2Q2 BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Vol. xvm. 



(T. Makino \ April 5, 1887), Kamibun-nmra (T. Makino \ Dec. 1888, 



January 9, 1892). 



This comes near Rhododendron serpijllifolium Miq., but flowers larger 

 and 1-6-fasciculate ; leaves narrower, more tapering, and more hairy ; or 

 a variety of Rh. indicum Sweet ? It is rather common on hill sides in 

 the middle parts of the province of Tosa in Shikoku. 



Rhododendron indicum Sweet var. Tamurai Makino var. nov. 



(With Figure.) 



An evergreen dwarf shrub ; numerously ramose, densely leafy ; blanch- 

 lets adpressed-strigose, brownish-fuscous. Leaves crowded at the top of 

 branchlets, spreading, shortly petiolate, obovate, obovato-elliptical, or cuneato- 

 obovate, rounded or truncato-rounded and with a mucronate point, rigid, 

 coriaceo-chartaceous, green and subshining above, paler beneath, disparsed 

 with adpressed-pilose pale-fulvous hairs, adpressed-ciliated, 10-27 mm. long, 

 7-17 mm. wide ; veins very loose and inconspicuous ; petiole 3-5 mm. long, 

 adpressed-pilose. Bud-scales several, the lower ones minutely mucronate, 

 concave, firmly membranaceous, minutely ciliated, pubescent above, about 

 5-10 mm. long, the upper ones longer and oblong to linear-filiform, mem- 

 branaceous, about attaining about 14 mm. long. Flowers about 1-2 to a 

 bud, large, about 6-8 cm. across, light lilac-rose; pedicel terete, adpressed- 

 strigose, .10-13 mm. long. Sepals small, short, deltoid-ovate or semior- 

 bicular, ciliated with white rather long erect hairs, shorter than the ovary, 

 11-2 mm. long, light green. Corolla infundibuliform, 5-parted, rose- 

 spotted on the posterior side ; lobes spreading, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, 

 rounded at the apex, undulate on margin ; tube rather short, puberuleut 

 below internally. Stamens 10, included, unequal, the long one slightly 

 longer than the corolla-tube ; filament filiform, white, sub-retrorsdy pul>es- 

 cent below, the longest one about 33 mm. long and shortest one about 

 20 mm. long; anther small, obovato-elliptical or obovato - oblong, pale 

 fulvous. Ovary ovoid, piloso-pubescent with silky erect hairs, green, 

 3-3J mm. long ; style gracile, declinate, slightly longer than the anterior 

 stamen, about 33-38 mm. long; stigma depressed-capitate, with a 5-lobed 

 face, greenish-pale or rose-purpurascent. Flowers in June. 



Bab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. (T. Makino \ June 1904). 



Rare; probably a garden variety, cultivated by Mr. Kageyoshi Tamura, 

 a horticulturist of Tokyo. 



(To he continued.) 



