CHAP. LXIX. 



ERICA'CEM. RHODODENDRON. 



1137 



Segments of corolla ovate, a little undulated. 

 Flowers pink, disposed in umbellate corymbs. 

 Corollas funnel-shaped. Capsules elongated. 

 {Don's MM., iii. p. 844.) It is a native of Ca- 

 rolina, on the mountains, particularly at the < 

 head waters of the Savannah River, where it 

 forms an evergreen shrub, growing to the height 

 of 4 ft., and flowering in July and August. Intro- 

 duced in 1786, and frequent in collections. 



Variety. 



* ~R.p. 2 majus Ker,Bot. Reg.,t. 37. — Leaves 

 and flowers larger. 



«- 9. R. ferrugi'neum L. The rusty-leaved Rhododendron. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 562. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 844. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Engravings. Jacq. Obs., 1. p. 26. t. 16. ; Fl. Austr., 3. t. 255. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., 65. ; Lob. Icon., S66. ; 

 and our Jig. 936. 



Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 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, ciliated with 

 a few hairs at bottom. Flowers of a beau- 

 tiful rose colour or scarlet, disposed in 

 umbellate corymbs, marked with ash-co- 

 loured or yellow dots. Corollas funnel- 

 shaped. Filaments hairy at bottom. (Doit's 

 Mill., iii. p. 844.) It is a native of the 

 Alps of Europe, as of Switzerland, Austria, 

 Savoy, Dauphine, and Piedmont; where 

 this species and R. hirsutum terminate lig- 

 neous vegetation, and furnish the shepherds 

 with their only fuel. It is an evergreen shrub, growing about 1 ft. high, and 

 flowering from May to July. Introduced in 1752, and frequent in collections. 



Variety. 



a- R./ 2 album Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has white flowers. 



a. 10. R. (? f.) hirsu n tum L. The hairy Rhododendron. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 562. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Austr., 1. t 

 our fig. 937. 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 844. 

 38. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1853. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 479. j Lob. Icon., 468. ; and 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic, 

 acutish, ciliated, with rusty hairs on the margins, gla- 

 brous above, dotted and hairy beneath. Calycine seg- 

 ments fringed, bearded. Flowers pale red or scarlet, 

 disposed in umbellate corymbs. Corollas funnel- 

 shaped. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 844.) It is a native of 

 the Alps of Europe, and of Switzerland, Austria, _ 

 Styria, Dauphine, &c. ; where it forms a shrub grow- Wgfki 

 ing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, flowering from May to July. C^fp^^ 

 Introduced in 1656, and possibly only a variety of 

 the preceding species. 



Variety. 



«t- R. (/.) h. 2 variegation has the leaves edged with yellow. 



a. 11. R. seto^sum D. Don. The bristly Rhododendron. 



Identification. D. Don in Wern. Soc. Trans., 3. p. 408. : Prod. Fl. Nep., 152. ; Don's Mill 3 

 p. 844. 



Spec. Char., <$c Branchlets beset with bristles. Leaves oval, mucronate, bristly on the margins 

 and under surfaces. Pedicels beset with glandular hairs. Calycine segments rounded, coloured, 

 naked, crenulated. A small, stiff", much-branched shrub. Leaves half an inch long Flowers 



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