588 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
tained by Mr. Waterer of the Knaphill Nursery, between R. arbé- 
reum and FR, caucdsicum, in 1832; a most beautiful variety, quite 
hardy, and an abundant flowerer. 
n R.c. 4 Nobleanum Hort, (Bot. Reg., t. 1820. f.1.) is a hybrid, very 
much like the preceding one in all respects, except that its flowers 
are of a deep and brilliant rose colour. 
ea 8. R, punctra‘tum Andr. The dotted-leaved Rhododendron. 
Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., 36.; Vent. Cels., t.15. ; Don’s 
Hill., 3. p. 844. 
Synonymes. KR. ferrugineum var. minus Pers. Ench.1. p. 478. ; R. 
minus Michr. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 258.3 2. punctatum var. 
minus Wats. Dend, Brit. 162. a. ; 
Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., 36.; Dend. Brit., t. 162. a.; and 
our fig. 1109. 
Spec. Char,, §c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at 
both ends, glabrous, beset with rusty resinous 
dots beneath. Pedicels short. Calycine teeth 
short. Segments of corolla ovate, a little undu- 
lated. Flowers pink, 
disposed in umbellate 
corymbs. Corollas fun- 
nel-shaped. Capsules 
elongated. (Don's 
Mill.) A low ever- « 
green shrub. Carolina, 
on mountains, parti- 
cuiarly at the head 
waters of the Savannah 
River. Height 4 ft. 
Introd. 1786. Flowers 
1109. R. punctatum. pink; July and August. 1110. R. p. majus. 
Variety. 
a R. p. 2 mdjus Ker. (Bot. Reg., t. 37.: and our fig. 1110.) — Leaves 
and flowers larger. 
«2 9. R. FERRUGI‘NEUM L. The rusty-/eaved Rhododendron. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 562.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 844. 
Engravings. Bot, Cab., 65, ; and our jig. 1111. 
Spec. Char., §c. Teaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, glabrous, shining 
and green above, but thickly beset with rusty dots beneath. Calycine seg- 
ments dentately ciliated. Leaves like 
those of the box tree; when young, cili 
ated with a few hairs at bottom. Flowers 
of a beautiful rose colour or scarlet, dis- 
posed in umbellate corymbs, marked with 
ash-coloured or yellow dots. Corollas 
funnel-shaped. Filaments hairy at bottom. 
(Dons Mill.) A low evergreen shrub. 
Alps of Switzerland, Austria, Savoy, Dau- 
phiné, and Piedmont ; where this species 
and R, hirstitum terminate ligneous vege- 
tation, and furnish the shepherds with a1, 
their only fuel. Height 1 ft. Introduced 
in 1752. Flowers rose-coloured or scarlet; May to July. 
R. ferrugineum, 
Variety. 
« R. f. 2 dlbum Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Flowers white, 
a 10, R. (?F.) nirsu'rum L. The hairy Rhododendron. 
identification. Lin. Sp., 562.; Don’s Mill.. 3. p. 844. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1833. ; Bot. Cab., t. 479. ; and our fig. 1112. 
