PiavalicJAa^rn
R H O D O D É N D R O N M o rte rii var. carnea.
Marter s Rhododendron, flesh-coloured.
Linnean ClassSf Order. P E N T -D E C A N D R IA M O NO G Y N lA .
Natural Order. E R IC EÆ . D . D on ß o r.n ep a l.p .lY A .
Subordo I I I . R H O D O R A C EÆ . D . Don loc. cit. p. 152.
R H O D O D E N D R O N . Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla monopetala,
sæpiùs campanulata v. basi tubulosa, (nunc rarò rotata s. 3-partita,)
limbo 5-loba, subbilabiata; laUo superiore latiore, sæpiùs maculato.
Stamina 5-10, sæpiùs exserta. Antheroe apice foramine duplici hi-
antes. Capsula 5-locularis, 5-valvis, rarò (in R . arboreo) 10-locu-
laris, 10-valvis, septicido-dehiscens. Placenta simplex, augulata.
Semina compressa, scobiformia, alata.— Frútices v. Arbores, sæpiùs
sempcrvirentes. Folia alterna, integerrima, apice sphacelata s. gianduia
luteà terminata. Flores terminales, corymbosi, speciosi, colore
varii. D . Don prodr. p. 152.
Sect. I I . A z a l e a . Corolla basi tubulosa, infundibuliformis. S ta mina
5.— Frútices v. Arbores, plerique décidais ; ramis piloso-hispi-
dis. Folia oblonga, ovata v. elliptica, pilosa. Flores corymbosi, speciosi,
colore varii.
R . Morterii, foliis elliptico-oblongis acutis basi attenuatis glabrius-
culis nitidis concoloribus margine ciliatis : nervo supra lanuginoso
subtus setigero : pilis incurvis, corollis externe pilosis, tubo laciniis
subæqualibus, calycis dentibus brevibus inæqualibus oblongis ob-
tusis, staminibus laciniis corollse subexcedentibus.
« carnea, flowers flesh-coloured, the upper segment o f the limb of an
orangy yellow, edged with flesh-colour.
ß proestans, flowers of a pale copper-colour, tinged with blush, upper
segment of the limb of a coppery yellow.
A handsome bushy growing shrub : branches slender,
thickly clothed with soft bristle-like hairs, pressed inwards.
Leaves alternate, petiolate, deciduous, elliptically
oblong, acute, tapering towards the base, smooth and
glossy, penninerved underneath, the margins fringed
with stiff hairs that bend inwards : upper side of the
midrib downy, underneath thickly clothed with stiff
bristle-like hairs that bend inwards. Petioles short,
channelled on the upper side, and rounded below, hispidly
hairy, and underneath clothed with down. Flowers
in a many-flowered terminal corymb. Bractes surrounding
the pedicles at the base, deciduous, dropping off
soon after the flowers expansion, ovate, acute, concave
or cuculiate, more or less boat-shaped. Pedicfei longer
than the bractes, cylindrical, clothed with numerous
short glandular hairs. Calyx short, 5-parted, the segments
unequal in length, oblong, obtuse, fringed and