ones marked with deeper coloured spots. Stamens 5 or 8,
unequal, declinate. Filaments purple, compressed, slender,
bearded below. Anthers very short, dark-purple, opening by
two terminal pores, and apparently without pollen. Ovarium
ovate, copiously bristly. Style slender, 5-angular, glabrous,
purple, declinate, thickened above. Stigma large, capitate,
projecting beyond the corolla, slightly 2-lobed.
We are indebted to Mr. Stidolph, gardener to Mr. Baily,
at Peckham Rye, for an opportunity of presenting our readers
with a figure of this very showy variety, which he informs
us was raised by Mr. Wood, gardener to Mrs. May at
Sydenham, from a plant of Rhododendron phceniceum, that
had been fecundated by R . catawbiense. It is, as Mr. Stidolph
justly observes, a splendid variety. From the circumstance
of its producing its blossoms freely and in abundance,
and from their size and colour, the plant wall prove a
valuable addition to the ornaments of the conservatory,
during the early spring months.
It wdll require the same treatment as the other kinds
related to R . indicum, and it may be increased by cuttings or
by layers.
Our drawing was taken in February last.
The generic name will be found explained at fol. 10.
D . Don.