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in those of innovations, adpressed-piloso-pubescent, ciliated, green, 

 subconcolorous ; midrib narrow, prominent beneath ; veins 3-5 

 oil each side, loose, ascending, arcuate ; petiole short, densely 

 subsetoso-pilose. Ferulae deciduous, oval to ovato-oblong, the 

 inner ones sometimes subspathulato-linear or much more an- 

 gustate. Flowers 1-3-umbellate, coetaneous with young leaves ; 

 peduncles erect, subsetoso-pubescent, eglandular, l-2icm. long. 

 Sepals 5, erect-patent, green, angustato-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire or sometimes pauci-serrulate, shortly and dispersedly 

 glandular-hairy and ciliated, li-l|cm. long, shorter than the 

 corolla-tube. Corolla infundibuliform-campanulate, about 4- 

 5icm. across, •4-4|cm. long, dilute lilac, very slightly bilabiate, 

 the upper lip trifid with elliptical lobes and maculate on the 

 face, and the lower biparted with oblong lobes ; lobes erect- 

 patent, subemarginato-roundate, minutely glandular-ciliato-ser- 

 rulate on the lower margins ; tube nearly equalling the lobes in 

 length. Stamens 10, slightly shorter than the style, declinate, 

 not longer than the corolla, but especially the posterior one 

 shorter ; filaments filiform, papillate below ; anther obovato- 

 oblong, about 3mm. long. Style slightly longer than the 

 corolla, glabrous ; stigma thickish, truncato-5-lobed. Ovary 

 densely adpressed-pilose. Capsule erect, shorter than the sepals, 

 attenuato-ovoid, adpressed-pilose, about 12mm. long. 

 Nom. Jap. Iso-tsutsuji (vernacular name in Tosa). 

 Hab. Prov. Tosa : Ochi, side of River Niyodo (T. Makino ! 

 1884, 1885, 1889, spontaneous) ; Prov. Iyo : Shingu, side of 

 River Dozan-gawa (T. Makino I May 3, 1893, spontaneous). 



A species allied to Rhododendron roswarinifoHum (Burm.) 

 {=Rh. ledifolium Don), having the narrower leaves and light 

 lilac flowers. It is found wild by river-side in the prov. Tosa 

 and Iyo in Shikoku, but is also frequently cultivated. 



Rhododendron indicum Sweet, var. japonicum 



(Maxim.) Makino. 



Rhododendron indicum e. amcenum a. japonicum Maxim. 

 Rhod. Asiae Orient, p. 41. 



