474 Lxxxii. EEiCACEis. (C. B. Clarke.) {Rhododendron. 



differs from some large-flowered glabrous examples of B. formosiwm, except by the 

 crisped-erenulate margin of the corolla. 



40. Xt. cinnabarinum, Hook. f. Mhod. Sihki7n Himtd. t. 8; leaves 

 oblong or elliptic glabrous, pedicels terminal clustered, calyx-lobes small 

 unec[ual or obsolete, corolla^tube long narrow campanulate, lobes ovate, 

 flovrers orange rose or bricli-red. Hook. f. in Joum. Hartic. Soc. Land. vii. 80, 

 101 : Hook. Bat. Mag. t. 4788. R. Roylei, Book. f. Mhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 7. 

 R. blandfordi^florum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4930 ; Fl. des Serves (1856), t. 1173; 

 Gard. Chron. 1856, 548, with fig. ; 1871, 236, t. 63 ; lUuatr. Hoi-tic. ser. iii. t. 

 112.— Rhododendron sp., Gi-iff. Itin. Notes, 194, n. 1072. 



Siickim; alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. Bhotan; alt. 10,000 ft., Griffith. 



A shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 2-3 by 1-lf in., acute or obtuse, beneath mealy white or 

 cinnamoneous with scattered glandular scales ; petioles ^— ^ in. Pedicels J-^ in., 

 squamose or glabrous ; bracts glabrous with ciliate margins. Corolla 1^ by | in., 

 pendulous. Stamens 10 ; filaments pilose at the base. Ovary 5-celled, glandular- 

 scaly. Capsule J-^ by j- in. Seeds ovoid or trigonous ; testa close, hardly produced 

 at all. — A most variable plant. 



41 . R. XLeysii, Niitt. in Hook. Kew Joum. v. (1853) 353 ; leaves lanceo- 

 late narrowed at both ends glabrous, pedicels pseudo-terminal clustered on short 

 axillary spurs, calyx-lobes minute, corolla-tube long cylindric lobes ovate, 

 flowers pale brick-red whiter at the mouth. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4875 ; Fl. des 

 Serves (1856), t. 1110; Segel Gnrtenfi. (1863) t. 416.— Rhododendron sp., 

 GriJ. Itin. Notes, 141, n. 655 and 190, n. 1010 and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 618. 



Bhotan; alt. 8-10,000 ft., Griffith, Booth. 



A shrub, 2-6 ft. Leaves S\ by 1 in., acute, base cuneate, beneath cinnamoneoiis 

 with scattered glandular scales ; petiole ^-1 in. Pedicels \ in., scaly ; bracts J in., 

 hairy. Corolla -I by j in., pendulous ; lobes hardly spreading. Stamens 10 ; fila- 

 ments wooUy below. Ovary o-celled, glandular-scaly. Seeds oblong; testa close, 

 produced as a crest at one end. 



42. R. triflorum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 19 ; leaves elliptic 

 acute glabrous closely minutely scaly beneath, pedicels 1-5 fascicled terminal, 

 corolla yellow, tube short campanulate, lobes ovate obtuse erect-patent. Fl. des 

 Sei-res, vii. t. 673. R. virgatum var.. Hook. f. in Joum. Hort.ic. Soc. Land. 

 vii. 96. R. deflexum, Griff. Ic. Fl. Asiat. t. 619. — Rhodoracea, Griff. Itin. 

 Notes, 192, n. 1046. 



Sikkim and Bhotan ; alt. 7-8000 ft., Griffith, J. B. H., &c. 



A shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 2^ by 1 in., obtuse at the base ; petiole \ in. Pedicels 

 \j—^ in., scaly ; bracts i-f in., obovate, scaly, ciliate ; bracteoles ^ in., linear. Calyx- 

 lobes subobsolete. Corolla-tube 1 in., lobes | in , often scaly without. Stamens 10 or 

 8; filaments densely woolly near the base. Ovary 5-celled, scaly; style glabrous. 

 Capside i by J in. Seeds oblong, acute ; testa close. 



Sttbgenus TV. Rhodorastrum (Sect. Ma.xim. Rhod. As. Orient. 16). 

 As Eurhododendron ; but pedicels axillary, solitary, each sheathed at the base 

 by several large caducous bracts. 



43. R. virgatum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 26, A ; leaves 

 narrowly oblong acute glabrous glandular-scaly beneath, calyx-lobes small ovate 

 obtuse, corolla purple, lobes 6 ovate entire spreading as long as the campanulate 

 tube. Hook. f. in Joum. Hortic. Soc. Land. vii. 81, 95 (exd. syn. R. triflorum) ; 

 Hook. Bot. Jitag. t. 5060.— Azalea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 156, n. 776. 



SiKxiM; Choongtam, alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H. Bhotan; alt. 7000 ft., Griffith, 



