113 
Dr, A. Henry’s 10,853 from Yunnan and Pére T. Monbeig’s 
n. 4, from the same province, differ from A sae R. irroratum in the 
filaments and ovary being glabrous or nearly so 
G OM Rhododendron insigne, Hemsl. et = on Wils. ; te species affines 
R. irrorato proximum et  simillim ab eo tamen differt foliis 
sparsis margine haud undulatis et floribus distidiote racemosis longe 
pedicellatis.—W. B. H. 
Bush, 1°6 m. high : branches thick, straight. Leaves very coria- 
ceous, often sub-opposite, lanceolat te-oblong, very rarely broadest 
above the middle, excluding petiole 9-13 cm. long, 3-5 cm, broad, 
shortly acuminate, base cuneate, margins reflexed, shining green 
above, uniformly clothed with dense, short, grey felt below ; ; midrib 
immersed above, raised below, secondary veins prominent on both 
surfaces ; petioles thick, 1-2 cm. long, flattened above. Bud-scales 
oblong or oblong-spathulate, 15-3 cm. long, acuminate, fleshy, 
brown, lowest filiform, flattened at base, upper ciliolate, more or 
less pubescent on inner surface. Flowers eight or more, in short 
lax corymbose racemes, pale or deep pink, 3-5 cm. across, bracteate ; 
bracts oblong-lanceolate or oblong, lowest filiform, 1-5-2 cm. long, 
7-10 mm. broad, fleshy, brown, tomentose without, often pubescent 
within ; edicels spreading or erect-spreading, 2—4 cm. long, reddish, 
sparsely pubescent. Calyx se sometimes truncately 5-toothed ; 
teeth short, broad, rounded, pubescent. Corolla wide campanulate, 
5-lobed ; lobes erect-spreading, sounded or emarginate. Stamens 
14 or more, included ; filaments 1°5-2°5 cm. long, villous in lower 
half. Pistil equal to the corolla in length ; ovary 6-8 mm. long, 
densely clothed with a white velvety pubescence ; style stout, 
glabrous, reddish ; stigma dark-coloured, flattened. "ruit not 
n. 
_ Szecuuan. Mount Wa, at 2300-3000 m. above sea-level, 
Wilson, 3965 ; Pratt, 349 ; A. Henry, 8859. 
An exceedingly distinct tig very striking species, only known 
from Mount Wa. either Pratt’s nor Henry’s specimens are 
localised, but I happen to ‘Liow that they were collected in the 
same place as my own.— i ee 
Rhododendron Davidii, ee in Bull. Soc. Bot. France xxxiii. 
30. R. oreodoxa, Franch., |. ¢. 
SzEcH HUAN. Wilson, 3978. 
Specimens in the Kew Herbarium, received from Paris, and 
bearing the above names, are indistinguishable. 
III.—Leaves lepidote. 
Rhododendron ciliicalyx, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France xxxiii. 
233 ; Hemsl in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 21. 
YunNaN. A, Henry, 10,524, 11,983, 11,983. 
© Rhododendron excellens, Hems/. et E. H. Wils.; species R. Dal- 
et similis, differt calycis lobis latioribus distincte venosis, 
corolla extra a et staminibus dimidio brevioribus.—W. B. H. 
us m. (Henry) ; branches stout, brown, a 
Leaves scattered, shlocss excluding petiole 15-18 em. long, 5°5-6 ¢ 
