1912] Rehder,— Rhododendron carolinianum 99 
the form of the higher mountains with R. punctatum and gave a new 
name, R. Cuthberti, to the true R. minus. It is, however, the form 
of the higher mountains which is in need of a name, if the two forms 
are considered distinct species, and I propose Rhododendron caro- 
linianum as a fitting name, because it seems to be restricted to North 
Carolina, while the other species ranges farther south. 
RHoDoDENDRON carolinianum Rehder, n. sp. Rhododendron punc- 
tatum 8 Ker, Bot. Reg. I. t. 37. 1815. R. punctatum Small, Fl. 
Southeast. U. S. 884. 1903 (non Andrews). Frutex ramis crassius- 
culis; ramuli novelli virides v. purpurascentes, squamis ferrugineis 
laxe conspersi; gemmae floriferae ovoideae, acutae, circiter 1 cm. 
longae, perulis 7-9 late ovatis acuminulatis dense minuteque albo- 
fimbriatis extus ferrugineo-lepidotis, gemmae foliiferae multo minores 
et angustiores. Folia coriacea, ovalia v. elliptica v. anguste elliptica, 
basi late cuneata, apice acutiuscula v. in acumen breve contracta, 
5-8 cm. longa et 2.5-4 cm. lata, supra initio lepidota, mox glabra, 
subnitentia, intense luteo-viridia, subtus pallidiora, dense v. interdum 
sparsius ferrugineo-lepidota, margine leviter revoluta, nervis utrin- 
secus circiter 8 obsoletis, costa media supra vix, subtus manifeste 
elevata; petioli robusti, circiter 1 cm. longi, ferrugineo-lepidoti. 
Flores 4-9 in racemo umbellato terminali, sub anthesi innovationibus 
vix evolutis; pedicelli 1-1.5 cm. longi, lepidoti; sepala semiorbicularia 
v. lata ovata, 1 mm. longa, trientem ovarii vix aequantia, extus et 
ad marginem lepidota; corolla rotato-campanulata, 2.5 cm. longa et 
3.5-4 cm. diam., lobis late ovatis margine planis apice rotundatis 
tubum brevem e basi sensim ampliatum subaequantibus v. eo paullo 
longioribus, pallide roseo-purpurea v. rarius albida, maculis destituta 
v. interdum sparse maculata, extus glabra v. sparsissime lepidota; 
stamina 10, inaequalia, corolla paullo breviora, filamentis basi villosis, 
antheris pallidis; stylus glaber, staminibus paullo brevior, purpureus; 
ovarium conico-oblongum, dense albido-lepidota. Capsula anguste 
oblonga, 8-12 mm. longa et 3-4 mm. crassa, fusca. 
Low compact shrub with thickish branches; young branchlets 
greenish or purplish lepidote; floriferous winter-buds ovoid, acute, 
about 1 em. long, with 7-9 broadly ovate scales mucronate and densely 
white-ciliolate, outside lepidote. Leaves coriaceous, oval or elliptic 
to elliptic-oblong, broadly cuneate at the base, acutish at the apex 
or shortly acuminate, 5-8 cm. long and 2.5-4 cm. broad, above at 
first lepidote, soon becoming glabrous, somewhat lustrous, deep 
yellowish green, paler beneath and densely or sometimes more sparsely 
lepidote, slightly revolute at the margin, with about 8 pairs of obscure 
veins, midrib above slightly, beneath strongly elevated. Flowers 
4-9 in dense umbel-like terminal racemes, the young shoots at the 
flowering time scarcely developed; pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, lepidote; 
sepals semiorbicular or broadly ovate, scarcely one third as long as 
