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RHODODENDRON arboreum, 
Tree Rhododendron. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Ericex. 
RHODODENDRON. V. supra vol. 1. fol. 37. 
a a 
R. arboreum; foliis glabris lanceolatis subtis tomentosis, capitulis terminali- 
bus, capsula valvis 10, caule arboreo. Stnith Exotic Botam (5 a IE 
R. puniceum, R. Hort. Beng. 33. 
Folia ovali-lanceolata, petiolata, acuta, 4-6 uncias longa, 14 lata, supra 
glabra, opaca, vents immersis, infra argenteo lepidota venis glabris, prominen- 
tibus, nudis. Flores terminales, in corymbo brevi capitati ; e gemmd prove- 
nientes extus tectd squamis oblongis, sensim intis acutioribus, concavrs, serie 
multiplict imbricatis, brunneis, ciliatis, interioribus sericeis. Bractew, cuique 
Jlori una, spatulato-lanceolate, arcuate, cymbiformes, albe, sericee, florum 
longitudine, et cum floribus decidentes. Pedicelli breves, corrugati, Surfu- 
roso-pilosi, Calyx brevis, planiusculus, quinque-dentatus, pubescens. Co- 
rolla atrococcinea, carnosa, campanulata, base 5-gibbosa, 5-loba, 14 unciam 
longa, lobis rotundatis, undulatis, emarginatis, inferioribus majoribus, Sauce 
maculis nigris aspersd. Stamina 10, hypogyna, corolle longitudine. Fila- 
menta alba, carnosa, jiliformia. Antheree brunnee, oblonga, verosimiliter 
inverse, et igitur apice poris duobus dehiscentes, ecalcarate. Pollen pallideé 
Jlavum, globosum, ternatim conglomeratum. Ovarium conicum, obtusum, 
lanatum, filamentis appressis 10-striatum, 10-loculare, placentis totidem 
polyspermis in axi carnosd conferruminatis. Stylus albus, filiformis, longi- 
tudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, radiis 10. f 
“This most magnificent species of Rhododendron was 
first noticed by Captain Hardwicke, ona tour to Sireenagur, 
in 1796, growing in the mountainous tract called the 
Sewalic chain, which separates the plains of Hindostan, 
between 75° and 85° east longitude, from the Himmaleh 
Mountains. It is generally found in elevated situations, in 
forests of oak; the soil a rich black vegetable earth ona 
stony bed. The natives use the wood for making the 
stocks of matchlocks, or common musquets of Hindostan. 
The stem is columnar, 20 feet or more in height, 16 to 24 
inches in diameter.” Thus far Sir James Smith, by whom 
this superb plant was first published in the Exotic Botany. 
The figure in that valuable work, taken in India from a 
wild specimen of the plant, agrees well with the subject 
of this page, in all respects, except in not representing any 
of the dark spots of the throat of the corolla, which are so 
conspicuous in the plant of our gardens 
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