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ovate, 4 x 2 in. ; lower surface cinnamon-coloured, tomentose. Flowers pale 
pink, often spotted. Corolla bell-shaped, 1 in. ; lobes spreading. 
R, Anthopogon, D. Don ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 472. A shrub, 1 ft., highly aromatic. 
Leaves ovate, 1 x J in. ; lower surface covered with red-brown scales. .Flowers 
sulphur- coloured. Corolla salver -shaped, § in. long. Occurs also on Marali. 
A tree. Leaves 2J-5 in. Flowers 1-2 in. long . . . 1. R. arboreum. 
A small shrub. Leaves f-1 in. Flowers less than Jin. long. 2. B. lepidotum. 
1. Rhododendron arboreum, Smith ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 465. A 
tree. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2|~5 x 1-1^ in. ; upper surface 
glabrous, lower silvery-scaly. Flowers red or pink, sometimes 
spotted, rarely white, crowded in large, head-like corymbs. Calyx 
small, persistent ; teeth unequal. Corolla bell-shaped, 1-2 in. long. 
Stamens 10, alternate ones longer. Capsule scaly, 1 in., curved, 
10-valved. 
Simla, common ; March- May, occasionally again in July and August if the 
spring flowering has been checked by drought, hailstorms, &e . — Temperate 
Himalaya, 6000-8000 ft Burmah. 
2. Rhododendron lepidotum, Wall, ; Ft. Br. Ind. iii. 471. An 
erect, aromatic shrub, 1-4 ft. ; inflorescence and young parts 
covered with minute, circular, silvery or brown scales. Leaves 
oblong or obovate, f-1 in. ; upper surface silvery-scaly, lower 
brown-scaly. , Flowers dingy yellow or pale pink-purple, in small 
