Rhodothamnus
(from rhodon, a rose, and thamnos, a shoot or branch; alluding to the rosy colour of the flowers). ORD. Ericaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, hardy, branched shrub, in inflorescence and habit resembling Azalea (which see for culture).
R. Chamaecistus (Chamaecistus).* fl. pink, sub-erect, solitary at the tips of the branchlets, on long, slender peduncles; corolla rotate, nearly 1in. in diameter. May. l. scattered, shortly petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, entire, setose-ciliated, evergreen, shining. Branchlets glabrous. h. 6in. Alps of Eastern Europe, 1786. (B. M. 488, under name of Rhododendron Chamaecistus.)