fringe. In other respects the three representatives of 
R. Keiskei at Kew agree very closely. The species is most 
nearly allied tu &. triflorum, which is figured at t. 19 of the 
Rhododendrons of the Sikkim Himalaya. Though the plant 
has not yet wintered in the open air, it promises to be 
hardy ; if this be borne out by experience, the chief value of 
the species will be in adding a new yellow-flowered ever- 
green ‘Rhododendron to the out-door garden. It should 
thrive under the conditions suited to other species; a soil 
preferably peaty, that is free from lime and abundantly 
supplied with moisture. ee 
Descriprion.—Shrub, 3-7 ft. high, densely branched, 
the branches when young sparingly lepidote. Leaves 
biennial, coriaceous, short petioled, lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, including the petiole 14-3 in. ong, somewhat 
acute, base .cuneate, rounded or occasionally subcordate, 
sparingly and obscurely lepidote above, paler: beneath and 
closely distinctly lepidote. Flowers yellow, 13-2 in. across, 
in clusters of 3-5; pedicels rather long, lepidote. Calya- 
lobes wide, rounded, very short. Corolla wide campanulate, 
sparingly lepidote outside, epunctate within; tube short, 
lobes equal, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Stamens 10, shorter than 
the corgila, declinate; filaments filiform, sparingly puberu- 
lous below the middle; anthers orange. Ovary 5-celled, 
very“densely lepidote; style glabrous, recurved. Capsule 
natrow, nearly cylindric, about 5 lin. long. 
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Fig. 1, portion of a leaf; 2, a covering leaf from a young inflorescence ; 3, a 
scale from the same; 4, calyx and pistil; 5 and 6, stamens; 7, cross-section of 
an ovary :—all enlarged. 
