CULTIVATED SPECIES 
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shaped; dark-greeii; paler beneath. Flowers in corymbS; 
bell-shaped; distinctly lobed; purple to white. There are 
numerous varieties. Hardy. 
R, Przewalskii. — China. 1899. Compact shrub. Ever- 
green. Leaves oblong, 3-5 inches, leathery, dark-green. 
Flowers in compact heads, white, bell-shaped, with rounded 
lobes. Hardy. 
R, punctatum, — N. America. A spreading shrub 6 feet. 
Evergreen. Leaves elliptic, up to 3 inches long, smooth, 
thickly dotted with resinous globules. Flowers in com- 
pact heads, funnel-shaped, i inch across, rose-red, with 
darker spots. Hardy. 
R, racemosum. — Yunnan. 1890. A compact, Box-like 
plant. Deciduous. Leaves ovate, less than i inch, with 
scale-like punctures. Flowers in loose terminal clusters 
with a short tube, spreading lobes, and a conspicuous 
cluster of stamens. Hardy. 
R, retusum. — Java, 3000 feet. 1855. A shrub, 2 feet. 
Evergreen. Leaves obovate, leathery, dark-green, slightly 
scaly beneath. Flowers in loose umbels, nodding, tubular, 
i\ inch long, bright scarlet, paler inside. Greenhouse. 
R. Rhodora. — N. America. 1767. A deciduous shrub 
5 feet high, with brown twiggy branches, lanceolate hairy 
leaves i-|- inch long. Flowers preceding the leaves in 
April in compact clusters. Honeysuckle-like, rose-purple. 
Also known as Rhodora canadensis. Hardy. 
R. rhomhicum. — Japan. 1894. A deciduous shrub 
4 feet high. Leaves rhomboid, dark-green tinged with 
purple, smooth. Flowers produced in pairs in April before 
the leaves, flat, 2 inches across, purplish-rose. Tender. 
R. ruhiginosum. — Yunnan. 1894. A rigid shrub, 3 
feet. Evergreen. Leaves ovate, 3 inches long, dark-green 
