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LIV. ERICACEAE 
ovate, 4x2 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 | in. ; lower surface covered with red- brown scales. Flowers 
sulphur- coloured. Corolla salver-shaped, f in. long. Occurs also on Marali 
A tree. Leaves 2|-5 in. Flowers 1-2 in. long . . 1 . B. arbor turn. 
A small shrub. Leaves f-1 in. Flowers less than J in. long 2. R. lepidotum. 
Fig. 89. Piebis ovalifolia. 
1. Rhododendron arboreum, Smith ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 465. A 
tree. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2J-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, &c. — Temperate 
Himalaya, 6000-8000 ft. — Burmah. 
2. Rhododendron lepidotum, Wall. ; FI. 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 
