72 THE RHODODENDRON. 



Rhododendron ch^iatum. 



A small shrub, attaining the height of two feet ; 

 the whole plant hairy. Leaves dark green. Flower 

 pale reddish-purple, very pretty. This species is 

 one of the most easily grown of the Sikkim kinds, 

 and flowers freely. 



Figured in Pax. Fl. G. t. 83 ; and Hook. Ehod. 

 pi. 24. 



Variety roseo ai^bum differs in having rosy-white 

 flowers, and, like the species, blooms freely when 

 only a few inches high. This was the first of the 

 Sikkim species which flowered in cultivation. 



Figured in Lem. Jar. t. 312 ; Bot. Mag. 78, t. 

 4648 ; Fl. des Serres, 8, t. 766. 



Rhododendron pdlgens. 



A native of high latitudes, and a very showy 

 plant.; Flowers in round, close heads, of a deep, 

 glowing scarlet color. Foliage roundish; tawny 

 below. 



Figured in Bot. Mag. 88, t. 5317 ; Fl. des Serres, 

 8, t. 789 ; Hook. Rhod. pi. 25. 



Rhododendron nivale. 



A little plant, growing only two inches high, and 

 attaining " a loftier elevation than any other shrub 

 in the world." It much resembles R. lapponicum. 

 The foliage is very small ; the flower about one- 



