Tas. 8362. 
RHODODENDRON scrcHueENENSsE. 
Central China. 
ERICACEAE. ‘Tribe RHODOREAE. 
Ruopopenpron, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. 
Rhododendron (Eurhododendron) sutchuenense, Franch. in Journ. de Bot, 
vol. ix. p. 392; Hemsl. et EH. H. Wils. in Kew Bull. 1910, p. 112; inter 
species hujus sectionis foliis floribusque haud lepidotis 2. Fortunei affinis, 
a qua fere omnino glabra et foliis oblanceolato-oblongis differt. 
Frutex 2°5-3 m. altus, haud lepidotus et fere omnino glaber, ramis floriferis 
rectis crassis interdum primum plus minusve tomentosis. /olia numerosa, 
ad apices ramorum conferta, longe petiolata, bene evoluta, crassa, coriacea, 
glabra vel interdum subtus secus costam diu tomentosa ; lamina oblancco- 
lato-oblonga, 8-25 cm. longa, sed saepius circiter 15 cm. longa, deorsum 
attenuata, apice saepius rotundata, obtusa, superiora minora interdum 
acuta, supra saturate viridia, infra pallida; costa crassissima, subtus 
elevata; venae primariae laterales numerosae, sat conspicuae; venae 
ultimae subtiliter reticulatae; petiolus validus, interdum fere suberosus, 
2-4 cm. longus. Flores dense corymboso-racemosi, 7-8 cm. diametro, 
gemmarum squamis variis intus sericeis; corymbi subsessiles, usque ad 
20 em. diametro ; pedicelli 1-5-2 cm. longi. Calyx parvus, fere obsoletus, 
obscure lobatus, glaber. Corolla late campanulata, 5-lobata, lobis latis 
rotundatis emarginatis, rosea, intus postice maculis sanguineis ornata, 
basin versus puberula. Stamdin 13-15, declinata, quam corolla breviora; 
filamenta filiformia, infra medium pubescentia; antherae fere nigrae. 
Vvarium 12-loculare, glabrum, nudum; stylus glaber, declinatus, stamina 
vix superans, stigmate sanguineo. Capsula lignosa, oblonga, circiter 
2°5 cm. longa, stylo lignescente coronata.—W. Bortina HEMSLEY. 
This handsome Rhododendron is one of the fruits of the 
first journey in China made by Mr. E. H. Wilson on behalf 
of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, and is the first of the large- 
leaved, large-flowered, new Chinese species to blossom in 
cultivation. Several of the smaller species of Rhododen- 
dron, which cover considerable patches of open country 
on the higher mountain slopes, as Calluna does in this 
country, have already been figured in this work. The 
large and broad-leaved species, of which R. sutchuenense Is 
an example, oceur as a rule, Mr. Wilson informs us, 1n 
partial shade and in association with other trees. Among 
these larged-leaved species the one here figured has eo 
unusual interest of flowering while it is of small size, an 
Mancp, 1911. 
