plentiful, having been found bv Forrest on the Lichiang 

 and Tali ranges at 9,000-11,000 feet, within and on the 

 margins of pine forests. The plant figured was raised from 

 seed collected by Forrest and presented to Kew by Mr. J. C. 

 Williams of Caerhays in 19 1 1. R. decorum appears to vary 

 considerably in colour of flower and in habit. The plants 

 raised in France in 1888 were thin and rather gaunt ; 

 those of recent origin are more compact and promise 

 to be attractive and hardy garden shrubs, in general 

 facies resembling R. Fortune/, Lindl., figured at t. 5596 

 of th;s work, but with usually narrower coriaceous leaves 

 and larger unspotted flowers, which are very fragrant. 



Description.— Shrub, reaching 16 ft. in height ; twigs 

 stout, glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded 

 at both ends or narrowed to the base, the apex bluntlv 

 mucronate, usually 3-5, at times up to 8 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 wide, firmly leathery, glabrous on both sides and closelv 

 reticulate above; midrib slightly sunk above, raised 

 beneath and gradually narrowing upwards; lateral 

 nerves 9-12 on each side, leaving the midrib at an angle 

 of about ,0°, distinctly forked and raised on both 

 surfaces; petiole J-| in. long, stout, almost flat above, 

 faintly keeled beneath. Inflorescence about 10-flowered, 



Lw ^TV Pedicels stout > H-l* in - ^g, sparingly 

 be,et with almost sessile glands. Calyx well developed, 

 cup-snaped - s - m. deep, sparingly glandular outside 

 and round the undulate mouth. Corolla usually white, 

 vZ Tu T, th a f eenish tiri § e ' sometimes flushed with 

 \2l: 7 ? m \ lon ?' g^brous; limb 3±-3i in. across, 



S/,?»/; i^° rblCular ' emar §^ate, about 1 in. broad. 

 rnW L! ' fiIame u nts U P to H in. long, sparingly pube- 

 rulous bdow ; anthers barely exserted, pale brown, | in. 



ZLt 2> C( 7 °" C f lled ' ° blong ' dense ^ c °vered with 

 dandul^T^ ' legl r ds ; ^ ^serted, stout, 1| in. long, 



? w L^ 0I l g ^V stigma ca P itate ' over i in - across - 



top, slightly rugose ; pedicels in fruit about U in. long. 



5, lllneS- YllthJr h"& "* pistU '" 3 ' cal >" x - with section of ovary ; 4 and 

 . o,antner, 7, transverse section of ovary :-«« enlarged. 



