220 



a.xillarv. o to (i in cacli axil, the iKMlicds piihcsccnt. altout -1 mm. l<iiiir, 

 2-l)racteolate at the aprx. tlu^ l)ractc'ok'S 1 iiiiii. loii^i;-. Iji-oadcr lliaii lon.ii-. 

 ciliate. Calvx teeth broad, ovate, ohtuse, about 1 mm. long-, eiliate. 

 Corolhi wliite, ahout 5 mm. long, 3.5 mm. in diameter, the lobes broadly 

 ovate, acute, retlexed, nearly "3 iiim. long. Stamens 10; filaments 2 mm. 

 long, not dilated below, glabrou.s; anthers about 1.2 mm. long, not 

 horned. Ovary supei'ior, glabrous, globose, 5-celled, cells many ovulcd ; 

 style al)out 2.2 mm. long. 



Lrzox, District of Lepaiito, Mount Data (4597 Merrill) November 4, 1905. 

 Pseudo-epiphytic on mossy tree trunks in ravines, mossy forest at about 2,250 m. 

 Tlie first species of the genus to be reported from the Philippines, unless 

 (laultlicria [Diplycosia) luzonica A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5 (1862) 324, proves 

 to be a true Diplycosia. Gray's description is so short that 1 liavc l)een unable 

 to locate his species, the type being from the collections made by members of 

 the Wilke's U. S. Exploring Expedition from "Luzon, in the Majaijai Movmtains" 

 (Mount Banajao). Dr. B. L. Robinson informs me that the type is not in the 

 . (Jray Herbarium. A second, apparently closely related but glabrous species, is 

 represented by Xo. 5932 Elmer, Province of Benguct, Luzon, the specimens with 

 fruit only. 



RHODODENDRON Linn. 



Rhododendron nortoniae Merrill sp. nov. 



An epiphytic shrub with lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 acuminate leaves which are densely brown lepidote beneath, and tcn-minal 

 umbellate-like fascicles of tubular crimson flowers about 4.5 cm. long. 

 Branches terete, brown, the branchlets densely covered with round, dark- 

 brown scales. Leaves 9 to 15 cm. long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. wide, narrowed 

 below to the acute base and above to the rather long slender apex, entire, 

 the mai'gins slightly recurved, glabrous and shining above, densely 

 covered with small round dark-brown scales beneath ; lateral nerves 5 to 

 (i on each side of the midrib, distant, indistinct; petioles densely lepidote, 

 stout, 1 cm. long or less. Umbels terminal, about 12 flowered, the 

 bud Ijracts coi-iaceous, glabrous except the slightly pubescent margins, 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, 1 to 1.7 cm. long. Pedicels 1.3 cm. long, 

 glabrous, the bracts oblong to spatulate, the bracteoles filiform, caducous. 

 Calyx a disk about 3 mm. in diameter, obscurely 3-toothed, the teeth 

 loiiiidcil. small, ('(d'olla 1.5 ciii. long, scarlet, the tube cylindrical, about 

 i!..") (111. long, scarcely inllalcd oi- eidarged above, slightly curved, G to 7 

 iiiiii. in diameter, the limb 5-lob('d, the lolies broadly ovate to obovate, 

 rounded. 1 cm. long. Stamens id; anthers olilong. ."..5 mm. long. OvaiT 

 luiri'owly oljlong, the style elongateil lllifoi'iii. deiisi'ly bi'own lepidote. 



MiXDAXAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley (500 Mra. Vlcmiiix) Ajuil. IHOO. 

 Altitude about 800 m. Epiphytic on a large tree, associated with :mi cpiiiliylic 

 Vacoiniinn. 



At the collector's reqiicsl Ihis dislinct >|iccics is luiiiu'd in liniinr of Mi.-s Ndiloii. 

 of the Pacific Grove (Calif.) .Muscuiii. tlie coilcctdr's interest in ixitioiicai wmk 

 having been largely inspired iiy Ik r. 



