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axillary, 3 to 6 in each axil, the pedicels pubescent, about I nun. long, 

 2-bracteolate at the apex, the bracteoles 1 nun. Long, broader than long, 

 filiate. Calyx teeth broad, ovate, obtuse, about 1 mm. long, ciliate. 



Corolla white, about 5 mm. long, 3.5 nun. in diameter, the lobes broadly 

 ovate, acute, relieved, nearly 2 mm. long. Stamens 10; filaments 2 nun. 

 long, not, dilated below, glabrous; anthers about 1.2 mm. long, not 

 horned. Ovary superior, glabrous, globose, 5-celled, cells many ovuled; 

 style about 2.2 mm. long. 



Luzon. District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4597 Merrill) November 4. 1905. 

 Pseudo-epiphytic <>n mossy tree trunks in ravines, mossy forest at about 2,250 in. 

 The first species of the genus to be reported from the Philippines, unless 

 (UtuUluria (Diplycosia) luzonica A. dray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5 (1862) . - 524, proves 

 to be a true Diplycosia. Gray's description is so short that 1 have been unable 

 to locate his species, the type being from the collections made by members of 

 the Wilke's U. S. Exploring Expedition from "Luzon, in the Majaijai Mountains" 

 (Mount Banajao). Dr. B. L. Robinson informs me that the type is not in the 

 Gray Herbarium. A second, apparently closely related but glabrous species, is 

 represented by No. 5932 Elmer, Province of Bonguct, Luzon, the specimens with 

 fruit only. 



RHODODENDRON I. inn. 



Rhododendron nortoniae Merrill sp. nov. 



An epiphytic shrub with lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 acuminate leaves which are densely brown lepidote beneath, and terminal 

 umbellate-like fascicles of tubular crimson flowers about 4.5 cm. long. 

 Branches terete, brown, the branchlets densely covered with round, dark- 

 brown scales. Leaves 9 to 15 cm. long, L.5 to 3.5 cm. wide, narrowed 

 below to the acute base and above to the rather long slender apex, entire, 

 the margins slightly recurved, glabrous and shining above, densely 

 covered with small round dark-brown scales beneath ; lateral nerves 5 to 

 6 on each side of the midrib, distant, indistinct: petioles densely lepidote, 

 stout, 1 cm. long or less. Umbels terminal, about 12 flowered, the 

 bud bracts coriaceous, glabrous except the slightly pubescent margins, 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, acute. 1 to 1.7 cm. long. Pedicels 1.3 cm. long, 

 glabrous, the bracts oblong to spatulate, the bracteoles filiform, caducous. 

 Calyx a disk about .'3 mm. in diameter, obscurely 3-toothed, the teeth 

 rounded, small. Corolla 4.5 cm. long, scarlet, the tube cylindrical, about 

 3.5 cm. long, scarcely inflated or enlarged above, slightly curved, <i to 7 

 nun. in diameter, the limb 5-lobed, the lobes broadly ovate to obovate, 

 rounded, 1 cm. long. Stamens 10 ; anthers oblong, 3.5 mm. long. Ovary 

 narrowly oblong, the style elongated filiform, densely brown lepidote. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (500 Mrs. Clemens) April, 1000. 

 Altitude about 800 in. Epiphytic on a large tree, associated with an epiphytic 

 V actinium. 



At the collector's request this distinct species is named in honor of Miss Norton, 

 of the Pacific (hove (Calif.) Museum, the collector's interest in botanical work 

 having been largely inspired by her. 



