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P L A T E IV.
RHODODENDRON DAURICUM.
Dauric Rhododendron.
C L A S S X. ORDER L
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
C A L Y X quinquepartitus, perfiftens.
C O R O L L A . Monopetala, rotato-infundibullformis:
limbo patente; lacinils rotundatis.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta decern, filiformia, longitudine
corollae, declinata. Antherse ovales.
PisTiLLUM. Germen pentagoniim, retufum.
Stylus filiformis, longitudine corolla;. Stigma
obtufum.
P E K I C A R P I U M . Capfula ovata, quinquelocularis.
S E M I N A numerofa, minima, lineares.
EMPALEMENT of five divifions, and remaining.
BLOSSOM. One leaf, of a roundiili funnel-fliape:
tlie limb fpreading; and its fegnients
rounded.
CHIVES. Ten hair-like threads, the length of
tlie bloflbm, bent downward. Tips oval.
F O I N T A L . Seed-bud five-fided, and dented.
Shaft thread-fliaped, the length of the
blo0bm. Summit blunt-ended.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule oval, five-celled.
SEEDS many, fmall, and linear.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Rhododendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis,
petiolis longiflimis; corollas violacea:, foliis
ampliores, rotatae.
Rhododendron, witli fmooth leaves, naked on
both fides, and long foot-ftalks; the bloffoms
light purple, larger than the leaves,
and wheel-ihaped.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Tlie Bloflbm, (naturalize).
2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize); one tip detached, (magnified)
3. The Seed-velTel, and Pointal, (magnified).
A L T H O U G H this ihrub has been defcribed, and is well known to botanifts, it has not, till within thefe
o l ^ i e i r ^ n d c T f l : ; " ^^ ^ hardy plant, being a native o f t e
hv Dr f t Z f r ; , '' to Peteriburg
by Dr. P. Palla, and figured by h:m m his Flora Ruffica. Mr. Bufli was the perfon who brought i^
to England, on his return from Ruffia. The flowers begin to appear in the month of March on
tm img through April and May. As yet (from its fcarcity) the beft method of cultivatin'it can
fcarcely be known; but ,t feems to like a flieltered fituation, and light foil, like moft of the°g nu
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