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conspersa plerumque flavidis nitidis paucis intermixtis, costa media 
supra leviter impressa subtus leviter elevata, nervis secundariis 
obscuris; petioli lepidoti, 1-2 mm. longi. Flores solitarii e gemma 
terminali orti; pedicelli dense lepidoti, 1-1.5 mm. longi; calyx 
eupularis, membranaceus, saepe coloratus, profunde 5-lobus, lobis 
subaequalibus ovatis v. rotundatis, 1-2 mm. longis extus lepidotis 
sat dense villoso-ciliatis; corolla infundibuliformis, purpurea v. 
atropurpurea, 2-2.5 em. diam., 5-loba, tubo 4 mm. longa, intus ad 
faucem villoso, lobis elliptico-ovalibus rotundatis 8-10 mm. longis 
et circiter 5 mm. latis extus lepidotis; stamina 7 v. 8, corolla paullo 
breviora, filamentis purpureis, 7-8 mm. longis in triente inferiore 
ima basi excepta villosis, antheris ochraceis; ovarium conicum, 
circiter 1.5 mm. longum, dense lepidotum; stylus purpureus, glaber, 
1-1.5 cm. longus, stigmate capitato atropurpureo. Capsula matura 
desideratur. 
Western Szech’uan: west of Kuan Hsien, Niu-tou-shan, sunny 
places among rocks, alt. 3300 m., June 20, 1908 (No. 3464). 
The pilose and stipitate-lepidote branchlets and the lepidote corolla-lobes dis- 
tinguish this new species from all other members of its group. It is, perhaps, most 
closely related to R. polycladum Franchet; this has narrower acutish leaves, 9 
different calyx and a glabrous like the branchlets only lepidote corolla. 
Rhododendron Edgarianum Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. : 
Frutex 0.30 1 m. altus, intricato-ramosus ramis brevibus divaricatis; 
ramuli hornotini dense rufo-lepidoti, vetustiores cinerei; gemmae 
subglobosae, perulis paucis rotundatis extus sparse lepidotis ciliatis. 
Folia coriacea, aromatica, congesta, late ovata v. late ovalia, utrinque 
rotundata, margine revoluta, 4-8 mm. longa et 3-5 mm. lata, suprà 
dense squamulis flavidis nitidulis contiguis obtecta, subtus squam 
intense rufis contiguis et partim invicem sese tegentibus obtecta, costa 
et nervis secundariis obscuris; petioli dense lepidoti, 1-2 mm. long. 
Flores solitarii e gemma terminali orti, subsessiles, perulis sub anthesi 
deciduis; calyx membranaceus, plerumque purpurasceus, rarius flavo- 
viridis, profunde 5-lobus, lobis inaequalibus ovali-oblongis obtusis 
rarius acutiusculis 2-2.5 mm. longis et 1-1.5 mm. latis € 
infra medium plerumque lepidotis; corolla infundibuliformis, roseo" 
purpurea v. purpurea, tubo cireiter 5 mm. longo intus ad faucem 
1 This species is named for the Rev. J. Hutson Edgar of the China Inland M. 
sion (Thibetan branch) to whom I am indebted for much valued informatio’ 
pleasant companionship in rambles round Tachien-lu. — E. H. W. 
