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diameter. The short stout pedicels are 4-5 mm. long ; the leaves 

 2-5-4'5 mm. long, 1-5 to nearly 8-5 broad. The pale brown bracts 

 are 9-13 mm. long, the pedicels 13 mm. The deep crimson bell- 

 shaped flowers are borne in umbels of three, and are 2*5 cm. long 

 by 2-75 cm. across. The slightly pubescent corolla-tube is 12 mm. 

 long ; the lobes are 12 mm. long, and 12 mm. across the top. The 

 stamens including the anthers (3 mm.) are 17-20 mm. long ; the 

 ovary 1*5 cm. 



Near the Bornean R. verticillatum, Low, but distinguished by the 

 shape of its leaves, especially the marked tendency to a wedge-shape, 

 the few-flowered inflorescence, and the hairy, not scaly, pedicels and 

 ovary. 



Rhododendron subsessile, sp. nov. Lignosus, ramis tereti- 

 bus cum setulis brunneis appressis indutis ; foliis ovalibus, apice 

 abrupte breviter et obtuse mucronatis, petiolis et facie inferiore 

 laminre, pnecipue in venis, brunne setuliferis, facie superiore cum 

 setulis albis induta ; bracteis Inste brunneis ovatis vel orbiculari- 

 ovatis, mucronatis; flore solitario subsessile, inter minores; calyce 

 lobis 5 subrotundis fimbriatis ; corolla rosea late infundibuliforme, 

 tubo sub-brevi lato, lobis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, staminum fila- 

 mentis in parte inferiore breviter pilosis, superne glabris ; ovario 

 5-loculare subrotundo dense piloso, stylo flexuoso basi piloso. 



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



The younger shoots are covered with closely-packed upwardly- 

 directed appressed brownish bristles, which in the third season are 

 wearing off; the shoots of the third season are 3 mm. in diameter. 

 The leaves, which are scattered along the shoot, vary in length of 

 lamina from less than 2 to 4 cm., and in breadth from 6 to 14 mm. ; 

 the petiole is from 3 to 6 mm. long. The broad bracts are 8-9 mm. 

 long ; the hairy pedicel 4 mm., the calyx-lobes 2-3 mm. The broad 

 corolla-tube is 9 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter below, and only 

 slightly more above ; the lobes are 12 mm. long, 8-9 mm. broad. 

 Some of the stamens have fallen ; those present are 2 cm. long. 

 The short ovary (3 mm. long) is densely covered with shiny reddish 

 upwardly directed hairs ; the uniform style is 2 cm. long, ending in 

 a small capitate stigma. 



Is near li. ledifoliwn G. Don, but is, I think, distinct ; the 

 solitary almost sessile flower is much smaller than in the Chinese- 

 Japanese species. 



Microstylis mindorensis, sp. nov. Glabra, caule, in speci- j^ 

 mine unico, basin carente, erecto cum foliis binis dissitis ovatis 

 acutis, 7-nerviis, margine crispulis ; scapo parte inferiore nudo, 

 superne racemum multiflorum formante ; bracteis viridibus mem- 

 branaceis triangulo-setaceis deflexis ; floribus pro genere magnis 

 purpureis ; sepalis petalisque subcBqualibus ; sep. dorsali ligulato- 

 oblongo 3-nervio, lateralibus oblongis 4-nerviis ; petalis ligulatis 

 3-nerviis ; labello magno orbiculare, lobo medio apice bifido, lobis 

 lateralibus in auriculas post columnam imbricatas productis ; 

 columna brevi, stelidiis incurvatis obtusis. 



Hab. Mindoro Is., Mt. Dulaugau. 



