conclusion as to whether natural hybrids are present among 
these obviously nearly related forms. A living plant of 
the form now described, presented by Messrs. Veitch to the 
Kew Collection, flowered there during the spring of 1909. 
Descriprion.—Shrub, dwarf and densely branching, the 
flowering twigs rather slender, Jepidote. Leaves sparsely 
set, their internodes usually rather longer than the petioles, 
persistent, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 14-14 in. leng, 
apiculate, base cuneate or somewhat rounded, at first lepi- 
dote on both surfaces, ultimately glabrescent and very dark 
green above, beneath remaining persistently densely lepi- 
dote and pale green between the scales; nerves immersed 
and inconspicuous; petiole short, 2 lin. long or less. 
Flowers 13-14 in. across, in trusses of 3-5 at the tips of the 
branchlets; pedicels slender, 3-5 lin. long, densely lepidote. 
Calya-lobes very short, rounded. Corolla wide campanu- 
late, pale purple; lobes ovate, obtuse, slightly recurved. 
Stamens 10, alternately shorter and longer, the longest not 
longer than the corolla; filaments filiform, bearded below 
the middle. Ovary 5-celled, very densely Pleas style . 
curved, rather larger than the stamens, slightly hairy — 
below the middle. 
Fig. 1, portion of upper surface ofa young leaf; 2, portion of lower surface of 
leaf; 3, scales from the same; 4 and 5, bud-scales from the inflorescence: 
6, calyx and pistil; 7 and 8, stamens :— all enlarged. 
