Tas. 8736. 
RHODODENDRON Farazstt. 
China. 
EricaceagE, Tribe RooporEar. 
Rwopopenpron, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. Ff. Gen, Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. 
Rhododendron Fargesii, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vol. ix. p. 390 (1895) ; 
Hemsl. et E. H. Wils. in Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 109; Bork Chron. 1912, 
vol. li. p. 252, et vol. lii. p. 4, fig. 4; Rehder et E. H. Wils. in Sargent, Pi. 
Wilson, vol. i. p. 540 (1913); Bean, Trees & Shrubs, vol. ii. p. 354 
(1914) ; species affinis R. erubescenti, Hutchinson, sed filamentis glabris 
distinguenda. : 
Frutex valde ramosus ; rami nitidi, glabri; ramuli hornotini brevissimi, pur- 
purei, parce glanduloso-lepidoti. Folia pauca, oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, 
utrinque rotundata vel basi subcordata, apice minute mucronata, 5-12 em. 
longa, 2°5-4 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra, infra reticulata, pallidiora ; 
nervi laterales tenuissimi, numerosi, marginem versus ramosi et evanidi; 
petioli usque ad 2 cm. longi, purpurascentes. Flores 6-7, umbellati; 
perulae late ovatae, ciliatae, extra glabrae; pedicelli breves, vix 1 cm. 
longi, pilis brevibus apice glandulosis dense induti. Calyx brevissimus, 
undulatus, extra glanduloso-pubescens, Corolla alabastro coccinea demum 
rosea, late infundibuliformis, 6-7-loba; tubus 3-8-5 cm. longus, extra 
glaber; lobi suborbiculares, erecto-patentes, 1°5-2 cm. lati. Stamina 
circiter 14, paullo exserta; filamenta glabra; antherae purpurascentes, 
3mm. longae. Ovariwm circiter 8-loculare, plerumque pilis paucis glandu- 
losis instructum; stylus staminibus paullo longior, coccineus, glaber, 
stigmate lobulato coronatus. Capsula haud visa.—J. Hurcuinson. ad 
The charming /?hodcdendron here figured is a native of 
China, where it is common in the mountains of Eastern 
Szechuan and Western Hupeh. It was originally 
discovered near Tchen-keou-tin, in the former province, 
by Farges, in whose honour it was named f&. /argesii 
by Franchet in 1895. It was met with again in the latter 
province by Mr. E. H. Wilson, in 1901, when collecting 
on behalf of Messrs. Veitch. In Western Hupeh, Wilson 
found it to be abundant in the upper woodlands, never 
occurring at elevations below 6,000 feet. The species 
was raised in their Coombe Wood nursery by Messrs. 
Veitch from seed supplied by Wilson, and the material 
for our plate has been obtained from a plant purchased 
Novemner, 1917, 
