98 ME. H. N. EIDLET OX TLAjSiTS 



Var. MINOR, Wernliam, var. nov. 



PedicelU breviores. Flores minores coccinei (KIoss). 

 Camps VI c, VII, and VIII, from 3G00 to 5500 ft. 



Rhododendron candid apiculat dm, Wernliam, sp. nov. 



Fruticulus, ramulis novellis dense ferrugineo-lepidotis. Folia alternantia, crassa, 

 margine plana, ovata vel elliptica, 5-9 mm. X 3-5 "o mm., su'Dacuta, apice ssepe 

 puncto candido nitente onusta, glabra, supra nitentia, subtus striato-strigosula ; 

 vente nisi centralis hebetiuscula occIusjb ; petiolus manifestus. Flores subsolitarii ; 

 pedicelli rufo-lepidoti, ca. 1-5 cm. longi. CorollcB extus glabrae tubus subcylindricus, 

 1-6 cm. longus, 6-7 mm. latus ; lobi rotundati, 9 mm. X 7 mm. Ocariiim cum 

 stylo glabrum, 6 mm. longum. 

 Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Allied to R. Pulleanmn, Reorders, 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. 



Ehododendron cakstensense, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramulis angulatis mox cortice laevi indutis. Folia coriacea, alternantia, 

 ssepius obovata, apice rotundata, basi acuta, 6'5-10'5 cm. X 4-5-5 cm., utrinque 

 glabra, subtus crebre minute punctata ; venae utrinque maniiestse, supra impressa;, 

 subtus centralis desuper valde promineus, secundariae utrinque 8-10 prominulte; 

 petiolus ad 15 cm. vel ultra longus. Ferulce deciduae obovato-lanceolatae, basin 

 versus oblongo-acuminatae, membranaceae, 4 cm. x 1'8 cm., sessiles, dorso circa 

 medium deuse molliter sericese, basin versus utrinque dense appresse pilosae, supra 

 minute et obscure pubescentes. Flores majusculi in capitulum 6-9-tlorum sessile 

 dispositi ; pedicellus ad 5 mm. longus; bracteoli tiliformiter lineares, 3-8 cm. longi, 

 pubescentes. Calyx minutus, obliquus, annularis. Corollce extus glahrse tubus 

 tubularis, insuper vix ampliatus, ad 7 mm. latus, fere ad 55 cm. longus ; lobi 

 obovato-rotimdati, 1*7 cm. X 1'4 cm. 



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 ccelorum, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Sitffrutex ramulis praeter novellos dense ruf o-lepidotos glabris mox cortice subargenteo 

 indutis. FoUa alternantia, dense conferta, crassa, maigine revoluta, elliptica vel 

 oblouga, ca. 1 cm. X 5 5 mm., glabra, supra nitentia, subtus sparsiuscule jiunctata ; 

 venae secundariae occlusae. Flores in umbellas 2-4-floras dispositi ; pedicelli lepidoti, 

 1'7 cm. longi. Corolla; extus glabrae tubus cylindricus, 2'3 cm. longus, basi 5 mm. in 

 ore ad 1 cm. 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. 



