282 Ericacca—Rhododendron. 
shrub from 3 to 6 feet high with broadly oval flat glabrescent 
leaves, bright green beneath. The flowers are large, campanu- 
late, in compact rounded clusters, pink, deep rose, or with a 
tinge of violet and spotted on the superior lobe. The varieties 
are numerous, and, as well as those of the last, very desirable 
on account of their flowering in Summer, when there is no 
danger of the blooms being injured by frost. 
10. Rh. chrysinthum.—aA very dwarf evergreen species with 
linear-lanceolate leaves clustered at the ends of the branches. 
Leaves narrowed at the base into a long petiole, ferruginous 
below. Flowers yellow, broadly campanulate, in small terminal 
clusters; petioles long. A native of Siberia, flowering in 
Summer. 
ll. Rh. Dahiricwm (fig. 159).—A small shrub from 3 to 4 
feet high. Leaves deciduous, or persistent during a part of the 
Tig. 159. Rhododendron Dahuricum. (} nat. size.) 
winter only, oval-vblong, glabrous above im the adult stage, 
and rusty-tomentose beneath. Flowers solitary or few together, 
purple or violet, appearing in February before the new leaves 
are developed. This is a native of the northern regions cf 
Asia, and perfectly hardy. 
