š 
24 70. ERICACE E: RHODODENDRE RE. f 
h 
Osmothamnus pallidus, DC. Prodr. vii. p.715; Ledeb. Fl. Relbas. ii. 
p. 918, excl. synon. et locis natalibus nonnullis ex Mazim. 
YvsvaN: chalk rocks at the foot of Mount Yaninchan, 
Lankong, at 2500 metres ( Delavay !). Herb. Kew. 
Eastern Siberia and the Himalayas. 
Mr. C. B. Clarke (Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 472) reducets this, 
R. micranthum, Maxim., and other proposed species to R. Aatho- 
pogon, D. Don, the typical. form of which has much 
flowers. 
25. Rhododendron hematodes, Franchet in Bull. Sok Rot. 
France, xxxiii, p. 232. her, 
Yunnan: woods, Tsangehan mountain about Tali at 443. 
metres (Delavay!). Herb. Kew. 
s»; 26. Rhododendron ($ Eurhododendron) Hanceanum, Hemsl., 
n. sp. 
Frutex lepidotus, cetercquin fere omnino glaber, ramis floriferis 
crassiusculis rectis, cortice rufescenti. Folia ad apices ramorum 
ger 
conferta, breviter petiolata, coriacea, lanceolata, oblanceolata vel 
obovato-lanceolata, 2-3 poll. longa, acuta, supra glabra, nitida, 
simul obscure rugulosa, subtus pallidiora, fulva, minute lepidota. 
Flores 7-8 lineas longi, numerosi, densissime cy mosi, pedunculis 
lepidotis 3-4 lineas longis; calyx amplus, lepidotus, persistens, 
lobis oblongis apice rotundatis quam capsula tertio parte brevi 
oribus; corolla (2 v. 3 delapsas marcidas tantum visas) infu n- 
dibularis, ad medium lobata, intus parcissime puberula; stamina — 
10, breviter exserta, filamentis infra medium puberulis. Capsula. 
lignosa, dense lepidota, recta, 3-34 lineas longa, 5-valva, 1G z 
"e 
locularis. 
SzkcHvEN : Mount Omei at 4000 feet (Faber?) H 
Kew. 
97. Rhododendron heliolepis, Franchet im Bull. Soc. Bot 3 
France, xxxiv. p. 283. 1 
Yvussaw: Hokin in woods at 2500 metres, and up to the topY - 
above the neck of Koulapo at 3500 metres (Delaray!). He 
Kew. 
28. Rhododendron Henryi, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 2 
et 1582, p. 281. 
KwasorvNa : North river (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 21638 7 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
