TaB. 8598. 
RHODODENDRON MovuprmnENsE. 
Western China. 
EricackakE, Tribe RHODOREAE. 
RwopvopENDRON, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 599. 
Rhododendron (§ Lepidorhodium) moupinense, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
Fr, vol. xxxiii. p. 283 (1886) ; et in Nowv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. II. vol. x. 
p-52, t. 12 (1887-88) ; Rehder et Wilson in Sargent Pl, Wilsonianae, pars 3, 
p. 525 (1918) ; Bean in Kew Bull, 1914, p. 203, cum icon. ; species ramulis 
nigro-pilosis, foliis subverticillatis basi subcordatis, petiolis nigro-pilosis, 
floribus magnis 1-3-natis corollae lobis profunde emarginatis valde distincta. 
Frutex circiter 0:7 m. altus, silvestris saepe epipbyticus ; rami superne foliati, 
subteretes, circiter 2°5 mm. crassi, nigro-pilosi, demum glabri. Folia 
subverticillata, oblongo-elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice abrupte et obtuse 
mucronata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 2-4°5 em. longa, 1-2°5 cm. 
lata, rigide coriacea, margine valde recurvata, saepius ciliata, demum 
glabra, supra glabra costa parce puberula excepta, leviter verrucosa, 
infra glandulis flavis dense lepidota ; costa basi 1°25 mm. lata, ad apicem 
leviter sensim angustata; nervi laterales plerumque 8, alterni, e costa 
sub angulo 45° abeuntes, supra paullo immersi, minute flexuosi, infra vix 
conspicui; petioli crassi, 3-5 mm. longi, plerumque dense nigro-pilosi. 
Flores terminales, 1-3-nati, breviter pedicellati; pedicelli ad 7 mm. longi, 
minute puberuli, 1°25 mm. crassi. Perulae late ovato-orbiculares, 
-mucronulatae, usque ad 1°5 cm. longae, extra parce glandulosae, 
ciliolatae, superne carmineae. Calyx bene evolutus, foliaceus, 5-lobus, 
lobis suborbicularibus 8 mm. latis parce ciliolatis extra albido-glandu- 
losis. . Corolla alba, 6 cm. expansa, in tubi parte posteriore rubro- 
maculata; tubus late infundibuliformis, 2°5-38°5 cm. longus, extra glaber, 
intus inferne molliter pubescens; lobi 5, patentes, profunde emarginati, 
2 cm. longi, 2-2°5 cm. lati. Stamina 10, breviter exserta ; filamenta 
2°8-2°5 cm. longa, inferne pilis albis patulis pilosa; antherae conspicuae, 
5-6 mm. longae, carmineae. Ovariwm basi disco carnoso 1 mm. alto 
glabro circumdatum, 5-loculare, ovoideum, circiter 4 mm. altum, viride, 
dense lepidotum; stylus exsertus, 2°5-3 cm, longus, glaber, stigmate 
capitato 2 mm. diametro coronatus. Fructus pedicello 1-1°3 cm. longo, 
1°25 mm. crasso suffultus, anguste ellipsoideus, 2 cm. longus, 1 cm. 
diametro, lepidotus, primum stylo indurato rostratus, demum erostratus, 
endocarpio crustaceo.—J. HurcHinson. 
The pleasing Rhododendron here figured is a native of 
the mountains of Szechuan in Western China, where it 
occurs at altitudes of 6,000-10,000 feet above sea-level. 
It was first found in 1870, in the neighbourhood of Mou- 
pine, by the late Abbé David. It was again met with 
on Mount Omi and on neighbouring mountains by Mr. 
E. H. Wilson in 1908, and our figure has been prepared 
Fresrvuary, 1915. 
