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Rhododendron orbiculare Decaisne in Fl. des Serres, XXII. 169 
(1877). —Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1910, 108. 
Rhododendron rotundifolium David in Jour. As. Soc. North China Branch, VII. 
216 (nomen nudum) (1873). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, 
X. 47 (Pl. David. II. 85) (1888). — Schneider, JU. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 
483, fig. 321 a (1909). 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woodlands and thickets, alt. 2600- 
3000 m., June 1908 (No. 3418, in part; bush 1.5-4 m. tall, flowers 
deep rose-red); west and near Wén-ch'uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 
3300 m., July 1908 (No. 3418, in part; bush 1.5-4 m. tall, flowers 
rosy-red); Tachien-lu, woodlands, alt. 3300 m., June and July 1904 
(Veitch Exped. No. 3951). 
Though the leaves of this species, which resemble those of a small-leaved Nuphar, 
are remarkably distinct, David's words “remarquable par ses feuilles rondes" in 
reference to his R. rotundifolium can hardly be considered a sufficient description. 
Rhododendron Fargesii Franchetin Jour. Bot. IX. 390 (1895). — 
Bois in Jour. Soc. Hort. France, sér. 4, I. 217, fig. 24 (1900). — Hems- 
ley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1910, 109. — Gard. Chron. 
ser. 3, LI. 252 (1912); LII. 4, fig. 4 (1912). 
. Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien in thickets and forests of Silver 
Fir, alt. 2000-3000 m., May 1907 (No. 3416; bush 1-6 m. tall, flowers 
white to deep rosy-red, spotted); Fang Hsien, woodlands Sheng- 
téng-chia, alt. 2650 m., May 1907 (No. 3417; bush 2 m. tall, flowers 
rosy-pink) ; without precise locality, May 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1877). 
This is a beautiful and distinct species, abundant in the upper woodlands of 
north-western Hupeh, but is not found below 2000 m.; the flowers vary from white 
to deep rosy-red and are borne in compact trusses at the end of every shoot. 
Rhododendron oreodoxa Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Pee; 
XXXIII. 230 (1886); in Now. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, X. 46 (Pl. 
David. II. 84) (1888). 
Rhododendron haematochetlon Craib in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LIII. 214 (1919) 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woodlands, alt. 2600-3000 m., June 
and October 1908 (No. 121r, in part; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers es^ 
pink); same locality, October 1910 (No. 4260; bush 2-3 m. tall); f 
and near Wén-ch’uan Haien, woods, alt. 2300-2600 m, July 8? 
October 1908 (No. 1211, in part; bush 2-3 m. tall); Panian Ae 
west of Kuan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2300-3000 m., October v 
(Nos. 4245, 4247; shrub 2.5-3 m. tall); south-east of Taaie 
woodlands, alt. 3000-3300 m., October 1910 (No. 4271; bush 1- 
