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plant at exhibitions. It is still cultivated in the Magnolia Gardens, near Charles- 

 ton, South Carolina. 



An old and obscure plant is: — 



Rhododendron phoeniceum f . splendens Wilson, n. comb. 



Rhododendron phoeniceum var. splendens D. Don in Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. 

 ser. 2, IV. t. 385 (1837). 



This is said to be a seedling raised from R. phoeniceum G. Don pollinated by 

 R. catawbiense Mich, but the figure shows no influence of the latter plant. That 

 it is a seedling may be accepted, but it is certainly nothing more than a good colored 

 form of R. phoeniceum with only from 5 to 8 stamens. 



A common garden plant in Japan is: — 



Rhododendron phoeniceum var. calycinum Wilson, n. comb. 



Azalea indica calycina Lindley in Paxton, Flow. Gard. II. 169, t. 70 (1852). 

 Rhododendron calycinum Planchon in Fl. des Serr. IX. 81 (1854) ; in Rev. Hort. 



1854, 65. 

 Rhododendron ledifolium p. purpureum Maximowicz in Mim. Acad. Sci. St. 



Petersbourg, ser. 7, XVI. No. 9, 36 (Rhodod. As. Or.) (1870), in part. — 



Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 291 (1875). — Matsumura, Jnd. 



PI. Jap. II. pt. 2, 462 (1912). — Rehder in Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. V. 



2944 (1916). 

 Azalea rosmarinifolia var. purpurea Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. 1. 123 



(1900). 

 Rhododendron rosmarinifolium var. purpureum Schneider, III. Handb. Laub- 



holzk. II. 504 (1911). — Komatsu in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXXII. [35] (1918). 

 Rhododendron rosmarinifolium var. speciosum Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 



XXVII. 110 (1913). 

 Rhododendron Oomurasaki Makino in Jour. Jap. Bot. 1. 18 (1917). 

 Rhododendron Osakazuki Komatsu in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXXII. [46] (1918); 



in Icon. Koisikav. IV. 9, t. 217 (1918). 



Japan : Kyushu, prov. Hizen, Nagasaki, cultivated, 1863, C. Max- 

 imowicz (Herb. Kew, Herb. Gray, co-types of R. ledifolium 0. pur- 

 pureum Maxim.); same locality, 1862, R. Oldham (No. 509, Herb. 

 Kew, Herb. Gray; No. 607, Herb. Kew) ; prov. Chikugo, Kurume, culti- 

 vated, May 3, 1918, E. H. Wilson. Hondo, prov. Cboshu, Shimono- 

 seki, Sanyo Hotel garden, cultivated, May 17, 1917, E. H. Wilson 

 (No. 8425); prov. Musashi, Yokohama, cultivated, Hort. Suzuki, 

 May 15, 1918, E. H. Wilson; Tokyo, cultivated, May 11, 1902, K. Sa- 

 kurai; same locality, cultivated, May 12, 1910. 



As pointed out by Lindley this variety is much superior to the type for it has 

 larger, more richly colored flowers. The corolla is rose-purple with crimson spots. 

 The calyx-lobes are larger and more acuminate but they vary. In Paxton's figure 

 the calyx is glabrous but this is a mistake. It is ciliate and sparsely or densely 

 clothed with long, straight, appressed hairs. Apart from the calyx Paxton's figure 

 is an excellent representation of the Omurasaki-tsutsuji (large purple Azalea) so 

 much grown in the gardens of Yokohama, Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan. At 



