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R H O D O D É N D R O N Farréræ.
Mrs. Farrers Rhododendron.
Linnean Class Sf Order. P E N T - D E C A N D R I A M O N O G Y N I A .
Natural Order. E R I C E Æ . D . Don prodr. f lo r . nepal. p . 148.
S u b o r d o I I I . RHODORACEÆ. D . D o n l o c . c i t . p . 152.
R D O n O D E N D R O N . S u p r a f o l i o 1 0 , s e r i e s 2 .
Sect. I I . B r a c h y c a l y x . Ga/yx minimus, brevissime 5-lobus. Go-
roWa breve tubulosa, rotata, 5-partita : segmentis patentibus. Stamina 10,
inæqualia suberecta aut adscendentia.—Frutices erecti aut patentes ramosi,
sempervirentes aut subdecidui : ramis virgatis, junioribus pilosis aut subto-
mentosis. Folia glabra, aut hirsuto-strigosa, reticulato-venosa. Flores terminales
subsolitarii gemini.
R . Farreroe, ramis rigidis ; junioribus villoso-pilosis ; adultis glabris, foliis
coriaceis rigidis ovatis obtusis brevissime cartilagineo-mucronatis basi
subattenuatis nervosis reticulato-venosis utrinque hirtis : margine subre-
curvis ciliatis, petiolis basi dilatatis hirsutis, floribus terminalibus solitariis,
calyce piloso brevissime quinquelobo, corolla patente inæqualiter
q u i n q u e l o b a ; s e g m e n t i s u n d u l a t i s i n f e r i o r i b u s m u l t o m a j o r i b u s .
R h o d o d e n d r o n F a r r e r æ . Tate’s Mss.
A handsome bushy dwarf Shrub. Stems hard and rigid,
clothed with a smooth brown bark, producing numerous
branches, which are slender, villosely hairy, and clothed
with a ferruginous pubescence when young: becoming smooth
by age. Zeflwe« scattered, crowded at the upper part of the
shoots, apparently subdeciduous, very rigid, and of a hard
leathery texture, ovate, blunt, terminated by a very short
horny point, attenuated a little towards the base, hairy on
both sides, and fringed on the edges, the hairs procumbent,
and of a purplish colour, strongly nerved underneath, and
reticulately veined, margins slightly recurved; young leaves
densely clothed with long hairs. Petioles short, dilated at
the base, flat on the upper side and rounded below, clothed
with rusty hairs. Bractes that surround the flowers and
young shoots, short, ovate, acute, concave on the upper side,
thickly clothed with rusty hairs. Flowers terminal, solitary,
pale purple or lilac, elegantly spotted at the back with bright
red spots. Peduncles short, nearly hid by the bractes, thickly
clothed with hairs. Calyx very short, densely hairy, very
shortly 5-lobed. Corolla spreading widely open, with a very
short tu b e : 5-angular; divided into 5 undulate lobes: the
two lower ones oblong, deepest divided, considerably the
largest, and more spreading: three upper ones less divided,
more undulate; the upper one smallest, elegantly spotted
with bright red : the other two not so much spotted. Stamens
10, variable in length, the longest a little ascendant.