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across ; pedicels erect-spreading, about 1°5 cm. long, reddish, very 
sparsely setose. Calyx minute, truncately 5-toothed, gla ndular ; 
teeth often prea very short, acute. Corolla deeply 5-lobed ; 
tube about 1 em. long, narrow, nearly cylindric ; lobes three times 
as long as Gites spreading, elliptic, obtuse, more rarely rounded, 
usually with tiny apical tufts of white hairs. Stamens about ten, 
exserted but shorter than corolla-lobes ; pe oo reel oe in lower 
Pistil over-topping. stamens ; ovary sle 0°5 cm. long, 
clothed with short, white, appressed hairs ; style odds glabrous ; 
stigma large, dark-coloured. Fruit not see 
NNAN. ountains south of ccalitd in forests at 2000 
m., A. Henry, 10,636. 
Named in compliment to the wife of my friend Mr. W. J. 
Tutcher, of Hongkong, to whom I am indebted ae assistance and 
kind hospitality during my several visits to the is 
The section Choniastrum, Franch., in which the flowers . arise 
either singly or in fascicles from the axils of the uppermost oe 
instead of being strictly terminal, also includes R. Henryi, Hance, 
and R, Westlandii, Hemsl. All the species have very beautiful 
flowers.—E. H. W. 
OsmorHamnvs. - 
Rhododendron micranthum, 7'urez. in Bull, Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, 
n. vil, 155; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 27; Bot. Mag. 
Huren. A. Henry, 6632 ; Wilson, 1526. 
Rhododendron rufescens, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. ix., 397. 
_“  Szaecuvuan. Wilson, 3930, 3931.. Yunnan. G. Foresit: 2182. 
= Rhododendron fastigiatum, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 
xxxiil. 234 ; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 
SzEcuuan, Pratt, 267 ; Wilson, 3936, 3936A. 
Rhododendron flavidum, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. ix. 395, 
R. primulinum, Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. xlvii. oer 
SZECHUAN. Pratt, 521: Wilson, 1778, 3 
Cultivated specimens, which have sates od with Messrs. 
James Veitch & Sons at Coombe Wood, prove that R. primulinum, 
Hemsl., is not a distinct species. 
45 Rhododendron Wongii, Hemsi. et E. H. Wils. ; ab - flavido Foliis 
majoribus, floribus Pig Sie eburneis, et calyce parvo hau 
petaloideo recedit : R. concinno etiam simile sed foliis minoribus 
apice ei ages florum colore et corolla intus extraque glabra 
differt.— W. B. H. 
1-2 m. high; branches twiggy, lepidote when young. 
wees lepidote beneath ; petioles 3-4 mm. long, lepidote. Buds 
ovoid, acute ; scales obovate or spathulate, concave, rounded, apicu- — 
i ciliate. i in fascicles of three or more, exeam-coloured, 
ut c icels slender, erect-spreading, 8-10 mm. 
long: lepidoter Onis saucer-shaped, lepidote, 5-toothed ; teeth 
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