Empalement of five divisions, and remaining.

Blossom. One leaf, of a roundish funnel-shape: the limb spreading; and its segments rounded.

Chives. Ten hair-like threads, the length of the blossom, bent downward. Tips oval.

Pointal. Seed-bud five-sided, and dented. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the blossom. Summit blunt-ended.

Seed-vessel. Capsule oval, five-celled.

Seeds many, small, and linear.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Rhododendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis, petiolis longissimis; corollæ violaceæ, foliis ampliores, rotatæ.

Rhododendron, with smooth leaves, naked on both sides, and long foot-stalks; the blossoms light purple, larger than the leaves, and wheel-shaped.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.