly; bracts 1 by J in., 

 -acute, villous below. Calyx-lobes small, unequal, sometimes hirsute. Corolla 2-2^ 

 in. long, and broad, glandular-scaly without or nearly glabrous; lobes 6, round, 

 crisped-crenulate. Stamens 12-14; filaments hairy below. Ovary ani base of the 

 style densely glandular-scaly ; stigma large, peltate. Capsule not seen. — This hardly 



