Ehododendron.'] lxxxii. beicacejb. (C. B. Clarke.) 475 



A shrub, 4 ft., 'branchlets scaly. Leaves 2|- by | in., base broadly rhomboid, 

 obscurely glandular-punctate above ; petiole J in. Pedicels i-| in. ; bracts | in., 

 ovate, pubescent. Corolla-tvhe i in. Stamens 10 or 8 ; filaments sparsely pilose. 

 Ovary 6-celled, scaly as is the lower portion of the style. Capsule i by J in. Seeds 

 oblong ; testa produced into a tail at each end shorter than the seed. 



SFECIES IMPEEFBOTLT KNOWN. 



4f4. E. BHOTANicvM, Clarke; leaves oblong or elliptic obtuse with a mucro or 

 acute glabrous sparsely scaly beneath, flowers and fruit unknown. 



Bhotan ; Booth. 



Leaves 5 by 1^ in., base cuneate or rhomboid, much resembling' those of E. 

 Maddeni but the glands beneath are sparsely scattered. Flower-scales in large ter- 

 minal cones, very much larger than those of B. cirmabdrmum or B. Keysii, broadly ' 

 obovate, glabrous, scarcely searious towards the margin, but fringed densely with 

 brilliantly white soft hairs ; in E. Maddeni the flower-scales have the margins 

 searious not fringed. — These shoots represent possibly the species referred to by Nuttall 

 (in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 363) as a second variety of B. camelliieflorum "with 

 foliage almost as robust as B. jenhmm!' 



45. E. Parishii, Clarice \ leaves elliptic narrowed at the base glabrous flnely 

 reticulated beneath without glands, ]ietioles with loose ferruginous wool sometimes 

 continued up the midrib beneath. 



MouLMEiN ; Moolee, alt. 6000 ft.. Parish, n. 1021. 



Branchlet stout with some ferruginous wool towards the extremity. Leaves 3 \ by 

 1^ in., snbobtuse with a- very short point, of a rich brown colour; petiole J-f in. 

 Flowers and capsules unknown. 



46. E. LuciDUM, Nidi, in Hook. Kew Jowrn. v. (1853) 363 ; shrubby, leaves 

 short-petioled obl(ing-lanceolnte acute shining ■ base cuneate glaucous and scaly be- 

 neath, flowers subsolitar'y, calyx-lobes somewhat large oblong-ovate obtuse glabrous, 

 capsules ovate acute 5-8-cellfid. 



Mts. of Ehotan ; beyond the Bhorelli, Booth. 



Hardly distingtiishable from if. Jenkinsii by the leaves, though very distinct in 

 the inflorescence, which approaches nearer that of if. camelliaflorwm. Flowers not seen 

 (Nuttall). 



9. FVXtOIiA, Linn. 



Perennial, glabrous herbs, with short leafy stems and erect annual simple 

 scapes. Leaves alternate, long-petioled, persistent, entire or nearly so. Flotvers 

 in simple racemes, cernuous, white or rose ; pedicels 1-bracteate. Calyx deeply 

 5-lol)ed, persistent. Petals 5, concave, sessUe, deciduous. Stamens 10, hypogy- 

 nous : filaments subulate, glabrous ; anthers incompletely 4-celled, dehiscing by 

 2 terminal pores. Ovary subglobose, 5-celled ; style straight declinateor curved, 

 linear or thickened upwards, top truncate with a 5-lobed stigma ; ovules very 

 many in eRch cell. Capsule sulsglobose, depressed, pentagonal, 5-celled, loculi- 

 cidally 5-valved from the base, crowned by the persistent style. Seeds minute ; 

 testa lax, produced at both ends. — Species 15, in temperate northern regions. 



P. rotundifolla, Linn. ; leaves orbicular or broadly-ovate or -obovate 

 or elliptic, petiole about equalling the blade, calyx-segments broadly ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, style equalling or longer than the petals declinate, stigmatic 

 lobes erect or spreading. 



Nobtb-Westebn and Eastern Himalaya, and the Khasia Mts. — Disteib. Europe, 

 N. Asia and N. America. 



Glabrous. Leaves 1-2 in. diam., narrowed into the petiole, quite or nearly entire, 

 coriaceous, obtuse or subacute. Scape 6-8 in. ; raceme many-fld. Stamens ascending, 



