154 ^RT. 19. — B. hayata: 



Eaini in totum pilis longis mollissimi atque pubibus teneribus bre- 

 vioribiis glandulosis badio-villosi. Folia crasse membranacea 

 breve petiolata oblonga vel ovato-oblonga iitrinque acuta apice 

 mucrone longiusculo glanduloso apiculata obscure 7-8-nervia. 

 Flores ad apices ramorum 3-4-nati basi squamis circumvallati 

 4-bracteati, bracteis lanceolatis vel ovatis 5 mm. longis pilosis 

 vol glabris, pedunculis corollam J sequantibus glanduloso -villosis. 

 Calyx 5-partitus, lobis lanceolatis longissime acuminatis 5 mm.- 

 15 mm. longis. Corolla campanulato-infundibuliformis 4 cm. longa, 

 tubo lobum in longitudine aequante. Stamina 10, corollam sub- 

 sequantia, filamentis basin versus pubescentibus, antheris oblongis 

 apice truncatis 2 -porosis. Ovarium glanduloso- setosum. 



Hab. Suizan, in montibus Morrison, ad 7702 ped. alt., leg. 

 S. Nagasawa? Oct. 1905, (No. 668); in monte Morrison, ad 8000 

 ped. alt., (No. 2219), ad 9000 ped. alt., Oct. 1906, (No. 1807), et in 

 montibus centralibus, ad 10000 ped. alt., Nov. 1906, (No. 1860), leg. 

 T. Kawakami et U. Mori. 



The present plant is very like R. Oldhami Maxim. The veins 

 of leaves and the proportion of sepals to peduncles are the prin- 

 cipal points in which the new variety is separated from the type. 



Rhododendron pseudo-chrysanthum Hayata, sp. nov. (PL XX VI.). 

 Frutices humiles dichotome ramosi, cortice cinereo obtecti. Folia 

 in tertium annum persistentia oblonga crasse apiculata basi atte- 

 nuata 6 cm. longa 2 cm. lata glabra rigide coriacea, supra costis 

 et venulis reticulatis profunde impressis, subtus ad costas pro- 

 minentes floccoso-tomentosa coeterum glabra, margine integerrima 

 leviter revoluta, petiolis 5-7 mm. longis. Gemma florifera ter- 

 minalis strobiliformis, squamis multiseriatis imbricatis, exterioribus 

 sensim brevioribus late ovatis apiculatis, interioribus sensim 



