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RHODODENDRON punctatum. g. 
Plain-flowered dotted-leaved Rhododendron. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
RHODODENDRON. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. monopetala, infun- 
dibuliformis, limbo patente, 5-lobo. Stam. corolle inserta, declinata. 
“Germ. superum; stig, simplex. Caps. 5-loc., valvis utroque margine 
introflexo singulis Joculum constituentibus polyspermum, & axi ¢entrali 
annexis: sem. minuta. MIE IS 
 Frutices. Flores awillares aut terminales, spicati aut subcorymbost, 
pedicellis longis unifloris basi bracteolatis. Gemma in plurimis ter- 
minales imbricate. Jussieu. gen. 158. : 
R. punctatum, foliis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acutis glabris subtis fer- 
rugineis resinoso-punctatis, umbellis terminalibus, pedicellis brevibus, 
dentibus calycis brevissimis, corollis infindibuliformibus, lacintis ovatis 
subundulatis, capsulis elongatis. Pursh amer. sept. 1. 298. 
Rhododendron punctatum. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 607. ‘Hort. Kew. ed. Q. 
2.51. eck 
R. minus. Michaux, bor-amer, 1.258. Persoon. syn. 1. 478. 
(«) corolla minore supra in fauce viridi maculata. 
R. punctatum. Andrews’s reposit. 36. Venten. cels. 15. 
(€) corolla majore, maculis viridibus experte. Supra. 
Frutex proliferus 2-4-pedalis, badio-corticatus ; folia subtis 8 rami un- 
dique resind sudatd primd albido-crystallizante inde ferrugineo-exsiccante 
densé punctata. Folia subtriuncialia coriacea, supra lurido-viridia immerse 
reticulato-venosissima, glabra, Umbella Ee) flora, pedicellis corolld 
duplo brevioribus, bracteis eatimis sphacelatis, intimis viridibus. Cor. roseo- 
pallescens, limbo subbilabiato-rotato, laciniis rotundatis, aqualibus, 3 su- 
premis subantrorsim conniventibus, 2 infimis subretrorsim dvoaricatis. Fil, 
infra medium crassiora barbataque : anth. introrse, secundim sulcum dorsa- 
lem affix, poro gemino dehiscentes. Stylus jilamentis duplo crasstor & brevior, 
deflectendus ; stig. oblique & transverse semicapitato-obtusum, anticé papulo- 
sum. 
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This handsome variety of the dotted-leaved Rhododen- 
dron has been very lately raised from seed imported from 
America by Messrs. Fraser, nurserymen, in Sloane Square, 
by whom the other variety was introduced in 1786. It 
differs from that, in being a plant of a more compact growth, 
with a broader foliage, a corolla an inch or more in depth, 
and of an uniform pale pink colour, entirely free from the 
green spots that are so conspicuous in the upper part of the 
faux of the other; where the corolla is little more than half 
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