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Rhododendron Falconeri, Hook. f. Rhod. Sik. Himal. 11, t. 10; 
4924, 
Yunnan. Mountains north of Mengtsze at 3000 m., A. Henry, 
9448; Great Black Mountain range at 3000 m., W. Hancock, 439. 
r. Wilson was disposed to regard the Chinese specimens as 
specifically different from the Indian R. Falconeri, distinguished by 
the calyx, the constantly 7-lobed corolla and other slight differences, 
but further comparison of all the specimens at Kew is against this 
conclusion. He describes it as a tree about 6 metres high with 
leaves from 15-36 centimetres long and clusters of 12-20 pale 
yellow or primrose flowers.—W. B. H. 
b- wit oe Wiltonii, Hemsl. et FE. H. Wils.; species elegans 
ribundo proxima, ab eo tamen differt foliis minoribus obovatis 
vel eddannealitin supra nitidis, genitaliis omnino inclusis et fila- 
mentis infra medium puheralis. —W.B.H 
ush, 1°5-2°5 m, high; branches stout, more or leas pst 
narrowed to etiole, shining Teen, rugose i. heavily 
clothed with loose brown felt beneath ; midrib and peoondery veins 
impressed es much raised below ; petioles 1°25-2 em. long, more 
stout, spreading, 1°5-2°5 cm. long, floccose ; bracts numerous, 
clustered among the flowers and leaves, linear-oblong-acuminate, 
spathulate or orbicular, floccose or glabrescent, many persisting for 
ear or more. Calyx minute, annular, obscurely 5-toothed, floc- 
cose ; teethobtuse. Corolla widely campanulate, 5-lobed, glabrous ; 
obes short, slightly spreading, rounded or emarginate. Stamens 
about 10, included filaments unequal, 1-1°5 cm. long, dilated and 
somewhat villous below the middle. Pistil overtopping stamens ; 
ovary 4-5 mm. long, very aot ; stigma small. Capsule cylin- 
dric, 1°5-2°5 em. long, 4-6 . broad, furrowed, clothed wit 
rufous-brown, floccose Siar ; calyx -teeth in fruit slightly 
enlarged, ovate, obtuse, appressed to capsule. 
ZECHUAN. In thin woods at 3300 m. above sea-level, Wilson, 
52. 
very interesting species belonging to a small group having 
shining, bullate or rugose leaves, represented heretofore in China 
by &. bullatum, Franch., and R. detersile, Franc e first- 
named is a native of western Yunnan and has ovate, very bullate 
leaves, and an enormous calyx. AR. detersile is a native of north- 
east Szechuan, and has shortly-stalked, verruculose leaves, sub- 
auriculate at the base, with a calyx intermediate between that of 
R. ied re and that of R. Wiltonii. 
in compliment to Mr. E. C. Wilton, C.M.G., of H.B.M.’s 
Chinewe ‘Codi Service, in 1900 Acting Consul at "Ichang, as 
ark of appreciation of numerous kind offices during that Eatblons 
Finis Eh i. W 
Rhododendron ‘strigillosum, Franch. in Bull, Soc. Bot. France 
XXxill. 232. 
23. 
Szecuuay. A. Henry, 8872 ; Pratt, 311; Wilson, 3974. 
