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slightly waved lohes, each furnislied with a line of white
hairs down the centre; upper one hroader, and marked
with deeper coloured spots. Stamens 10, declinate, projecting
considerably beyond the corolla. Filaments slender,
filiform, pale pink, white below. Anthers short, incumbent,
orange brown, opening at the top by two orbicular foramina.
Ovarium oblong, copiously pubescent, 5-celled. Style filiform,
glabrous, pale red, longer than the stamens. Stigma
large, capitate, viscid.
This is another of those splendid productions raised by
Mr. William Smith, whose success in this department of
horticulture stands unrivalled. It was raised by him in
1829, from seeds of the variety coccinea major of Rhododendron
nudiflorum that had been fertilized by arhoreum, and
except in its evergreen leaves, and decandrous flow'ers, it
agrees almost entirely with the former species, having less
affinity with arhoreum than any of the other hybrids from
that species, which we have seen. The plant appears to be
quite hardy, is readily multiplied by layers, and from the
beauty of its flowers is well deserving of a place in every
garden.
Our drawing was taken from specimens communicated by
Mr. Smith from his collection at Norbiton Common, near
Kingston, in the early part of last month.
In the preceding number of this wox'k we have figured
and described another beautiful mule Rhododendron, raised
also by Mr. Smith, but in the text we inadvertently omitted
to mark it as a variety, and we have therefore to request our
readers to alter the name to R . arhoreum var. venustum, it
being far from our intention to attempt to elevate these
garden productions to the rank of species.
The generic name will be found explained at fol. 10.
D. Don.
1. Pistil with the calvx. 2. Ovarium transversely cut.