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Cooperi but there are slight Me Dna differences in foliage that make me hesitate over identifying it with that species. It may be only Rh. Camelliaeflorum. We have seedlings raised from seed taken from Cooper's specimans and when they flower a Ms Ceyal Wb decision of the point will be possible. If the plant is Rh. Cooperi a the description of fruit which I have given will attach to thddiagnosis a = ? C>v06) of Rh. Cooperi = + young plant of this Cooper number flowered/for the — : - first time in the beginning of June this year and there is no doubt it is the same as Cooper's 3959. Two other plants growing under Cooper numbers have this year flowered for the first time also and are so like the Cooper 3506 plant that in spite of minor differences of foliage and of time of flowering I am forced to regard them as the same speciese Both are growing under wrong numbers,i.e. they do not match the herbarium specimens of the same numbers , x ©) cy) > oa ® ”) ® Bee vows oa Roy - a ok \e) Oo x» ae ioe Notes of Roy.Bot. Gard. Edin. Vol. X. (1947) p,o2. OO _——V<—V3VXn'nrnl ea iene a= = an sean The plamts are from two to three feet high and the species as they represent it,,promises to be a freely branched shrub less straggling Gu. in habit than Rh. Es An foliage and in tme manner of bearing its flowers mm #& essentially of the Rh. camelliaeflorum types wok how we ew sas Wt bale Makinlnr = oul . 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The stamens, usually ten, exceed slightly in length the corolla tube and their thick purple filaments have dense tufts of hairs mie pentane of with the hairi- ness of the throat of the corolla give a circular 'eye"' of white soft hairiness within the flower cup. This makes a pleasing contrast to the deep colour of the corolla lobes. Then again the anthers are large and of a bright orange-brown. The hairs of ‘the stamens conceal the. : gate (caning 3 Ud, 1 ws } 7 : shert green densely lepidote ovary. 2 fine short thick permple style: ss io { Come purple cel» aw @ petits Waewye Xa LeAirns ant we curved as in Rh. cameliiaeflorum so that the discoid stigma lies close to the corolla or is thrust between its lobes "ip betlctnrtmer tries + Two of the plants had the young leaves tinted.a rich purple-bronze on the third be hE light gre omag phe bronzed plants flowered earlier and had slightly smaller flowers than the other which is a larger and altogether sturdier looking plant with stouter branches and broader leaves less curved at’ the margins. The plants showed differences also in the time of making new growth and in the relationship of this to the time of flowering. The first plant to flower, a form with: tae bronzed foliage (Cooper, 3506) had young shoots as much as six inches long when the first flowers opened yy The largeff plant, of the flowers of wi akin which I give a photograph, was three es flowering and the blooms were aiready open when the buds of the new zresth. were bextiniad to on Up. individuals but they suggest that we may be dealing with forms cultur- AWW tenho ally Gaeteeeret. Cptombec bY ord- frre (rae ee : Rh Cooperi is certainly interisting Kcemeeierse but I do not think expand. These features may not be permanently characteristic of the it. will. prove very attractive horticulturally, nor’ is it tobe expected that it will be quite hardy. The Edinburgh plants flowered in ®e open framesbut they were protected through the winter. | | | . on 7 10 Ss) ) copyright reserved

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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH tl E00314457 | | | copyright reserved ° EX HERBARIO MUSEI BRITANNICI FLORA OF BHUTAN it ; Rhododendron camelliaeflora Hookef. det.J.Hutchinson se Ti Locality Shimitang. Bumthang Chu. Altitude 11,000ft. Date 14701949 Miphytic (or net) shrub. 2ft.-ift. corolla pigk. Scales on upper leaf surface white. On trees, & on cliff ledges, F. LUDLOW, G. SHERRIFF, & J.H. HICKS No. 19277

