96 ‘ MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
Var. MINOR, Wernham, var. nov. 
Pedicelli breviores. Flores minores coccinei (Kloss). 
Camps Vic, VII, and VIII, from 3600 to 5500 ft. 
RHODODENDRON CANDIDAPICULATUM, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Fruticulus, ramulis novellis dense ferrugineo-lepidotis. Folia alternantia, crassa, 
margine plana, ovata vel elliptica, 5-9 mm. x 3-55 mm., subacuta, apice ssepe 
puneto candido nitente onusta, glabra, supra nitentia, subtus striato-strigosula; 
vene nisi centralis hebetiuscula occlusæ ; petiolus manifestus. Flores subsolitarii ; 
pedicelli rufo-lepidoti, ca. 1-5 cm. longi. Corolle extus glabre tubus subcylindricus, 
1-6 em. longus, 6-7 mm. latus; lobi rotundati, 9 mm. X 7 mm. Ovarium cum 
stylo glabrum, 6 mm. longum. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
| Allied to R. Pulleanum, Koorders, but the leaves are not punctate and the flowers are 
much larger. Closely allied to J. J. Smith's R. microphyllum, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 
2* ser. n. viii. (1912) 51; Nova Guinea, xii. t. 29. c, but readily distinguished by the 
much more slender corolla-tube. 
RHODODENDRON CARSTENSENSE, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Frutex ramulis angulatis mox cortice levi indutis. Folia coriacea, alternantia, 
ssepius obovata, apice rotundata, basi acuta, 6°5-10°d cm. x 4-55 cm., utrinque 
glabra, subtus crebre minute punetata; vena utrinque manifestze, supra impresse, 
subtus centralis desuper valde prominens, secundarie utrinque 8-10 prominule; 
petiolus ad 1:5 cm. vel ultra longus. Perule decidue obovato-lanceolatze, basin 
versus oblongo-acuminate, membranacez, 4 em. x l'8 cm., sessiles, dorso circa 
medium dense molliter sericeze, basin versus utrinque dense appresse pilose, supra 
minute et obscure pubescentes. lores majusculi in capitulum 6-9-florum sessile 
dispositi; pedicellus ad 5 mm. longus; bracteoli tiliformiter lineares, 3-8 em. longi, 
pubescentes. Calyx minutus, obliquus, annularis. Corolle extus glabre tubus 
tubularis, insuper vix ampliatus, ad 7 mm. latus, fere ad 5:5 cm. longus; lobi 
obovato-rotundati, 1:7 cm. X 1‘4 em. 
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 
Allied to R. Armitii, F. M. Bailey, differing especially in the shorter tube and relatively 
narrower limb of the corolla. 
RHODODENDRON CCLORUM, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Suffrutex ramulis preeter novellos dense rufo-lepidotos glabris mox cortice subargenteo 
indutis. Folia alternantia, dense conferta, crassa, margine revoluta, elliptica vel 
oblonga, ca. 1 cm. X 5:9 mm., glabra, supra nitentia, subtus sparsiuscule punctata ; 
venz secundariz occluse. lores in umbellas 2-4-floras dispositi; pedicelli lepidoti, 
l7«em.longi. Corolle extus glabre tubus cylindricus, 2:3 cm. longus, basi 5 mm. in 
ore ad 1 em. latus ; lobi suberecti, suborbiculares, 7-8 mm. longi. Filamenta glabra. ^ 
Ovarium dense ferrugineo-lepidotum, ca. 1 cm. longum; stylus glaber, 2 cm. longus. 
. Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
