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RHODODENDRON LOBBII, 
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It forms a moderate-sized slirub, with whorled oblong-elliptic leaves, and 
terminal trusses of long-tubed flowers, having the tube 3 in. to 4 in. long, curved 
upwards, and the limb moderately expanded. The colour is a bright glossy 
crimson^ a colour which gives the plant a brilliant appearance, and from the 
form and general character of the flov/ers, it has a most distinct and striking 
appearance. It is a very free-blooming plant, and from eight to twelve flowers 
