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CHOoNIASTRUM. 
Rhododendron Hancockii, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1895, 107 ; Hook. 
Ie. Pl. t. 2381. 
Yunnan. A. Henry, 10,5234, 10,5238. 
Rhododendron stamineum, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France xxxiii. 
236; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 30. RB. pittosporifolium, 
Hemsi. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 29. RR. aucubifolium, Hemsi. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 19, quoad flores ; folia Daphniphyllt 
macropodi | 
Huren. A. Henry, 5787, 6432; Wilson, 758, 5140. 
Rhododendron oxyphyllum, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. xi. 264. 
Yunnan. A. Henry, 259, 331, 11,609. 
This is very closely allied to, if not the same as, R. Westlandiz, 
emsl. 
”% Rhododendron Wilsonae, Hemsl. et E. H. Wils. ; species R. West- 
landiit simillima, differt imprimis bracteis floriferis angustis acutis.— 
Bush, 1-2 m. high; branches slender, straight, greyish, glabrous. 
Leaves pseudo-verticillate, ovate-lanceolate, excluding _ petioles 
long. Buds elongate-acuminate ; scales reddish-brown, scarious, 
ovate to oblong, largest about 2 cm. long, acute. Flowers solitary 
on each scaly peduncle ; peduncles clustered, forming fascicles of 
4 or more at ends of shoots, flesh-pink, 4-6 em. across ; the peduncles 
enclosed by sheathing bud-scales, erect-spreading, about 2 cm. long, 
glabrous. Calyx annular, truncately 5-toothed, glabrous ; teeth 
unequal, short, rounded or acuminate. Corolla deeply 5-lobed ; 
tube narrowly funnel-shaped, about 1 em. long ; lobes nearly three 
times as long as the tube, erect-spreading, elliptic, rounded. Stamens 
about ten, as long as corolla-lobes ; filaments unequal, longest 
3°5 cm. long, curved, slightly villous in the lower half ; anthers 
nearly globular. Pistil just over-topping the stamens ; ovary 
slender, about 7 mm. long, glabrous, shining, reddish-brown ; style 
curved upwards, glabrous; stigma capitate, flattened. Capsule 
cylindric, about 3 em. long, 0°5 em. broad, deeply furrowed, brown. 
Huprn. In woods at 1700-2000 m. above sea-level, Wilson, 
Sit, 
One of the most beautiful and distinct of Chinese Rhododendrons. 
Named in compliment to my wife.-—E. H. W 
A+ Rhododendron ‘Tutcherae, Hemsi. et E. H. Wils.; inter species 
sectionis ‘ Choniastrum’ staminibus inclusis ob ramulos floriferos et 
folia setulosa distinctum.—W. B. H. 
Tree, 13 m. high (Henry); branches straight, setose until two 
years old; bark grey. Leaves clustered at ends of shoots, sub- 
coriaceous, lanceolate, excluding petiole 8-11 em. long, 1°5-3 cm. — 
broad, acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, setulose beneath, 
midrib impressed above, very prominent beneath, secondary veins 
raised on both surfaces ; petioles about 1 em. long, setose. Flowers 
in axillary fascicles of three or more, clustered in such a way as to 
form a terminal truss of 12 or more flowers, violet (Henry), 5 cm. 
