412 LXIV. EEICACE.0E [Ehododnidron 



(b) Calyx deeply lobecl. 



a. L. large, more than 2 in. long. 



26. R. Dalhousise, Hook, f Silvk. ELod, tt. 1, 2. Sikkim b-9,000 ft. Maiiipur, 9,000 tt. 

 Yiiunaii. An epipbytic hhriilD, 6-10 It. high, 1. ap^jroximate near the encK of branchfb, 

 blade 4-5, pet. ^. in. long Headb of 2-5 laige. scented fl , S\ in. long, 3 in. across at 

 mouth, coiolla i\hite, jjink Avlien fading. 27. R. Nuttallii, Booth. Bhutan, 4-5,000 ft. 

 Similar, 1. larger, rugose above, sec. and tertiarj^ n. prominent beneath, calyx-Iobeb 

 J in. long. 2S R. Maddeni, Hook. ±. Sikk Shod. t. 18. Sikknn 6,000 ft. Bhutan. 

 Naga and Manipur hills b-10,000 ft. A bhiub 6-8 ft. high, 1 densely scaly beneath, 

 blade 4-6, pet ],-! in. long. Coi\mbs 4-r2-fld., calyx-lobes oblong, often unequal, 

 corolla white, 3-4 in. across. 



29. R. BootMi, Nutt. Bhutan. Epiphytic, branchlets and petioles villous A\ith long 

 hairs, young 1. sprinkled -with long lax hairs, adult 1, hairy on the margin, blade 4-5, 

 pet. I in. Corymbs dense, many-iid., corolla yellow. 80. R. ciliatum, Hook. 1 Sikk. 

 Rhod. t. 24. Sikkim 9-10,000 ft. A small rigid shrub, branchlets, petioles, edge of ]. 

 and pedicels with long soft bristle*!, 1. acute, blade 2^-3 in . pet. I in. Corymbs of 2-6 fi., 

 corolla ^^ bite, rosy on fading. 81. R. camellisBfLorum, Hook f. Sikk. Ehod. t. 28. East 

 Nepal to Bhutan 9-13,000 ft. Corolla white, shortly campanulate. lobes widely spread- 

 ing, Vj, in. acrosto, capsule -J in. long, densely clothed w ith glandular scales. 82. R. 

 glaucum, Hook f, Sikk. Rhod. t. 17. Sikkim and Bhutan 10-12,000 ft. A small shrub, 

 with strong resinous smell, 1, glaucous, almost white beneath, blade 2-3, pet. ^ in. 

 long. Coiymbs 4-10-fid., pedicels and calyx densely covereil with glandulai scales, 

 corolla pale pinkish-purple, 1 in. across. 88. R. leptocarpum, Nutt. Bhutan, im- 

 perfectly known. 



^. L. smallj under -2 in. 



34. R. lepidotum, Wall. •, Eoyle 111. t. 64 (i?, saUcjnum and e/ceagnoides, Hook. f. Rhod. 

 Sikk. t. 23). Higher ranges of the Himalaya from Kashmir eastwards 9-15,000 ft. 

 A small aromatic shrub, 1. |~1 in. long, sessile or nearly so. El. yellow or purple, 

 solitary or 2-3 together, pedicels |-1J in. long, scabrous, calyx-lobes not ciliate. 35. 

 R. pumilmn, Hook. f. Bhod. Sikk. t. 14. Sikkim 12-14,000 ft. Stems slender, creeping 

 among moss, 1. | in. long, fl. 1-3 together, pedicels 1-2^ in. long, corolla campanulate, 

 rose-coloured. 36. R. setosum, D. Don 5 Hook, f . Ehod. Sikk. t. 20. Sikkim 13-16,000 ft. 

 Small, attains 12 in., with stiong resinous smell, branchlets, petioles, edge of 1. with 

 long soft bristles. El. 8-8, jaedicels short, corolla red, IJ in. across at mouth, lobes 

 narrow. 37. R. nivale, Hook. f. Sikk. Rhod. t. 26. Sikkim 13-16,000 ft., prostrate, fl. 

 solitary rose-coPd., nearly sessile. 



38. R. Anthopogon, B. Don ; Royle 111. t. 64. Ta/is, Pb. ; TaUshang,K.VLii. Himalaya, 

 from Kashmir eastwards, 11-16,000 ft. Yunnan. Eastern Siberia (H.fragrans^ Maxim). 

 A small giegarious shrub, strongly aromatic, 1. 1-1 1 in. long, upperside shining, under- 

 side brown tomentose and scaly. El. yellow, in dense terminal corymbs, corolla 

 delicate, translucent. 



11. Capsule linear, valves membranous, placentas separating from a slender 

 central axis as 5 filiform ribs, attached to the apex. 



39. R. moulmainense, Hook. Hills of Martaban, Tenasserim and Upper Burma. 

 Zalat puu, Burm. A large shrub or small tree. 1. glabrous on both sides, blade 4-5, 

 pet. J in. Heads terminal 2-10-M., calyx-lobes minute, corolla white, tube J in. long, 

 shorter than the 5 erect-patent lobes. 



40. R. vaccinioides, Hook, f, Sikkim 7-9,000 ft. A small shrub often epiphytic, 

 branches scabrous, 1. scattered, s|)athulate, J-1 in. long, glandular scaly beneath, ii. 

 solitary, corolla white or pinkish. 



Ordee LXy.— Epacridaceae. Leucopogon malayamt<i^ Jack {Styplielia malayica, Drude 

 in Engler u. Prantl iv. i. 78) Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula and Archipel. A small 

 rigid evergreen shrub, entirely glabi'ous, branches densely leafy, 1. rigidly coriaceous, 

 sessile, linear-lanceolate, mucronate, glaucous beneath, with numerous parallel slender 

 longitudinal nerves. El. 5~merous, white, sessile, in few-fid. axillary spikes, each 

 supported by a pair of bracteoles. Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes bearded within, valvate 

 in bud. Anthers 1-celled, opening by a single longitudinal slit, ovary 5-celled,^ one 

 ovule in each cell, at the base surrounded by a disk of 5 hypogynoixs scales. 3pacridece 

 belong almost entirely to the southern hemisphere, nearly all species being natives of 

 Australia. 



