the young state with long silky hairs on the upper surface, 
sparingly pubescent below, at length becoming glabrous ; 
lateral nerves 3—4, suberect at the base, more spreading in 
the upper part, raised below; veins closely reticulated ; 
petioles 4-4 in. long. Buds ovoid; scales broadly ovate or 
oblong, apiculate, pubescent outside towards the apex. 
Flowers usually in pairs, pale pink with purple spots on the 
upper segments; pedicels erect, 4-1} in. long, hispid. 
Calyx annular, densely setose. Corolla deeply 5-lobed, 
glabrous on both sides; tube 4-1} in. long, lobes 4-2 in. 
long, spreading, elliptic, obtuse. Stamens 10, shortly 
exserted ; filaments glabrous; anthers jy in. long. Ovary 
ovoid, densely setose; style 14-14 in. long, glabrous.— 
J. HurcHinson. 
Cuntivation.—Rhedodendron Mariesii was raised from — 
seeds received at Kew in 1886 from Dr. Henry when at 
Ichang. The plants have received protection; that figured _ 
having flowered in the Himalayan House in April, 1907. _ 
The deciduous Lhododendra from China to which this species _ 
belongs are handsome spring-flowering shrubs, the best 
known of these, FR. sinense, being one of the most popular of 
garden plants. It is probable that R. Mariesii will bear 
the temperature of the warmer parts of the British Islands; _ 
it ought to be quite at home in Devon and South Cornwall. _ 
—W. Watson, oO a : 
Fig. 1, calyx and pistil ; 2 and 8, anthers:—enlarged. 
