r h o d o d e n d r o n indicum.
var. ìgnéscens.
Fiery Indian Rhododendron.
Linnean Class and Order. P E N T -D E C A N D R IA M O N O G Y N IA .
Natural Order. E R IC EÆ . B . Don prodr. flo r. nep. p . \4 8 .
Subordo I I I . R h o d o r a c e æ . D . Don loc. cit. p . 152.
R H O D O D E N D R O N . Supra fol. 10. series 2.
Sect. I I I . T s ü t s d s i . Cañ/x 5-partitus : segmentis longis, erectis, angustis,
acutis. Corolla tubulosa, rotata, 5-partita: segmentis patentibus.
Stamina 10, inæqualia, adscen'dentia aut suberecta.— Frútices erecti aut
patentes ramosi, sempervirentes aut subdecidui : ramis virgatis, junioribus
pilosis. Folia hirsuto-strigosa. Flores terminales subsolitarii aut g e mini.
R . indicum, floribus terminalibus solitariis aut geminis, ramis strigosis, foliis
elliptico-lanceolatis basi et apice attenuatis strigosis, dentibus calycinis
elongato-lanceolatis ciliatis patentibus.
Azalea indica. Linn. sp. p i. p. 214. Willd. sp. p i. 1. p . 8.31. Hort. Kew.
edit. 2. vol. 1. p . 318. Pers. syn. 1. p . 212. Roem. et Schult. syst. 4.
p . 374. Spreng. syst. 1. p . 028.
Chamærhododendron exoticum, amplissimis floribus liliaceis. Rreyn.
prodr. 1. p . 23. prodr. 2. p . 31. ejusdem edit. alt. p . 16 et 53.
Cistus indicus Ledi alpini folio, floribus amplis. Herrn. Lugdh. 152. t. 153.
R a j. hist. 1895.
T s u t s u s i . Kcempf. Amoen.845. t . 846.
a. puntceum. Red-flowered. Botan. magaz. t. 1480.
ß ignescens, segmentis 4 inferioribus flammeis unicoloribus : superioribus
sublilacinis obsoletè punctatis. Supra tab.
y phoeniceum. Purple-flowered. Botan. magaz. t. 2667.
i purpureum. Double purple. Botan. magaz. t. 2509.
I lùteum. Double yellow.
Stems numerous, slender, very much branched, spreading,
strigose, or thickly clothed with brown prostrate hairs.
Leaves of a thin weak texture, alternate or scattered, in clusters
near the end of the branches, elliptic or elliptical lanceolate,
tapering to both ends, terminating in a shortish,
horny, bluntish mucro at the point : strigosely hairy, the
hairs procumbent, and giving the foliage a brown appearance.
Petioles dilated a little at the base, flat on the upper
side, and rounded below, densely clothed with close-
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