the segments broadest, and purple at the base, narrowly lanceolate,
tapering to the point, spreading when the flower is
expanded, covered with close-pressed hairs, and fringed
with longer spreading ones. Corolla very large and spread-
mg; tube half an inch, bluntly keeled at the back, and with
lour other keels, that are considerably smaller: expansion of
the limb two inches and a half to three inches, deeply cloven
into five parts; segments nearly of a size, broadly ovate or
nearly oval, rounded at the end ; the upper one, and the inner
sides of the two next to it, spotted from near the base,
to about half way up, with a sort of warted spots of a darker
colour. Stamens 7 or 8, of different lengths, of a bright red •
filaments clothed with short stiff hairs about half way up:
. anthers 2-lobed, attached by their back to the filaments.
Uvarmm covered with long white close-pressed hairs. Can-
w/e 5-celled, 5-valved. Placenta single, with five angles.
Seeds compressed, and winged. Style smooth, bright red
conjderably longer than the filaments. Stigma a pustulose
This splendid hybrid production is the offspring of
Rhododendron phoeniceum, that had been fertilized by R. indicum,
and was raised by Mr. Smith, at Coombe Wood
in the Spring of 1828. It partakes of the characters of both
parents, and like them is rather tender, but appears to be
a more desirable plant than either ; is of free growth, and
produces its flowers in great abundance. Mr. Smith’s ’suc-
cess in this department of Horticulture is well known his
collection surpassing any thing of the kind we have seen’.
For the explanation of the generic name, see folio 117
of the present series. ’
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