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RHODODENDRON CHRYSANTHUM. 
Yellow-flowered RJiododendron* 
Class D EC AN DRI A.— Ort?er Monogynia. 
Nat. Ord. Bicornes, Linn. Rhododendra, Juss. 
Gei. Char. Ca/i/a- 5 -parted. Coro/Za nearly funnel-shaped. 
Stamens declined. Capsule 5-celled. 
Spic. Char. Leaves oblong, reticulated, rugged above. 
Corolla irregularly wheel-shaped. 
7his speciesf of Rhododendron is a native of Siberia, and like 
most of the genus delights in mountainous situations ; and it is also 
occisionally found on the banks of rivers. It was introduced into 
this country about twenty-five years ago, but the cHinate is not con- 
genial to this shrub, and it seldom perfects its flowers: in its native 
chnie it flowers in June and July. 
The stem rises about a foot in height, and sends off several 
spreading branches, which are covered with a brown bark; the 
leaves are oblong, obtuse, thick, veined, reflexed at the margin: on 
the upper side of a deep green, on the under ferruginous or glau- 
cous, surrounding the branches upon strong footstalks ; the flowers 
are large, yellow, and stand upon long peduncles, terminating the 
branches in the form of umbels; the calyx is persistent, and five- 
toothed; the corolla is monopetalous, inclining, irregularly wheel- 
shaped, and divided into five spreading segments ; the filaments are 
slender, spreading, nearly the length of the corolla, supporting oval 
anthers; the germen is pentagonal, indented, supporting a long style, 
terminated by an obtuse stigma; the capsule is ovate, somewhat 
angular, and divided into five cells, which contain many small irre- 
gular greyish seeds. 
The yellow-flowered rhododendron was first described, and its 
* Fig. a. the capsule, b. A transverse section of the capsule, 
t Sixteen species are enumerated in the Hort. Cant, as being cultivated in our 
botanic gardens. 
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