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° Rhododendron Brettii, Hemsl. et E. H. Wils.; ex aftinitate 
oR. Faberti, a quo differt foliis praeter costam subtus glabris, 
corymbis multifloris et floribus majoribus longius pedunculatis.— 
W. B.H. 
Bush about 3 m. high ; branches = densely clothed with 
rufous tomentum which persists for two or more years. Leaves 
crowded, oblong, lanceolate, mribabing petiole 9- 12 cm. long, 
3-4 cm. broad, cuspidate or shortly acuminate, base slightly 
auricled ; upper surface dark green, glabrous, somewhat wrinkled, 
lower surface pallid, glabrous ; midrib immersed above, often felted 
at base, very prominent below, densely rufously tomentose, especially 
in lower half; petioles stout, 1-2 cm. long, rafously tomentose. 
Flowers twelve or more, subumbellate, multi-bracteate, pink with a 
cork red blotch, 5-6 cm. across ; pedicel rather slender, spreading, 
2°5-3 cm. long, densely glandular and sparsely pilose ; bracts 
crowded amongst leaves and flowers, persistent, Wimthien ; outer 
thick, more or less subulate, flattened at base, 2-2°5 cm. long, 
rufously tomentose ; inner aan wae spathulate or ovate- 
spathulate, 2-3°5 cm. long, rounded or obtuse, silkily pubescent. 
Calyx petaloid, 5-lobed, slender and pilose tube nearly obsolete, 
lobes oblong, 10-13 mm. long, 3-4 mm. oad acute or obtuse, 
erect. Corolla widely-campanulate, narrowed to base, 5-lobed ; 
tube pubescent within at base ; lobes erect-spreading, broad, deeply 
emarginate. Stamens about 10, included ; filaments unequal, 
1°5-3 cm. long, Mai in lower half. Pistil over-topping stamens ; 
bar 
ovary about m. long, glandular and sparsely pilose ; glands 
stalked ; style with stalked glands in lower half; stigma very 
Capsule 15-2 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, furrowed, clothed 
arg 
with Sie tale glands ; calyx lobes appressed to capsule. 
SZECHUAN. Neighbourhood of Tatienlu, at 2750-3000 m. above 
sea-level, Wilson 3973. 
A very striking and handsome species, not common. Named in 
commemoration of the kind hospitality and assistance given by 
r. H. J. Brett, of H.B.M.’s Chinese Consular Service, who was 
siatoned at Chentu, Se in 1904.—E. H. W. 
Rhododendron bullatum, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France XXXIV. 
281; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 20. 
YUNNAN. Monbeig, 10; G. Forrest, 4141, 
Rhododendron fgets” Franch. in Journ, de Bot, xii. 259. 
NAN. Tsekou, Monbeig, 8 
Rhododendron sanguineum, F Ce in Journ. de Bot. xii. 259. 
UNNAN. Tsekou, Monbeig, 13, 14. 
Rhododendron Bureavii, Franch. in all oe Bot. Evanes XXXIV. 
281; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx 
ZECHUAN. Wilson, 3954, SEG Pe Forrest, 506. 
Rhododendron haematodes, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 
XXxull. 232 ; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 24, . 
Yunnan. G. Forrest, 4130. 
Rhododendron floribundum, Franch. in Bull. Soc. ‘Bot. France 
XXxili, 232, 
ZECHUAN. | Wilson, 3967, mes 
