CHAP. LXIX. 



£rica'ce;e. #hodode'ndron. 



1149 



. angustifblia Hort. ; has the leaves 



i. floribunda Hort. ; has the leaves 

 Stem much-branched. A native 



Varieties and Hybrids. 



m R. i. 2 phceniceum Don's Mill, 3. p. 846. ; A. i. phcem'cea Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2d ser., 1. 128., 



Hook, in Bot. Mag., t. 2667. ; A. tedifolia phcfinicea Hook, in Bol. Mag., t. 3229. ; has the 



flowers purple, with the upper segments spotted. It is a native of China, where it forms 



an evergreen shrub, from 3ft. to 10 ft. in height, and in British gardens, where it is 



greatly admired, it is commonly kept in the stove. It was introduced in 1824. 



it R. i. 3 p. fibre pleno ; A. i. 3 More pleno Hook, in Bot. Mag., 



t. 2509., Bot. Cab.,t. 1461. ; has double purple flowers. ; 

 it R. i. 4 ledifblircm ; B. /edifMium Don's Mdl.,3. p. 846. ; A. i. 

 alba Lindl. Bot. Beg., t. 811., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1253., 

 and oury^j. 956. ; A. tedifolia Hook, in Bot. Mag., t. 2901. ; 

 Rhododendron leucanthum Bunge ; has pure white flow- 

 ers, which are large and showy. It is a native of China, 

 about Pekin,and, being rather hardier than the preceding 

 varieties, is commonly kept in the green-house. It was 

 introduced in 1819, flowers from March to May, and grows 

 to the height of 5 ft. or 6ft. Splendid specimens of this 

 and the preceding varieties are annually exhibited at the 

 flower shows of the Horticultural Societies, both in Lon- 

 don" and the country. In Cornwall, in the gardens of 

 Sir Charles Lemon, at Carclew, this variety grows in 

 rows, forming evergreen hedges, like privet, and flowering 

 magnificently, without the slightest protection, 

 it R. i. 5 pulchrnm Don's Mill., 3. p. 845. ; A. i. piilchra Hort. ; 



B. pfilchrum Swt. Fl.-Gard. 2d ser., t. 117. ; B. indicum var. y SmithzY Swt. Hort. Brit. ; 

 has the calyx very hairy, with subulate segments. Leaves elliptic, acute. Flowers de- 

 candrous, terminal, 2 — 3 together. Corollas large, of a deep rosy purple, spotted with 

 deep red inside. A hybrid from A. i. /edifolia, impregnated with the pollen of A. indica. 

 it R. i. 6 ignescens Swt., Don's Mill., 3. p. 845.; A..i. ignescens Hort. ; has the four lower seg- 

 ments of the corolla flame-coloured and the superior one lilac, and obsoletely dotted. It 

 is a native of China, 

 it R. i. 7 aurantiacum G. Don in Mill. Diet., 3. p. 846.; A. i. aurantiaca Hort.— Flowers of orange 



red colour. A native of China, 

 it R. i. 8 luteum Swt, Don : s Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. lutea Hort. ; has double yellow flowers, 

 it R. i. 9 spathnlatum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. spathulata Hort. ; has the leaves spa- 

 thulate, mucronate, and beset with rusty strigse. Flowers large, solitary, deep rose- 

 coloured. Native of China and Japan, 

 it R. i. 10 grandiflbrum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. grandiflbra Hort. ; has the leaves 

 oblong-spathulate, mucronate, beset with bristles, or strigze. Flowers large, solitary, 

 deep rose-coloured. A native of China and Japan, 

 it R. i. 11 angustifblium Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i 



narrow-lanceolate, 

 it R. i. 12 floribundum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. 

 narrow, cuneate-lanceolate, beset with rusty striga?. 

 of China and Japan. 



it R. i. 13 Danielsikrwxm ; A. i. Daniels2?m« Paxton's Mag. of Bot., July, 1834; is a variety 

 with considerable distinctness of habit of foliage, and flowers of a carmine colour, some- 

 what striped. It was introduced from China by Captain Daniels, in 1830, and plants may 

 be had in theSloane Street Nursery, and at Messrs. Loddiges's. 

 it R. i. 14 lateritium ; A. i. laten'tia Lindl. Bot. Beg., t. 1700. ; has flowers of a bright clear brick 

 colour, a little tinged with rose; and the plant is remarkably bushy, and abundant in 

 leaves, which have a rusty tinge. It was introduced from China in 1823, by Mr. 

 M'Killigan ; and plants may be had in the Exotic Nursery, King's Road. 

 it R. i. 15 variegatum Blum., Don's Mill , 3. p. 846. ; A. i. variegata Lindl. ; has the corollas 

 variegated. This is a celebrated variety, which was long known to exist in China, from 

 the drawings of it sent to Europe ; and to procure which many attempts were made in 

 vain, from nearly the commencement of the present century, till 1832, when it was at 

 last brought alive to England, by the great care of Mr. M'Killigan, the purser of the 

 ship Orwell, and an ardent admirer of plants. There are specimens of this variety in the 

 Exotic Nursery. (See Gard. Mag., 9. p. 474.) 

 it R. i. Wspecibsum D. Don, A. i. specibsa Hort.,\s a hybrid, obtained by Mr. W. Smith in 1830, 

 from seeds of A. i ndica, the flowers of which had been impregnated with the pollen of A. 

 indica phcenicea. Two other varieties were raised by Mr. Smith at the same time, from 

 the same stock of seeds, one of which frequently produces semidouble flowers. (See 

 Brit. Fl.-Gard., April, 1835 ; and Gard. Mag., 11. p. 259.) 



& 32. R. sine'nse Swt. (A. sine'nsis Lodd.) The Chinese Azalea. 



Identification. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 290. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. 

 Synonymc. Azalea sinensis Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 885. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 885. ; Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 290. ; and 

 oxxvfig. 957. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves elliptic, acutish, pilosely pubescent, 

 feather-nerved, with ciliated margins, canescent beneath ; 

 and, though deciduous, yet falling off so slowly, as to con- 

 stitute it an imperfect evergreen. Corollas downy. Stamens 

 equal in length to the limb of the corolla. Flowers flame- 

 coloured, pentandrous. {Don's Mill., 3. p. 846.) It is a native 

 of China, where it grows from 3 ft to 4 ft. high, and flowers 

 in May and June. It was introduced in 1823 ; and is in very 

 general cultivation in British gardens. 



Varieties and Hi/brids. 



& R. s. 2 fiavescens Swt. Fl.-Gard, t. 290. ; A. s. 2 fla- 



vescens ; has yellow flowers. 

 ^k £*. R. s. 3 macrdnthurn Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; Azalea ma- 



crantha Bunge in Mem. Acad. Petersb., 2. p. 115. ; 



B. nltens D. Don MSS. — Leaves opposite, or 



3 in a whorl, obovate or lanceolate, mucronulate, 



