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limb 3 to 3.5 cin. in diameter, 5-lobed, the lobes erect-spreadini:;, obovate, 

 obtuse, 2 cm. long. Stamens 10, the filaments pubescent below, glabrous 

 above, 2.5 cm. long, the anthers 3 mm. long. Ovary densely velvety yellow- 

 ish brown pubescent, 6 mm. long. Style pubescent below, glabrous above. 2 

 cm. long. 



Type specimen Xo. 1042 (Copeland), Mount Apo, District of Davao, 

 Mindanao, April, 1904; also Xo. 73 (DeVore and Hoover), same locality, 

 ^lay. 1903, erroneously localized as from the Island of Basilan. A shrub 

 growing at the summit of the mountain at an altitude of 3,100 m. above 

 the sea. 

 (G) Rhododendron spectabile, sp. iiov. 



A glabrous shrub about 1 m. high, with coriaceous, elliptical-ovate to 

 elliptical-oblong, scattered, alternate, acuminate or merely acute leaves, and 

 large, red odorless flowers, 5 to 5.5 cm. long, in terminal 3-flowered 

 fascicles. Branches glabrous, the ultimate ones reddish brown. Leaves 7 

 to 9 cm. long, 3.5 to 4.5 cm. wide, glabrous above, glandular-punctate 

 beneath, the base acute or somewhat rounded, the midrib very prominent ; 

 petioles very stout, 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Peduncles glabrous, 2.5 cm. long. 

 Calyx reduced to an obscure disk. Corolla campanulate, the tube 2 cm. 

 long, 6 mm. in diameter below, the limb spreading, 5 to 6 cm. in diameter, 

 5-lobed, the lobes 2.5 cm. long, elliptical-ovate, rounded. Stamens 10, 

 the filaments sparingly pubescent below, 2.5 cm. long, the anthers 5 mm. 

 long. Ovary glabrous, oblong, 8 mm. long; style glabrous, 2.5 cm. long. 



Type specimen No. 1438 (Copeland), Mount Apo, District of Davao, 

 Mindanao, October, 1904; also X"o. 369 (in part) (DeVore and Hoover), 

 same locality. May, 1903. A shrub growing in ravines at an altitude of 

 2,500 m., apparently closely related to Rhododendron javanicum Blume. 

 (7) Rhododendron copeland!, sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub 1 to 2 m. high, with narrowly obovate to oblanceolate 

 coriaceous, obtuse or slightly acute, verticillate leaA'es, and many flowered 

 terminal fascicles of white, fragrant tubular flowers 4 cm. long. Branches 

 reddish brown, glabrous, the branchlets verticillate. Leaves in whorls at 

 the nodes and apices of the branchlets, 4 to 6 cm. long, 1 to 2 cm. wide, 

 glandular-punctate beneath, the apex abru^jtly acute or rounded, the base 

 ciuieate, tapering gradually to the stout petiole which is 8 mm long. 

 Peduncles 18 mm. long, sparingly brown lepidote and minutely pubescent. 

 Calyx a small crenate disk 2 mm. in diameter. Corolla tube, 4 cm. long, 

 tubular, 4 mm. in diameter, not enlarged or inflated above, the limb abruptly 

 spreading, 1.5 cm. in diameter, 5-lobed, the lobes obovate, obtuse, 5 to 6 mm. 

 long. Stamens 10, the filaments filiform, glabrous, 4 cm. long, the anthers 

 1.5 mm. long. Ovary oblong, 5 to G mm. long, densely pubescent with short 

 spreading hairs; style slightly pubescent throughout, 3.8 cm. long. 



Type specimen No. 143,9 (Copeland), Mount Apo, District of Davao, 

 Mindanao, October, 1904; also from the same locality, all specimens in 

 flower, Xo. 1034 (Copeland), April, 1904, and Xos. 292, 382 (DeVore and 

 Hoover), May, 1903. A shrub 1 to 2 m. high, growing at an altitude of 

 from 2,500 m. to the summit of the mountain, 3,100 m. 



