Sect. III. RHODORA G. Don 1 



Flowers from a terminal bud, the leafy shoots arising from separate, lower, 

 lateral buds; corolla rotate-campanulate, rarely campanulate or two-lipped; 

 stamens 10, rarely from 5 to 7. Leaves deciduous, scattered or whorled. Fruit 

 more or less cylindric, rarely conic-ovoid. Shrubs often of large size, usually with 

 rigid ascending or spreading branches; shoots glabrous or hairy. 



This section contains 5 species; three of these grow in eastern Asia and two 

 (B. canadense Zabel and R. Vaseyi A. Gray) in eastern North America. 



Rhododendron Albrechtii Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Peters- 

 burg, ser. 3, XV. 227 (Mil. Biol. VII. 335) (1870); in Mem. Acad. 

 Sci. St. Petersbourg, ser. 7. XVI. No. 9, 30, t. 2, figs. 14-20 {Rhodod. 

 As. Or.) (1870). — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 290 

 (1875). — Matsumura, PI. Nikko, 71 (1894); Ind. PI. Jap. II. pt. 2, 

 458 (1912). — Boissier in Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 917 (1897). — Schnei- 

 der, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 496, figs. 325 m-n, 327 e (1909). — 

 Millais, Rhodod. 112 (1917). — Komatsu in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXXII. 

 [8] (1918). 



Azalea Albrechtii O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. pt. 2, 387 (1892). — Rehder in Bailey, 

 Cycl. Am. Hart. I. 122 (1900). 



Japan: Hondo, prov. Shinano, 1864, Tschonoski (Herb. Gray); 

 prov. Musashi, cultivated, Bot. Gard. Tokyo, April 2, 1914, E. H. 

 Wilson (No. 6363) ; prov. Shimotsuke, Nikko region, alt. 1600-2000 m., 

 June 23, October 15, 1914, E. H. Wilson (Nos. 6858, 7638); prov. Uzen, 

 lower slopes of Adzuma-san, alt. 800-1100 m., July 19, October 24, 

 1914, E. H. Wilson (Nos. 7208, 7721); prov. Mutsu, Hirosaki, May, 

 1905, U. Faurie (No. 6785); Hakkoda-yama, alt. 1000-1600 m., 

 July 5, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7083); same locality, October 2, 1892, 

 C. S. Sargent. Hokkaido, prov. Oshima, Fuku-yama, June 3, 1889, 

 U. Faurie (No. 3831, Herb. Kew); Kakumi Hot Springs, September 29, 

 1892, C. S. Sargent; prov. Iburi, Nobori-betsu, July 2, 1914, E. H. 

 Wilson; prov. Ishikari, Sapporo, May 17, October 10, 1903, S. Ari- 

 moto (Herb. Gray) ; same locality, May 29, 1890, E. Tokubuchi (Herb. 

 Gray); Moiwa-dake, June 15, 1885, K. Miyabe (Herb. Gray); same 

 locality, June 23, 1891, E. Tokubuchi; cultivated, Bot. Gard. Sapporo, 

 August 22, 1905, J. G. Jack. 



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