CULTIVATED SPECIES 
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when young, 2-3 inches long. Flowers 3 inches wide, 
saucer-shaped, blush-pink, changing almost to white. Calyx 
glandular, ciliate. Hardy. 
R, Thomsonii, — Sikkim, 13,000 feet. 1851. A large 
shrub up to 15 feet. Evergreen. Leaves elliptic, heart- 
shaped, dark-green above, glaucous beneath, finely reticu- 
lated, about 3 inches long. Flowers in compact heads, 
bell-shaped, 1-2 inches long and wide, blood-red. Calyx 
cup-shaped. Hardy. 
R. trifloriim. — Himalaya, 8000 feet. 1850. A virgate 
shrub up to 8 feet. Evergreen. Leaves elliptic, thin, grey- 
green, scaly beneath, 2 inches. Flowers usually in threes, 
tubular, i inch long and wide, pale-yellow. Tender. 
R, Ungernii. — Trans-Caucasia. 1886. A sturdy shrub 
up to 12 feet. Evergreen. Leaves lance-shaped, leathery, 
dark-green above, felted beneath, 4-6 inches long. Flowers 
in compact clusters, shallow bell-shaped, spreading lobes, 
2 inches across. Pale-rose, tinted with red. Hardy. 
R, Vaseyi — N. America. 1888. A shrub or small tree 
up to 18 feet. Deciduous. Leaves lance-shaped, bright- 
green, 2-3 inches long. Flowers preceding the leaves, in 
loose umbels, tubular, spreading lobes, ij inch across, pink 
with red spots. Hardy. 
R. Veitchianum, — Moulmein, 7000 feet. 1850. A 
shrub about 8 feet high, sometimes epiphytic, stem swollen 
at the base. Evergreen. Leaves lance-shaped, smooth, 
with red scales beneath, 4 inches long. Flowers in loose 
umbels, wide bell-shaped, with large wavy lobes, white, 
very fragrant, stamens twelve or more. Closely related to 
R, formosum. Greenhouse. 
R. virgatiim. — Himalaya, 9000 feet. 1850. A shrub 
up to 4 feet, with thin, scaly branchlets. Evergreen. Leaves 
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