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97375 to 97413— Continued 



97389. Rhododendron ciliatdm Hook. f. 



. Fringed rnododendron. 



A Himalayan rhododendron of some- 

 what dwarf habit, bearing many small 

 loose trusses of pink-white flowers less 

 than 3 inches wide. It rarely exceeds 6 

 feet in height. 



For previous introduction see (58343. 



97390. Rhododendron cuneatum W. W\ 

 Smith. 



A small shrub 4 feet high with ellip- 

 tical-oval leaves, silky brown beneath, 

 and deep lavender flowers. 



For previous introduction see 59254. 



97391. Rhododendron davidsonianum 

 Rehd. and Wils. Davidson rhododendron. 



A shrub up to 10 feet high, native to 

 western China, with semi-evergreen ob- 

 long leaves 1 to 3 inches long, glaucous 

 beneath, and terminal and axillary clus- 

 ters of lavender-pink flowers an inch 

 across, somewhat resembling those of 

 the nearly related R. mucronulatum. 



For previous introduction see 78329. 



D7392. Rhododendron edgeworthii 

 Hook. f. 



A shrub often epiphytic, 4 to 6 feet 

 high, native to the Himalayas in Sikkim, 

 India. Tbe elliptic-ovate leaves, 4 inches 

 long, are strongly bullate above and 

 densely cobwebby tomentose beneath. 

 The fragrant white or pink-tinged flow- 

 ers are broadly tubular and 3 to 4 inches 

 long. 



97393. Rhododendron fortunei Lindl. 



A shrub 10 to 12 feet high, native to 

 Chekiang, China. The oblong-elliptic 

 leaves, 3 to 10 inches long, are dark 

 green above and pale glaucous green 

 beneath. The inflorescence is a loosely 

 racemose umbel of 6 to 12 funnel-cam- 

 panulate, pale-rose flowers 3 to 4 inches 

 .across. 



97394. Rhododendron hippophaeoides 

 Balf. and Smith. 



A shrub 3 feet high which grows in 

 swampy meadows. The small elliptical- 

 elongate leaves are pale yellow beneath, 

 and the flowers are rich lavender blue. 



For previous introduction see 59615. 



97395. Rhododendron insigne Hemsl. 

 and Wils. 



A shrub 5 to 12 feet high, native to 

 Szechwan, China. The leathery oblong 

 to oblanceolate leaves, 3 to 6 inches long, 

 are glabrous and dark green above and 

 are covered beneath with a shining 

 tawny-gray tomentum that has a coppery 

 sheen. The flowers, a cluster of eight or 

 more in a short lax corymb, are widely 

 campanulate, 2 inches long, and various 

 shades of pink with crimson spots on 

 the inside. 



•97396. Rhododendron loderi Millais. 



King George. A hybrid between R. 

 fortunei and R. griffiihianum. 



•97397. Rhododendron maddeni Hook. f. 



A shrub 6 to 8 feet high with red- 

 stemmed dark-green leaves. The large 

 -delicately fragrant flowers, tinged With 

 xose, are produced in threes at the ends 



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of the branches. Native to the Hima- 

 layas. 



For previous introduction see 68345. 



97398. Rhododendron mollicomum Balf. 

 and Smith. 



A small shrub with softly pubescent 

 branchlets. native to Yunnan, China. 

 The narrowly lanceolate leaves, 1 inch 

 long, are softly pubescent on both sur- 

 faces and are also scaly beneath. The 

 narrowly tubular crimson flowers, pubes- 

 cent outside, are in axillary pairs crowd- 

 ed near the ends of the branchlets. 



97399. Rhododendron orbicuxare De- 

 caisne. 



A much-branched shrub 6 to 9 feet 

 high and 10 to 13 feet broad, native to 

 Szechwan, China. The orbicular leaves 

 are cordate-auriculate at the base with 

 the lobes overlapping and are bright 

 green above and glaucous-papillate be- 

 neath. Tbe rosy campanulate flowers, 2 

 to 3 inches long, are borne in a loose 

 corymb of 7 to 10. 



' 97400. RHODODENDRON RAQEMOSUM 



Franch. Mayflower rhododendron. 



An upright Chinese shrub up to 6 feet 

 high, with scaly branchlets, elliptic to 

 obovate leaves which are glabrous above 

 and glaucous beneath, and few-flowered 

 clusters of pink flowers, so abundantly 

 produced as to completely cover the 

 plant. 



For previous introduction see 86761. 



97401. Rhododendron reticulatum D. 

 Don. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 96525. 



97402. Rhododendron roylei Hook. f. 

 (R. cinnabarinum Hook. f.). 



The flowers of this evergreen shrub, 

 produced in terminal heads, are usually 

 a dull cinnabar red, but in some forms 

 the corolla is orange red on the outside 

 and yellowish within. It is native to 

 the mountainous region of Sikkim and 

 Bhutan, India. 



For previous introduction see 58928. 



97403. Rhododendron souliei Franch. 



A shrub 6 to 12 feet high, native to 

 western Szechwan, China. The leathery 

 leaves are broadly ovate to orbicular, 2 

 to 4 inches long, dark green above and 

 light glaucous green beneath. The sau- 

 cer-shaped, white to deep-rose flowers, 2 

 inches across, are borne in racemose um- 

 bels of five to eight. 



97404. Rhododendron spinulifbrum X 



RACEMOSUM. 



Spinulosum. 



97405. Rhododendron strigillosum 

 Franch. 



A shrub 8 to 20 feet high, native to 

 Szechwan, China. The oblanceolate leaves. 

 3 to 6 inches long, are bright green and 

 smooth .above and clothed beneath with 

 scattered crisped hairs, except the promi- 

 nent midrib, which is covered with loose 

 tawny tomentum. The fleshy tubular- 

 campanulate, deep-red flowers, 8 to 12 

 in an umbel, are nearly 2 inches long 

 and 2 inches across. 



