= 
194. 
RHODODENDRON dauricum £. atrovirens. 
Siberian Rhododendron; with a purple flower. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RuopopennRa. Jussieu gen. 158. Div. I. Corolla monoe 
etala. 
RHODODENDRON. Supra vol. 1. fol. 37. 
R. dauricum, foliis glabris utrinque nudis, corollis rotatis. Linn. sp. pl. 1. 
_ 562. 
Rhododendron dauricum. Pall. ross. 1. 47. t. 32. _-Andrews’s reposit. 4 
Curtis’s magaz. 636. Hort. Kew. 2. 66. ed. 2. 3. 49. 
Andromeda foliis ovatis utrinque punctatis. Gel. sib. 4. 124. n. 10. 
Chamerhododendros folio glabro majusculo, amplo flore roseo. Amut. — 
ruth. 181. n. 261. t. 27. 
(«) foliis hyeme fusco-purpurasentibus subdeciduis; flore roseo. a 
(8) foliis atroviridibus immutato-sempervirentibus; flore violaceo-rubro. 
Rhododendron dahuricum. 8. Curtis's magaz. 1888. 
Frutex stoloniferus 3-pedalis nunc duplus; caulis truncus brevis, crassus 
nodosus basi tuberiformis, cortice cinereo; rami teretes, stricto-virgati, non 
flecuosi, decrescentér ramulosi, ramulis in summitate confertits foliatis, 
viridi-purpurascentibus, resinoso-punctatis, lanuginosts. Folia aromatica, 
coriacea, ovali-oblonga, atrovirentia, emarginato-obtusa, utringue punctata, 
supra nitida, subtis pallidiora resinoso-leprosa, breve petiolata, duplo ». ultra 
longiora quam lata, lateribus scepitis revoluta. Flores ramulorum prioris 
anni terminales, nutantes subsolitarii, @ gemma viridi-squamosd, squame 
rotundo-ovate, parvule, obtuse. resinoso-punctate: pedunculus pallidus, 
brevior corolla, carnoso-corrugatus. Cal. disculus crassus vic duplo latior 
pedunculo cujus concolor et velut apex, obsolete pentagonus. Cor. subbilabiato- 
rotata, basi breve tubuloso-arctata et extis quinquangula ; semiquinquefide 
laciniis rotundatis undulatis, 3 summis subconniventibus, 2 imis minoribus. 
Fil. inequalia, longiora excedentia corollam, sanguinea, declinata, inferne 
_lanuginoso-barbata : anth. subrotund@, nigricantes, apice fe gemino de- 
hiscentes. Stylus staminibus . longior, eorum concolor, glaber,. filiformis, 
. ' ° N . . . 
supra crassior: stig. punctum obtusum parim dilatatum atrosanguineum, sub- 
guinquelobulatum : germ. conicum, obsolete pentagonum, resinaso-leprosum. 
In considering the differences between the present plant 
and the one usually known in our collections as. the 
RHODODENDRON dauricum, we do not find them of a nature 
to decide the specific separation of the plants; in other 
words, they are differences that do not appear to exceed 
the limits of the variation which daily experience proves 
to take place among the unadulterated offspring of a same 
parent-plant. 
The leaves in @ are of a darker green than in a, and 
