356 NEW PHILIPPINE PLANTS. 



have a short stalk 2 niin. or less in length, and a blade of very 

 uniform shape, 10-12 mm. long by 3*5-5 broad. The pedicel is 

 G mm. long, and articulated with the ovary. The broad spreading 

 calyx-lobes bear at their tips a tuft of short hairs. The bright 

 crimson corolla is 6 mm. long, 3 mm. across the mouth, and 5 

 across tlie inflated lower portion; the blunt lobes are 1-5 mm. long. 

 The stamens, includmg the anther (1-5 mm.), are 4 mm. long; the 

 style and stigma are also 4 mm. The style becomes suddenly 

 inflated above the base, assuming a linear-oblong shape. 

 Has the habit of JJiply casta iiiicnqihi/lla Becc. 



Rhododendron lussoniense, sp. nov. Lignosus, ramis gla- 

 bris brunneis ; foliis oblanceolatis, facie superiore glabra, infenore 

 squamulis glandulosis nigris notata ; bracteis castaneo-brunneis, 

 glabris, ovatis, mucronatis ; pedicellis pubescentibus, flores baud 

 aequantibus ; calyce parvo patelliforme ; corolla alba inter mediocres, 

 tubo infundibuliforme cum glandulis brunneis externe notato, lobis, 

 tubum requantibus, cuneato-spathulatis ; staminibus 10, lilamentis 

 in parte inferiore pubescentibus supeine glabris ; ovario pilose 

 5-loculare. 



Hab. North-west-ceutral Luzon, highland of Lepanto. 



The stiff woody leafy shoots of the third season are 3 mm. in 

 diameter, and bear the leaves crowded near the ends. The petioles 

 are short (4-5 mm. long), the blades 4-5-5-5 cm. long, 1-2-1-7 cm. 

 broad ; the lower surface bears numerous roundish black scales. 

 The smooth bracts are 6-12 mm. long. The pedicels are 2-5 cm. 

 long ; the flowers, which have been pink or tinged with pink, 3 cm. 

 long and about the same across. The corymb in the single specimen 

 is 3-flowered. The calyx is reduced to a flattened plate with 5 

 scarcely indicated lobes. The corolla-tube and lobes are each 2 cm. 

 long ; the former is 1 cm. across at the mouth, the latter are entire, 

 with a slightly emarginate apex, and 16 mm. broad in the spreading 

 upper part. The stamens including the anthers (4 mm.) are 2*5 

 cm. long, of equal length with the pistil. The ovary and lower part 

 of the columnar style have numerous short hairs. 



Near the Indian R. formosum Wall., but distinguished by its 

 smaller flowers. 



Rhododendron Whiteheadi, sp. nov. Lignosus, ramis duris 

 rigidis, ramulis glabris rubescentibus ; foliis obovatis, interdum 

 orbiculari-obovatis rarius ovalibus, apice rotundo vel emarginato, 

 basi sfepius cuneata, facie superiore glabra atre viride, inferiore 

 glandulis crebris punctata; bracteis ovatis obtusis minute puberulis, 

 pedicellis validis quam flores brevioribus velut calyce pubescentibus; 

 calyce parvo patelliforme ; corolla inter mediocres atre purpurea, 

 campanulata lobis truncate obovatis cum apice lato retuso, tubo 

 tequantibus; staminibus 10 inaequalibus basi lata breviter pilosis; 

 ovario 5-loculare conico dense piloso, stylo super basin pilosam 

 glabro apice clavato. 



Hab. North-west-central Luzon, highland of Lepanto. 



The woody shoots are stifi' and hard, with the leaves closely 

 crowded at their ends ; shoots of the third season are 3 mm. in 



