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RHODODENDRON stTRIGILLOSUM. 
Western China. 
EricaceaE. Tribe RHoDOREAE. 
Ruopopenpron, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. 
Rhododendron strigillosum, Franch. in Bull. Soe. Bot. Fr. vol. xxxiii. p. 232 
(1886), et in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Par. Sér. 2, vol. x. p. 49 (1887) ; Hemsl. et 
E. H. Wils. in Kew Bull. 1910, p. 107; Rehd. d EH. H. Wils. in Sarg. 
Pl. Wilson. vol. i. p. 581 (1914) ; Millais, Rhodod. p. 248 (1917); species 
ramulis petiolis et pedicellis dense setosis corollis rubris basi maculis 
nigris notatis filamentis glabris distinctissima. 
Frutex vel arbor usque ad 6°5 m. alta; rami apicem versus pilis longis rigidis 
nigricantibus dense setosi. Folia anguste oblongo-oblanceolata, acute 
acuminata, ad basin leviter angustata et breviter cordata, 7-15 cm. longa, 
2-4 cm. lata, rigide coriacea vel subpapyracea, supra reticulata, infra pilis 
crispis strigillosa; costa media supra impressa, basin versus hispida, infra 
valde prominens, villoso-tomentosa; nervi laterales utrinsecus 12-18, a 
costa sub angulo lato abeuntes, marginem versus evanidi; petioli 1-2 cm. 
longi, setoso-hispidi et tomentosi. Injlorescentia terminalis, circiter 
10-flora ; bracteae extra dense lanato-tomentosae ; pedicelli vix 1 cm. longi, 
pilis nigris apice glandulosis dense setosi. Calyx brevis, extra setosus. 
Corolla rubra, intus apud basin maculis nigris 5 notata; tubus anguste 
campanulatus, extra glaber, 3 cm. longus, apice 2°5 cm. diametro; lobi 5, 
rotundati, emarginati. Stamina 10, exserta; filamenta pallida, glabra, 
circiter 4 cm. longa; antherae nigrae, 8 mm. longae. Ovariwm 5-loculare 
dense strigillosum ; stylus staminibus paullo longiore pallide purpurascens, 
glaber, stigmate lobulato coronatus. Fructus 1:5 em. longus, pilis rigidis 
- purpurpeis dense setosus.—J. Hurcuixson. 
The distinct and striking Rhododendron here figured is 
a native of Western China and appears to be confined to 
the province of Szechuan where it was first met with in 
1885 by the Abbé David, near Moupine, at an elevation 
of about 9,000 feet above the sea. The plant from 
which the material for our plate was cut was obtained 
from the nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons at Coombe 
Wood in 1908. It had been raised there from seeds 
collected in Szechuan by Mr. E. H. Wilson. This plant 
is now four or five feet in height and forms a well- 
furnished, compact and handsome bush which usually 
flowers at Kew in March or April. The warmth of the 
OcroBER—DECEMBER, 1920, 
