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Show YELLOW-FLOWERED RHODODENDRON. Jower. When dried, they have no smell, but a rough, astrin. gent, and bitterish taste. They also contain a stimulant narcotic principle ; for they increase the heat of the body, excite thirst, and produce diaph resis, or an increased disch irge of the other secretions or excretions; and, in a large dose, inebri ition and ‘delirium. MEDICAL USE. In decoction it is used in Siberia in rheumatism and gout. About two drachms of the dried shrub are infused in an earthen pot, with about ten ounces of boiling water, keeping it near a boiling heat for a night, and the infusion taken in the morning. Besides its other effects, it is said to produce a sensation of prickling or creeping in the pained parts; but in a few hours the pain and disagreeable symptoms are relieved, and two or three doses generally complete the cure. Liquids are not allowed during its operation, as they are apt to induce vomiting, YELLOW-FLOWERED RHODODENDRON . RHODODENDRON CHRYSANTHUS. Class X. Decandria. Order I. Monogynia. Essent. Gen. Cur. Calyw five-parted: Corolla funnel-sha ped, border cut intofive irregular segments: Stamina declined : Capsule fivecelled. Spec. Cuan. Leaves oblong, above rough, veine d, beneath smooth: Corolla rotate, irregular. SEE DESCRIPTION, Tus shrub rises a foot in heig ht. The leav es are opposite below, above clustered like a rose; of a deep green colour above, and ferruginous beneath. The flowers arein umbels, of a bright yellow colour, The stamina are very distinctly seen in this plant, and curl upward s to the pistil. HISTORY. This small shrub grows in the coldest situations, and highest parts of the snow-covered mountains in Kast Siberia, and especially in Dauria, The leayes are oblon g, rigid, reflected at the edges, rough on the upper surface, smoot h, and paler on the |