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SYN FLORA OF BHUTAN. Locality Yuden, Gumaen leroy Date | | iS, Altitude ote Remarks No. 39 Sq. Oe ae wang Us = vine Srnatt Cvel Aan Lm Keb, COOPER, Collector for A. K. BULLEY, Esq., CHESHIRE. xe] A . ® ” 4 ae <= ©] c= ey Qa. ° oO/ is: — Y AF pa Litter ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, : y KEW, SURREY. All communicationsShould ee to ) /) 2. se THE DIRECTOR. Naty hata fir lhe Grok peeens. y/X. loggers 5 prot ls MG Qa Colon fro J FO Canslboyf Germ P fase 22m. 00 muck range uf extan Us Doar. Wee PAN ERE fede. od. teal i ieee EU Af pve. 02, CUR : hw. , Ka hipo Yrstack ah hay ad Cann o frre tor ipe 1: Us Fels Aergh hells (x: 72) Arts kvcleaie had te mare Ses Ba lips, fy Iottl Yrore 23 3} 9 10 copyright reservedthen parkel rrengome ti arene TROAGAA bee ey ae of K canelhireftine rood fe ylabroo a te Gf 44 wean Knoak, allhinyh Sorbo, mation us uorhts ff Lh Fk a: ths davorplen 7 ang a Foalieee ha. Radel Poh Pts Thies Ee Ea Hoch. f. coffins esreblns fance cbrne villosa Conk oles frrcke © Que ase txnctt, Mie Sana 0 Baths ok MeNhaps Yo are Sammie bt 4 he pe DM iia te gee eet he Cu, Mo Dyrbimn way nh Celene “Meat de \ ae abl (hs lima! Pema kK Sabckiyk tite We byps br fot ter: eg Con plat cm tal BS Cortisol mpm ao a ei ys tae PORK oy “EeBin Dn wey Aevey a a a oe Yopcts, Mavaal tt R aay, Inmch ar Dohrta kan Me ts Yh bee 5 3} 9 10 copyright reserved. % 2 1 « o ” " re y e2a0 j > under ecim g $ : * * cy & r* . Ait) 7 ¢ os 7h ¢F % Z RAIS .f pS NA Pp & ¥ © + oa oe OFF { av. — - : , " PMaEOs « - we? =f @ we “Wiig Pd a ° A tn, 3 re " ' ‘ } . oy} e 4 4 ¢ 5 : Vea 7 ‘ ‘ , t é.7} a i aé at 4+ + ; + ‘ - a t * y ‘ ) he aes % ¥ & el as ae Ni Wed a & » af tle @ % : s 4 + * £'7 Fad 25 Ce e de : ne * 2 e > . & ; . she «, » § a pe - a, * , a <2 . * zat, 4 4 € < Hopes 4 hue ae dh ‘ » ad r 2 = - 4, £ 4. 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Cooperi but there are slight Me Dna differences in foliage that make me hesitate over identifying it with that species. It may be only Rh. Camelliaeflorum. We have seedlings raised from seed taken from Cooper's specimans and when they flower a Ms Ceyal Wb decision of the point will be possible. If the plant is Rh. Cooperi a the description of fruit which I have given will attach to thddiagnosis a = ? C>v06) of Rh. Cooperi = + young plant of this Cooper number flowered/for the — : - first time in the beginning of June this year and there is no doubt it is the same as Cooper's 3959. Two other plants growing under Cooper numbers have this year flowered for the first time also and are so like the Cooper 3506 plant that in spite of minor differences of foliage and of time of flowering I am forced to regard them as the same speciese Both are growing under wrong numbers,i.e. they do not match the herbarium specimens of the same numbers , x ©) cy) > oa ® ”) ® Bee vows oa Roy - a ok \e) Oo x» ae ioe Notes of Roy.Bot. Gard. Edin. Vol. X. (1947) p,o2. OO _——V<—V3VXn'nrnl ea iene a= = an sean The plamts are from two to three feet high and the species as they represent it,,promises to be a freely branched shrub less straggling Gu. in habit than Rh. Es An foliage and in tme manner of bearing its flowers mm #& essentially of the Rh. camelliaeflorum types wok how we ew sas Wt bale Makinlnr = oul . 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The stamens, usually ten, exceed slightly in length the corolla tube and their thick purple filaments have dense tufts of hairs mie pentane of with the hairi- ness of the throat of the corolla give a circular 'eye"' of white soft hairiness within the flower cup. This makes a pleasing contrast to the deep colour of the corolla lobes. Then again the anthers are large and of a bright orange-brown. The hairs of ‘the stamens conceal the. : gate (caning 3 Ud, 1 ws } 7 : shert green densely lepidote ovary. 2 fine short thick permple style: ss io { Come purple cel» aw @ petits Waewye Xa LeAirns ant we curved as in Rh. cameliiaeflorum so that the discoid stigma lies close to the corolla or is thrust between its lobes "ip betlctnrtmer tries + Two of the plants had the young leaves tinted.a rich purple-bronze on the third be hE light gre omag phe bronzed plants flowered earlier and had slightly smaller flowers than the other which is a larger and altogether sturdier looking plant with stouter branches and broader leaves less curved at’ the margins. The plants showed differences also in the time of making new growth and in the relationship of this to the time of flowering. The first plant to flower, a form with: tae bronzed foliage (Cooper, 3506) had young shoots as much as six inches long when the first flowers opened yy The largeff plant, of the flowers of wi akin which I give a photograph, was three es flowering and the blooms were aiready open when the buds of the new zresth. were bextiniad to on Up. individuals but they suggest that we may be dealing with forms cultur- AWW tenho ally Gaeteeeret. Cptombec bY ord- frre (rae ee : Rh Cooperi is certainly interisting Kcemeeierse but I do not think expand. These features may not be permanently characteristic of the it. will. prove very attractive horticulturally, nor’ is it tobe expected that it will be quite hardy. The Edinburgh plants flowered in ®e open framesbut they were protected through the winter. | | | . on 7 10 Ss) ) copyright reserved