CULTIVATED SPECIES 
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large, silky, corolla bell-shaped, 6-10 lobed, stamens four- 
teen or more. Tender. 
R, Hookeri , — Bhotan, 8000 feet. i860. A large shrub. 
Evergreen. Leaves oblong, rounded at both ends, green 
on both sides, 5 inches long, with stellate tufts of hair at the 
base of the principal nerves. Flowers in small compact 
heads, bell-shaped, i inch long, blood-red, calyx cup-shaped. 
Tender. 
R, indicum.— Chins., A shrub with virgate branches 
of sub-horizontal growth. Evergreen. Leaves ovate, 1-2 
inches long, hairy, green. Flowers, several, at the ends of 
the short branches. Very variable as to size and colour. 
Tender. The parent of the Indian Azaleas, largely grown 
in greenhouses. There are several wild varieties. 
R. intricatum, — Yunnan. 1907. A densely branched 
shrub up to 3 feet. Evergreen. Leaves oblong, scaly, 
^ inch long. Flowers in clusters of five, small, violet-blue. 
Tender. 
R, irroratum , — China. 1890. A sturdy shrub 6 feet 
or more high. Evergreen. Leaves lance-shaped, convex, 
green on both sides, 4 inches long. Flowers with terminal 
heads, bracts conspicuous, brown, narrow bell-shaped, 
inch long, lobes short, white tinted and spotted with 
rose. Tender. 
R. jasminiflorum. — Mountains of Malaya. 1849. ^ 
small shrub. Evergreen. Leaves elliptic, leathery, scaly 
beneath, 2 inches long. Flowers in an umbel, 6 inches 
long, tube narrow, inch long, white, lobes small, 
spreading. Greenhouse. 
R, javanicum, — Mountains of Malaya. 1847. ^ large 
shrub. Evergreen. Leaves lance-shaped, 6 inches long, 
glabrous on both sides. Flowers many, in corymbs, 
