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third of an incli in diameter, purple. The whole 

 plant has an odor resembling cologne. 

 Figured in Hook. Rhod. pi. 26. 



Rhododendron virgatum. 



A very slender, twiggy species, from Bootan. 

 Flowers reddish-purple, solitary or in pairs. Foliage 

 very glaucous. 



Figured in Hook. Rhod. pi. 26. 



See also Bot. Mag. 84, t. 5060; and Fl. des 

 Serres, 14, t. 1408, for varieties which differ, in 

 having pink and white flowers, and in their disposi- 

 tion, — which is in the one axillary, in the other 

 terminal. 



Rhododendron Wighth. 



A very large tree, with showy foliage ; rusty cin- 

 namon-color below, rich green on the upper sur- 

 face. Flowers bell-shaped, in dense clusters ; yellow, 

 beautifully marked with red. A splendid species. 



Figured in Fl. des Serres, 8, t. 792-3; Hook. 

 Rhod. pi. 27. 



Rhododendron camelli^plorum. 



A singular epiphytal species, found growing 

 upon pine-trees. Stems slender ; foliage small ; 

 flowers white, resembling a single camellia. 



Figured in Hook. Rhod. pi. 28 ; and Bot. Mag. 



82, t. 4932. 



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