134 ERICACEAE. 



Near H. Morn HAYATA, differs from it by the leaves which are densely 

 reddish lepidoted on the under side. 



Rhododendron indicum SWEET var. eriocarpum HAYATA u. v. Kami 

 pilis squamiformibus dense obtecti. Folia oblonga vel obovato-oblonga 2} cm. 

 longa 1|- cm. lata membranaceo-chartacea supra pilis adpressis parce obtecta sub- 

 tus pilis adpressis longiusculis obtecta, subtus ad costas et venas densiuscule 

 pilosa, pilis fnlvis, petiolis 5 mm. longis dense pilosis. Flores 2-3-4 fasci- 

 culati terminates, pedicellis 1 cm. longis dense pilosis. Calycis lobi rotundato- 

 oblongi 14- mm. longi li mm. lati apice rotundati margine longe ciliati, 

 (ciliis 2 mm. longis) extus pilosi. Corolla campanulata 34- cm. lata 5-lobata, 

 lobis oblongis apice rotundatis. Stamina 9-10 insequalia, filamentis deorsum 

 hirsutis, antheris oblongo-ellipticis 2]- mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice lobatis 

 truncatis 2-porosis basi obtnsis. Ovarium cylindrico-conicum 3J -mm. longuni, 

 pilis 2 mm. longis dense obtectum, stylo glabro 3 mm. longo apice dilatato, 

 stigmate terminal! brevissime 5-lobato. 



HAB. Liukiu : Nakanoshima, (No. 96), Aug. 1910. 



Differs from the type by the obovate or shortly oblong leaves. 



Rhododendron indicum SWEET var. formosanum HAYATA n. v. 

 Eami pilis squamiformibus dense obtecti. Folia oblonga ovata rotundato- 

 ovata chartacea 24; cm. longa 2 cm. lata supra molle tenuiter parce adpresse 

 hirsuta, subtus pilis longiusculis adpressis parce obtecta, apice obtusa ad sum- 

 mum obtuse apiculata basi acuta, (venis primariis lateraliljus utroque latere 

 costfe 3-4 arcuato-flexuosis cum yen is proximis superioribus areolam formanti- 

 bus), subtus ad costas dense pilosa. Flores 3-4 ad apicem ramulorum fasciculatim 

 quasi-terminales, pedicellis 1 cm. longis dense pilosis. Calyx 5-lobatus, lobis 

 elongatis oblongis obtusis 3 mm. longis 1-J mm. latis margine louge ciliatis in- 

 tus glabris extus dense pilosis. Corolla late campanulata 3 cm. longa 5-lobata, 

 lobis oblongis apice rotundatis, tubo deorsum breve hirsute. Stamina 10, 

 msequalia, filamentis deorsum hirsutis, antheris oblougo-linearibus 2 mm. longis 

 | mm. latis apice truncatis 2-porosis basi emarginatis. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, 

 stylo glabro 3 cm. longo apice leviter dilato, stigmate terminali. 



HAB. Kusukusu, leg. C. OWATART, Mai-t. 1898. 



