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rugose, dark-green, 8x4 inches, smooth on both sides, 
scaly beneath. Flowers few, in loose heads, long bell- 
shaped, white tinged with yellow at the base, 5 inches or 
more long and broad, fragrant, calyx lobes large and fleshy. 
Tender. 
R. occidentale. — N. America. 1824. Shrub 2-6 feet. 
Deciduous. Leaves obovate, rather fleshy, hairy when 
young, bright-green, 3 inches long. Flowers before the 
leaves in compact heads, fragrant, tubular, 2J inches long, 
white, tinged with rose and yellow. Also known as R» 
calendulaceum. Hardy. 
R, Oldhamii. — Formosa. 1882. A dwarf shrub. De- 
ciduous. Leaves cuneate, lance-shaped, clustered, hairy 
when young. Flowers funnel-shaped, 2 inches across, 
salmon-red. Tender. 
R» ovatum, — China. 1844. A virgate shrub 6 feet. 
Evergreen. Leaves Myrtle-like, i inch long, shining green. 
Flowers in loose terminal clusters, rotate, i inch across, 
pale purple. Tender. 
R, parvifoUum, — Siberia. 1877. An erect virgate shrub 
about I foot high. Leaves oblong, scaly, green above, 
rusty beneath, ^ inch long. Flowers in umbels, like those 
of the Myrtle, rose-coloured. Very near R, lapponicum. 
Hardy. 
R, pendulum, — Himalaya, 11,000 feet. i860. A small 
shrub with pendulous branches, often epiphytic. Ever- 
green. Leaves elliptic, inch long, rust-hairy beneath. 
Flowers in loose heads, campanulate, five-lobed, f inch 
long, white, scaly outside, calyx large in proportion. 
Hardy. 
R, ponticum. — Asia Minor and Portugal. 1763. A 
spreading shrub up to 12 feet. Evergreen. Leaves lance- 
