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(see Fig. 369, for which we are indebted to Messrs. James Veitch and Sons), pink, tube of corolla white.
Hardy Rhododendrons. Hybrids of R. ponticum. ACHIEVEMENT, clear rosy-scarlet, white centre. ALBUM GRANDIFLORUM, blush; fine truss and foliage. ALEXANDER DANCER, bright rose, lighter centre; one of the finest. ATROSANGUINEUM, intense blood-red; one of the hardiest. AUGUSTUS, purplish-crimson or plum-colour. BARCLAYANUM, deep rosy-crimson; late. BLANDYANUM, rosy-crimson; extra fine. CANDIDISSIMUM, blush, changing to white. CARACTACUS, rich purplish-crimson; fine truss; one of the best. CHANCELLOR, purplish-lilac, spotted. CHARLES DICKENS, dark scarlet; fine habit and foliage. DELICATUM, blush, changing to white, with a distinct brown spot; fine habit. DUCHESS OF BEDFORD, deep rose, light centre. EVERESTIANUM, rosy-lilac, spotted and fringed; free-flowering. FAIR HELEN, pure white, marked with rich yellow spot. FREDERICK WATERER, crimson; very showy. GEORGE PAUL, crimson, finely spotted; free-flowering. HELEN WATERER, centre white, edged with crimson. H. W. SARGENT, crimson; very large trusses. LAGO, pale rose, spotted. JAMES MACINTOSH, rosy-scarlet; splendid habit and foliage. JAMES NASMYTH, rosy-lilac, blotched maroon; large truss. J. MARSHALL BROOKS, rich scarlet, bronze spot; distinct. LADY ARMSTRONG, pale rose, much spotted; beautiful. LADY ELEANOR CATHCART, pale rose, spotted chocolate. LUCIDUM, purplish lilac, brown spots; free-flowering. MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE, pale rose, intense black spot; distinct and telling. MICHAEL WATERER, crimson-spotted; fine. MINNIE, blush-white, spotted with chocolate; distinct. MONT BLANC, white, dwarf, and free-flowering. MRS. JOHN CLUTTON, white; one of the best in cultivation. MRS. WILLIAM BOVILL, rich rosy-scarlet; one of the most attractive. MURILLO, rich crimson. NERO, dark rosy-purple, richly spotted. PURITY, white, faint yellow eye; very showy. REEDIANUM, bright cherry; very pretty. ROSABEL, pale rose; fine foliage and habit. SIR ISAAC NEWTON, plum-colour, shaded and spotted. SIR THOMAS SEBRIGHT, rich purple, distinct bronze blotch. SNOWFLAKE, pure white; conical truss; distinct and beautiful. STANDARD OF FLANDERS, blush, distinctly spotted; very showy. STELLA, pale rose, intense chocolate blotch; free-flowering. SYLPH, bright rosy-pink; fine truss. THE QUEEN, blush, changing to white; fine shape. TITAN, clear rosy-scarlet; one of the best. VANDYCK, rosy-crimson; good. VERSCHAFFELTII, blush, much spotted. VESTAL, pale rose, much spotted; fine truss. WILLIAM DOWNING, rich dark puce, finely blotched.
RHODOLEIA (from rhodon, a rose, and leios, smooth; perhaps referring to the rose-like flowers and the spineless stems). ORD. Hamamelideae. A genus comprising a couple of species of small, highly glabrous, greenhouse or stove trees, with the habit of Rhododendron; one is from Hong Kong, and the order a native of Sumatra. Flowers hermaphrodite, about five in an axillary, pedunculate, nodding head, girded by a coloured, many-leaved involucre; petals rose-colour, two to four, very unequal, clawed; stamens seven to ten, inserted with the petals. Leaves crowded at the tips of the branchlets, spreading, alternate, long-petioled, evergreen, glaucous beneath, oblong, entire, thickly coriaceous. For culture of R. Championi--the only species introduced--see Gardenia.
R. Championi (Champion's). fl. 21/2in. in diameter; outer involucral leaflets (sepals) about twelve; inner ones (petals) about eighteen. February. fr. of five radiating capsules, each the size of a small hazel-nut. l. bright green, elliptic-obovate, obtuse. Hong Kong, 1852. (B. M. 4509.) RHODOMYRTUS (from rhodon, a rose, and Myrtos, Myrtle; in allusion to the rose-coloured flowers of some species, and the alliance to the Myrtle). ORD Myrtaceae. A genus containing five species of stove or greenhouse, villous or tomentose trees or shrubs; one is dispersed over tropical Asia, from the Indian Archipelago as far as China, and the rest are natives of Eastern Australia. Flowers often rather large, axillary; calyx tube scarcely or not produced above the ovary; limb of four or five herbaceous, persistent segments; petals four or five, spreading; stamens densely many-seriate, free; peduncles one to three-flowered, rarely racemosely five to seven-flowered, rather long or very short. Leaves opposite, penniveined or triplinerved. R. tomentosa is the only species known to gardeners. For culture, see Myrtus. R. tomentosa (tomentose).* Hill Gooseberry; Indian Hill Guava. fl. rose-colour; calyx five-cleft; peduncles one to three-flowered, shorter than the leaves, with two ovate bracteoles beneath the flowers. June. l. ovate, the younger ones velvety above, cano-tomentose beneath, three-nerved; lateral nerves sub-marginal. h. 5ft. China, &c., 1776. Greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 250, under name of Myrtus tomentosa.)