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rusty beneath. Flowers from March to 

 May, white, rose, or blood colour, in 

 dense heads. CoroUa bell-shaped. 

 Stamens 10. There are several varieties 

 differing chiefly in the paleness or 

 intensity of colour of their blossoms. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



R. Aucklandi. — A native of Sikkim 

 4-8 ft. high, with leathery, oblong elliptic 

 acute leaves 4-10 in. long. Flowers in 

 May, the largest in the genus, 3-5 in. 

 across, pure white, tinged with pink ; 

 tube short, yellowish and rosy towards 

 the base. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. barbatum. — A showy Sikkim tree, 

 40-50 ft. high, with reddish bark and 

 elliptic lance-shaped acute leaves 5-7 in. 

 long, somewhat hairy and fringed when 

 young; stalks fringed with black hairs. 

 Flowers deep puce or blood - red, bell- 

 shaped, in round heads 5-6 in. in 

 diameter. Very hardy. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. blandfordiaeflorum. — A slender 

 twiggy Himalayan shrub about 8 ft. 

 high. Leaves leathery lance-shaped 

 pointed, 2-3 in. long, rusty beneath. 

 Flowers varying from green to orange- 

 red, 5-10 in a head. Stamens 10. 



Culture dc. as above. This is closely 

 related to S. cimnabarimuin and is pro- 

 bably only a variation of it. 



R. brachycarpum. — A tall-growing 

 Japanese species resembling R. catami- 

 hiense in appearance. Leaves bluntly 

 oblong, with a rusty sUky down on the 

 under surface. The pale yellow or cream- 

 coloured flowers, each 1^2 in. across, are 

 dotted with green at the base of the upper 

 lobes of the coroUa, and are borne in large 

 clusters at the ends of the shoots in early 

 summer. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. califomicum. — A Californian shrub 

 3-8 ft. high with obovate elliptic leathery 

 leaves. Flowers in June, rosy-purple, 

 broadly bell-shaped, the lobes spotted 

 with yellow within. Stamens 10. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. calophyllum. — A pretty Himalayan 

 shrub about 3 ft. high. Leaves stiffish 

 leathery, ovate oblong or elhptio, 3-5 in. 

 long, dark glossy green above, glaucous 

 beneath when young, rusty when old. 



scaly. Flowers in M^y, pure white, 

 tubular bell-shaped. Stamens 18-20. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



R. camelliaeflorum. — A native of Sik- 

 kim, with somewhat drooping branches 

 2-6 ft. long. Leaves elhptic-lanoe- 

 shaped, 2|-3 in. long. Flowers in April, 

 pure white, tinged with rose, l] in. 

 across, solitary or twin on short curved 

 stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. campanulatum {B. ceruginosum). 

 A beautiful Sikkim plant about 4 ft. high. 

 Leaves elliptic mucronate, blunt or heart- 

 shaped at the base, rich brown beneath. 

 Flowers in April, bell-shaped, about 2 in. 

 across, pale lilac with a few purple or 

 rose spots. There are a few varieties, 

 some with almost pure white flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. Campbelliae.— A Sikkim tree 20-30 

 ft. high, with large lance-shaped leathery 

 leaves, lobed at the base, and rusty 

 beneath. Flowers in March and April, 

 crimson-spotted, bell-shaped, in dense 

 clusters. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. campylocarpum. — A twiggy, 

 branched shrub about 6 ft. high, native 

 of sikkim. Leaves leathery, 2-3| in. 

 long, oblong elliptic, lobed at the 

 base, pointed at the apex. Flowers in 

 June, sulphur-yellow, spotless, bell- 

 shaped, about 2 in. across, 6-8 in a head. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. catawbiense. — A native of the 

 mountains of the S. United States, 3-6 

 ft. high. Leaves oval or oblong, smooth, 

 3-5 in. long. Flowers in July, hlao- 

 pmrple, broadly bell-shaped, on rusty 

 stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 has been extensively used in producing 

 the numerous fine hybrids now in exist- 

 ence. Perhaps one of the best forms of 

 it is the well-known Cit7iriM?^/ia»i's White. 

 It is very hardy and is much used as a 

 covert plant. As a stock for grafting it 

 is considered superior to B. ponticwm. 



R. caucasicum. — A pretty spreading 

 or decumbent Caucasian species about 

 1 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, ovate 

 or obovate, rusty beneath. Flowers in 

 August, rosy outside, white within, 

 spotted with green, more or less bell- 



