. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XLIII. ERICa'cEJE : ieHODODE'NDKON. 589. 1112. A. (f Ihirfidtum. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic, acutish, ciliated with rusty hairs on the margins, glabrous above, dotted and hairy beneath. Calycine segments fringed, bearded. Flowers pale red or scarlet, disposed i
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XLIII. ERICa'cEJE : ieHODODE'NDKON. 589. 1112. A. (f Ihirfidtum. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic, acutish, ciliated with rusty hairs on the margins, glabrous above, dotted and hairy beneath. Calycine segments fringed, bearded. Flowers pale red or scarlet, disposed in umbellate corymbs. Corollas funnel-shaped. (Don's MM.) A low evergreen shrub. Alps of Switzerland, Austria, Styria, Dau- phine, &c. Height I ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1656. Flowers pale red or scarlet; May to July. Variety. js. R. (/.) h. 2 variegatum. — Leaves edged with yellow. Possibly only a variety of the pre- ceding species. B. 11. -R. SETO'SUM The bristly Rhododendron. Identification. D, Don in Wera. Soc. Trans., 3. p. 408.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 844. Engraving. OurJ^. 1113, from a specimen in the herbarium of Professor DeCandolle. Spec. Char., Sfc. Branchlets beset with. bristles. Leaves oval, mucronate, bristly on the margins and under surfaces. Pedicels beset with glandular hairs. Calycine segments rounded, coloured, naked, crenulated. A small, stiflj much-branched shrub. Leaves half an inch long. Flowers purple, size of those of R. dauricum, disposed in umbellate corymbs. Calyx purple. Filaments bearded at the base. Stigma capitate. {Don's Mill.) A low evergreen shrub. Nepal, in Gos- sainthan. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1825, but rare. Flowers purple ; May. B. R. macrophyUum {G. Don's Mill., iii. p. 843.) is a native of the north-west coast of North America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies; and there are specimens in Mr. Lam- bert's herbarium; but the plant has not yet been introduced. The petioles of the leaves are 1 in., and theii-
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