176 Notes on Indian Botany* 



Gaultheria Griffithiana, (R. W.) shrubby, glabrous : leaves 

 short petioled, elliptico-lanceolate, acutely serrulate, coriaceous : 

 racemes axillary, solitary, erect, much shorter than the leaves, 

 puberulous : bracts acute concave and with the sepals ciliate ; brac- 

 tioles somewhat remote from the flower ; filaments short, ventricose 

 in the middle, hairy. — R. W. Icon. 1197. 



Bootan, Griffith. 



This species seems very distinct from all the Indian ones, differing 

 in the form and in the delicate serration of the leaves, the short 

 racemes, ciliate bracts and calyx, but especially in the bellied fila- 

 ments. 



RHODODENDRON. 



Rhododendron grande, (R. W.) arboreous, everywhere gla- 

 brous, except the bracteal scales, the inner series of which are 

 densely tomentose externally : leaves oblong-lanceolate, cuspidately 

 acuminate, somewhat obovate, (the broadest part nearer the apex 

 than the base) petioled, entire, coriaceous, whitish scaley beneath : 

 corymbs terminal capitate : bracteas obovate cuspidate tomentose : 

 corolla subcampanulate, limb 8-cleft, lobes emarginate : stamens 16, 

 the length of the tube : stigma dilated, ovary 16-celled. — R. W. 

 Icon. 1202. 



Bootan, Griffith. 



Mr. Griffith briefly characterises this species in the single word 

 " magnifique," which idea I have attempted to convey in the specific 

 name. In this, the same relative proportion of parts exist as in R. 

 arboreum, that is, the number of stamens and cells of the ovary are 

 equal, and double those of the calycine teeth and lobes of the corolla, 

 but in this they are a half more numerous ; this mark equally dis- 

 tinguishes it from R.formosum, which is 10-androus. 



Rhododendron Griffithianum, (R. W.) arboreous, glabrous, 

 branches terete : leaves coriaceous, crowded on the ends of the 

 branches, oblong- oval, acute at both ends, mucronate : racemes 

 terminal lax, flowers longish pedicelled : calyx entire, scutelliform : 

 corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, spreading : stamens 15 (?) shorter 

 than the corolla : anthers truncated, opening by pores, ovary hairy, 

 10-celled.— R. W. Icon. 1203. 



" Bootan, a beautiful species, 1045 of Journal. GrifF. MS." 



