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winged, albuminous; testa loose. — Distrib. Species 10; Himalaya and 
the mountains of Burma and of the Malayan Peninsula. 
Pieris ovalifolia, D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ. XVII. (1834) 
159. A tree ; young branches whitish-puberulous at first, afterwards 
black and glabrous, about a third as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, ovate, shortly acuminate, the base broad and rounded, 
the edges very slightly recurved ; upper surface blackish-brown when 
dry, glabrous, the lower of a paler brown, minutely reticulate, puberu- 
lous on the midrib and nerves ; main-nerves 12 to 15 pairs, spreading, 
curving slightly upwards, sharply prominent on the lower surface, 
indistinct on the upper ; length 4 to 5'25 in. ; breadth 2 to 2-75 in. ; 
petiole -25 to -3 in. long, puberulous. Racemes simple, axillary, 4 to 
10 in. long, sometimes by suppression of the leaves forming a terminal 
false panicle, more or less pubescent ; bracts - 2 in. long, linear or 
lanceolate. Calyx-teeth connate at the base. Corolla narrowly ovoid, 
white. Capsule globose, glabrous, '2 in. in diam. Seeds small, linear- 
oblong. DC. Prod. VII. 599; Loudon, Arb. Brit. 570, fig. 1070; 
Clarke in Hook. f. El. Br. Ind. III. 460. Andromeda ovalifolia, Wall. 
Cat. 763, and in Asiat. Research, XIII. 391 ( with fig.) ; Don Prod. 
148; Wight Ic. t. 1199; Brandis For. Flora, 280; Kurz in Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng., 1877, Pt. II. 216, For. FI. Burm. II. 192. A. elliptica, 
Sieb. & Zucc. FI. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 126. Thibaudia, Griff. Ic. PI. 
Asiat. t. 514. 
Perak, at an elevation of 5,000 feet : Wray 1522. — Distrib. 
Himalaya up to 8,000 ft.; Khasia Hills; Burma; Japan. 
4. Rhododendron, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees, often aromatic often scaly. Leaves coriaceous, 
entire, alternate, rarely sub-opposite or in false whorls, often clustered 
near the ends of the branches. Flowers in terminal fascicles or pseudo- 
corymbs, rarely solitary or axillary ; bracts broad, usually caducous, 
bracteoles linear. Calyx persistent, 5-lobed, rarely cupular, sometimes 
small or obsolete. Corolla campanulate, salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, 
the tube long or short, the limb 5- to 10-lobed. Stamens usually 10 
but sometimes 5 or 18 ; anthers oblong, dehiscing by terminal pores. 
Ovary 5- to 20-celled ; style long or short, filiform ; stigma capitate ; 
ovules numerous in each ceil. Capsule short or elongate, always 
woody, 5- to 20-celled, septicidally dehiscent, the valves separating 
from the placentas from above downwards. Seeds numerous, ellipsoid, 
albuminous, the testa often crested or tailed at one end or at both. 
— Distrib. Species about 160, in mountainous parts of Europe, Asia, 
and North America. 
