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IlJ.—Enumerations anpd DeEscriprions. 
EvRHODODENDRON. 
I.—Leaves not lepidote ; usually densely tomentose beneath.* 
Rhododendron taliense, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. 
232 ; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., xxvi. 
SZECHUAN. Wilson, 3953, 3957, 3968, 3970. 
We at first thought we could separate the specimens bearing wr 
above numbers into three species, but the differences, chiefl 
degree of hairiness of the petioles, pedicels and filaments, are 
insufficient. All the specimens agree in having a glabrous ovary. 
¢-v*> Rhododendron Wasonii, Hemsl. et E. H. Wils,; inter species et 
valde coriaceis subtus dense tomentosis (in siccis rufis) R. talienst 
proxima, differt foliis suboppositis, floribus majoribus longius pedi- 
cellatis et ovario densissime furfuraceo-tomentoso. An varietas 
tantum R. taliensis ?—W. 
Bush about 1 m. high ; branches thick, straight, hoary when 
young. Leaves scattered, sub-opposite, broadly-lanceolate or ovate, 
excluding the petioles 6-7 cm. long, 2°5-4 cm. broad, acute or 
cuspidate, base broadly cuneate or slightly pulse, glabrescent and 
slightly wrinkled above, densely clothed with reddish-brown felt 
beneath ; primary and secondary veins somewhat immersed on 
scales about 1 cm. long, narrowly-oblong, acuminate or ovate, 
aristate. Flowers about six, in short corymbose racemes ; pink or 
creamy-white, 4-5 em, across ; rachis sparsely pubescent ; pedicels 
stout, erect or nearly so, 1°5-2°5 cm. long, floccose. Calyx minute, 
oblique, a annular obscurely 5-toothed, densely floccose. Corolla 
broadly campanulate, slightly narrowed to base, 5-lobed, glabrous ; 
lobes erect-spreading, rounded or emarginate. Stamens 10, 
included ; filaments unequal, longest under 2 cm. in length, seeing 
in the lower half. Pistil over-topping the stamens ; ovary 4-5 m 
long, furrowed, densely villous, hairs ‘brownish. Capsule shed 
1 em. long, 4 mm. broad, furrowed, densely clothed with loose 
brown il ; calyx-teeth somewhat enlarged i in fruit, obtuse. 
SzecHuan. Near Tatienlu on rocks in ngaiferous forests, alt. 
2800-3000 m., Wilson, 3955, 3956, 3969, 39694. 
No. 3956 has more villous filaments and a rather more elongated 
inflorescence than 3955, and 3969 has ne smaller flowers. 
Named in compliment to Mr. Cathcart Wason, R.N., in 1903-04 
Lieut.-Commander of H.M.S. “ Woodlark ” af ‘Chungking, on = 
bo rae River, as a mark of appreciation of his kind offices 
Rhododendron Faberii, Hemsi. in beget Linn. Soc. xxvi. 22. 
R. Prattii, Franch. in Journ. de Bot 389. 
SzECHUAN. Pratt, 58,89; Wilson, 3958, 39584, 3959, 3960, 
3961, 5142. 
This belo ongs to a group of species, or varieties, ig very thick 
leaves densely felted on the under surface, similar to those of 
R. taliense, but differing from the latter in having a well-developed 
petaloid calyx. 
* As arranged in the Kew Herbarium by Mr. J. Hutchinson. 
