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T. Kawakami and U. Mori in November, 1906 and later described as a 

 new species by Hayata. 



3. Rhododendron anwheiense, sp. nov. 1 



Shrub with numerous stout branches sparingly floccose-tomentose 

 when young; winter-buds acute, glabrous, scales ciliolate. Leaves 

 glabrous, coriaceous, crowded at ends of shoots, ovate-lanceolate, 3-6 

 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, acute, mucronulate, base rounded or abruptly 

 narrowed, upper surface bright green, reticulate, lower paler, areolate, 

 costa impressed above, secondary veins ascending-spreading; petiole 0.5- 

 1 cm. long, channelled above, sparingly gray-floccose-tomentose. Flowers 

 not seen. Fruit umbellate, erect, 6-10, cylindric, 1.2-1.8 cm. long, 

 curving, furrowed, crowned by remains of style, subtended by persistent 

 oblique saucer-shape calyx with minute triangular glandular-ciliolatc 



teeth; seeds shining dark brown, oblong, 2 mm. long, wingless with slight 



prolongation of testa at base and apex. 

 Habitat: eastern China, Anwhei province. 



This new species is characterized by its small glabrous leaves, retic- 

 ulate on the upper surface, its glandular-ciliate calyx-teeth and by its 

 glabrous cylindric curving capsules on erect pedicels. It is most closely 

 related to II. Przewalskii Maxim, which differs in its leaves being clothed 

 on the under side with a gray to brownish floccose and crustaceous 

 indumentum; it also has a stouter fruit. My material is poor but the 

 plant is so distinct that I do not hesitate to name it. It has no close 

 affinity with any species known from eastern or central China which is 

 strange when its habitat is considered. We know very little about the 

 botany of Anwhei province and the finding of this distinct Rhododendron 

 suggests the presence of other new plants. The specimen was collected 

 on Wang-shan at 1800 m. alt. in open rocky places on August 28, 1923, 

 by H. K. Ip (No. 4784 ex Herb. University of Nanking.) 



4. Rhododendron nankotaisanense Hayata, Icon. PL Formos. ix. 66 

 (1920). 



Bush with branches thinly floccose-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, 

 glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-9 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, acute, base 

 rounded, dark green, costa impressed above, secondary veins indistinct, 

 ascending-spreading; petiole 1.5-2 cm. long, channelled above. Flowers 



1 Rhododendron anwheiense, sp. nov. Frutex ramis robustis numerosis, juvenilibus 

 sparse floccoso-tomentosis; gemmae acutae, glabrae, perulis ciliolatis. Folia glabra, 

 coriacea, in apice ramulorum congesta, ovato-lanceolata, 3-6 cm. longa et 1.5-3 cm- 

 lata, acuta, mucronulata, basi rotundata vel subito contracts, supra laete viridia, 

 reticulata, subtus pallidiora, areolata, costa supra impressa, venis, ascendenti-patentibus; 

 petioli 0.5-1 cm. Iongi, supra canaliculati, sparse cinereo-floccoso-tomentosi. Flores non 

 visi. Fructus 6-10, umbellati, erecti, cylindriei, 1.2-1.8 cm. Iongi, curvati, sulcati, 

 styli vestigio coronati, calyce persistente obliquo cupulif ormi lobis minutis triangularibus 

 glanduloso-ciliolatis instructo suffulti; semina lucida, intense brunnea, oblonga, 2 mm. 

 longa, exalata, testa basi et apice leviter protracta. 



