S08 J. J. SMITH. ERICACEAE. 



Rhododendron Franssenianum J. J. S. in Mededeel. Herb. Leid. n. 25 (1915), 5. 



Tab. CCII. 



Frutex ramosus, innovationibus c. 3.25^ — 14 cm. longis, inferne folia rudimentaria c. 2 — 3 

 subulata dense lepidota ramentis similia caduca c. 0.3 — 0.8 cm. longa gerentibus, ramulis 

 tenuibus, teretibus, lepidibiis adpressis peltatis ambitu suborbicularibus angulatis plus minusve 

 irregularitcr dentatis vel lobulatis c. 0.025 — 0.05 cm. diam. dense vestitis. Folia c. 3 — 5 in 

 pseudoverticillos disposita, valde inaequimagna, brevissime petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, sensim 

 longe acute acuminata, basi rotundata, margine in sicco recurva, novella utrinque initio dense 

 deinde sparse lepidota, supra glabrescentia, subtus impressc punctata, in utraque parte costae 

 mediae supra sulcatae subtus obtuse prominentis nervis lateralibus c, 4 — 9 patentibus vel sub- 

 patentissimis satis irregularibus curvatis intra marginem anastomosantibus, reticulato-venosa, 

 nervis vcnisque sicco supra subtusque prominentibus, coriacea, c. 1.4 — y.-] cm. longa, 0.425 — 

 2.5 cm. lata; petiolus supra sulcatus, dense lepidotus, c. 0.05 — 0.35 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae 

 terminales, c. 2-florac. Flores médiocres, pedicello tenui, tereti, villosulo, c. 1.6 — 2.5 cm. longo. 

 Caly.x discoideus, oblique subangulato-'orbicularis, villosulus, c. 0.35 cm. diam. CoroUa oblique 

 hypocrateriformis, alte 5-loba, explanata c. 4.5 cm. longa et limbo aequilata, tubo cylindrico, 

 curvulo, basi obtuso, utrinque villosulo, inferne c. 0.7 cm. diam., explanato c. 1.8 — 2.9 cm. 

 longo, basi 1.85 cm., apice 2.3 cm. lato, lobis obovatis, late rotundato-bilobulis, intus glabris, 

 extus margine angusto glabro excepto villosulis, c. 1.6 — 1.7 cm. longis, 1.2 — -1.3 cm. latis. 

 Stamina 10, c. 3.1 — 3.6 cm. longa; filamentum lineare, inferne longitudine c. 0.8 — i cm. 

 patentissime puberulum, c. 2.95 — 3.45 cm. longum ; anthera incurvula, ovalis, basi obtusissima 

 retusaque, apice oblique introrsum truncata retusaque, c. 0.25 — 0.27 cm. longa, thecis antice 

 sulco separatis, poro oblique suborbiculari introrso hiantibus. Ovarium conicum, villosum, 

 c. 0.7 cm. longum, 0.3 cm. diam. ; stylus teres, villosulus, apice obconico-incrassatus, cum stig- 

 mate manicato deinde alte 5-lobo c. 1.35 cm. deinde ad 2.5 cm. longus. Discus annularis, 

 10-dentatus, partim puberulus, c. 0.3 cm. diam. 



Niederl.-Neu-Guinea: Schlucht zwischen dem Wichmann- und dem Hubrecht-Gebirge in 2800 — 

 3000 m. il. d. M., epiphytisch? (A. Pulle n. 2424, leg. G. M. Versteeg, bl. im Februar 1913). 



In der Blattform erinnert dièse Art an Rli. Wentianum Kds. und Rli. sacculatuin J. J. S., 

 ist in den Bliitenmerkmalen aber sehr verschieden. 

 Die Bliiten sind nach VersteeU rot. 

 Beschreibung nach Herbar. 



Rhododendron Wentianum Kds.! in Nova Guinea VIII (1909), 1S8. 



Tab. CCIIl. 



Ramuli teretos, initio lepidibus adpressis peltatis ambitu plus minusve orbicularibus 

 angulatis irregularitcr dentatis c. 0.017 — 0.025 cm. diam. densius vestiti ; innovationes c. 8.5 — 2 1 cm. 

 longae. Folia c. 3 — 4 in pseudoverticillos disposita, valde approximata, brevissime petiolata, 

 ovata, sensim longe angustata et acuminata vel caudata, apice angustissime obtusa, basi late 

 rotundata vel subcordata, subtus sparse lepidota, supra glabrescentia, in utraque parte costae 

 mediae in sicco supra tenuiter sulcatae subtus obtuse prominentis nervis lateralibus c. 9 — 11 

 patentibus vel subpatentissimis superioribus reversis tenuibus longe intra marginem arcuato- 



