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С. J. Maximowicz, 



i. Rh. fragrSUlS 1 )- — Azalea fragrans Adams! in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. II. p. 332. 

 t. 14. (icon rudis, sed bona, descript. opt.). — Azalea fol. ovalibus supra rugosis cet. Gmel. 

 Fl. Sib. IV. p. 125. t. 55. (pessima) — excl. syn. Tournef. — Osmothamnus fragrans et 

 pallidus DC. 1. c. — Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II. 2. p. 918. excl. synon. et locis natalibus nonnul- 

 lis. — Turcz. Fl. Baie. dab. II p. 204. (e DC. rautuat.). — Rgl. et Til. Fl. Ajan. p. 110. 

 n. 193. — Pumilum, ramis verticillatis fastigiatis, junioribus villosulis et cum tegmentis mar- 

 gine longe villoso-ciliatis foliis subtus pedunculisque dense ferrugineo-lepidotis; foliis bien- 

 nibus ovali-vel ovato-ellipticis acutis basi obtusis rigide coriaceis margine revolutis opacis; 

 corymbis brevissimis 7 — 15-floris; floribus brevissime pedunculatis squamis persistentibus 

 amplis fultis; calyce 5-fido lobis ovatis; corollae hypocrateriformis tubo limbum lobis rotun- 

 datis superante intus villoso; staminibus 5 inclusis rectis glabris, antlieris ovalibus poris am- 

 plis; stylo duplo breviore stigmate capitato; capsula 5-vel rarius 4-mera villosa et lepidota. 



Occurunt formae duae: altera pauciflora corollis aveniis, altera multiflora corollis reti- 

 culato-pictis, quae ultima vulgo minor est et locis magis borealibus occurrit. Pro speciebus 

 declarari vix possunt, nam numerus Horum valde variabilis, occurrit v. gr. in 0. pallido 

 inflorescentia multiflora, in 0. fragrante pauciflora, venatio limbi etiam in 0. pallido adest, 

 etsi minus expressa, ita ut tantum color in sicco saepissime evanidus remaneat ad species 

 has distinguendas. 



Hab. in Sibiria maxime orientait : circa ostium fl. Lenae (Adams! cor. reticul.), ad 

 Lenam (Adams! frf.) et Dezegdal, fine Junii fl. (Stubendorff! cor. reticul. et avenia), 

 versus Ochotzk (Dobell! 1818. flor., cor. reticul., Stubendorff! 1858. fl. pallid.); Ajan 

 (Tiling! cor. pallid.); inter Ochotzk et Jakutzk (Schelechow! fl. reticul.), in cacumine 

 montis Junikan, med. Julio fl. ^Kusmisczeff! fl. reticul.), Wiluisk (Maydell! cor. pallid.); 

 in Sibiria baicalensi: ad Baicalem (Pallas!, legit verosimil. Messerschmidt, primum «Eh. 

 ferrugineum» inscriptum, dein in Azal fragrantem a Pallasio emendatum); in alpibus Ur- 

 gudei, Buchat, Nuchu-Daban (Turczaninow! fl pallid.); ad fluv. Birjussam (Julio fl. , cor. 

 pallid., Stubendorff!); ad fontes fl. Irkut, in monte Munku Sardyk (Radele! fl. reticul.). — 

 In Himalaya: Kishtwar, regio alpina, 11 — 12000 ped. (Thomson! spec. florib. fere destr.). 



Eh. Anthopogoni Don non parum affine. Differt hoc enim foliis lucidis, calycis margine 

 longe pubescentis lobis oblongis, stylo crasso clavato, ovario glabrato, habitus vero omnino 

 idem. Stamina in Eh. Antliopogone etiam 5, sed dicuntur occurrere 6, 7. 



Spithamaeum vel pedale, ramis crassis. Folia modice petiolata, superne minute im- 

 presso-reticulata, subtus hornotina pallida, vetusta ferruginea, 8"' : 3'". Axes inflore scentia- 

 rum anguste conicae persistentes. Flores saepissime tota sub anthesi squamis pedunculos 

 superantibus orbiculatis acutis fulti. Corolla diametro circiter semipollicaris. Capsula bre- 

 viter ovoidea obtusa, 4 — 5 sulcata, calycem adpressum duplo superans, saepius corolla 

 emarcida diutius obtecta. 



1) Rh. fragrans Hortul. ad Rh. maximum L. pertinet. 



