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numerosa, pinnati-lobata, lobis dentatis Tel infima indivisa, dentata. 

 Gapi tula solitaria, pedunculata, matara multispinosa. Ligulae 

 albae ; discus luteus. 



^ v 431. Rhododendron Benthamianum, Hemsl. [Ericaceae-Rho- 

 doreae] ; species R. yunnanensi proxima, a qua foliis crebrius 

 lepidotis non setulosis et florum colore differt. 



Frutex usque ad 3 m. altus, sed plantae cultae tantum 30 cm. 

 altae jam florentes, glaber, dense ramosus, ramis crassiusculis rufo- 

 brunneis. Folia ad ramorum apices conferta, saepe terna, coriacea, 

 persistentia, oblongo-lanceolata, cum petiolo circiter 1 cm, longo 

 3-6 cm. longa, apiculata, basi rotundata, supra reticulata et 

 lepidibus atris obscuris parce instructa, subtus lepidibus orbicti- 

 laribus elegantibus radiatim multistriatis aureis et brunneis 

 intermixtis densissime vestita. Flores saepius terni, breviter 

 pedicellati, purpureo-violacei, circiter 6 cm. diametro ; pedicel Ii 

 circiter 1 cm. longi, ut calyx brevissimus lepidoti. Cah/cis dentes 

 rotundati. Corolla extus praesertim dorso lepidota, inlus basi 

 puberula; lobi rotundati, recurvi, postico intus maculis deltoMeis 

 atro-brunneis instructo. Stamina 10, inaequalia, loniriora 

 corollam vix excedentia ; filamenta infra medium dense villosa, 

 ima basi et supra medium nuda. Ovarium densissime lepidotum, 

 stylo glabro breviter exserto. 



China. Szechuen ; in woods near Tatsienlu, 2400-3300 m., 

 Wilson, 3D40, 3942 ; Pratt. 



Described from a living specimen communicated by M<-srs. 



We 



same species though some of the leaves are as much as 8 cm. long 

 and the flowers are larger. 



^ 435. Primula muscarioides, Hemsl [Primulaceae] ; ex amnitate 

 P. cernuae, Franchet et P. dejiexae, Duthie, apriore foliis distmcte 

 crenatis, a posteriore foliis majoribus crenatis calyce efarmoso et 

 corollae lobis vix emarginatis differt. 



Folia subcarnosa laete viridia, obovato-spathulata, 10-12 cm. 

 longa, rotundata, deorsum attenuata sed haud vere petioiata, 

 crenato-dentata, ciliolata, supra pilis mollibus obscuris parce 

 vestita, subtus glabra vel cito glabrescentia, costa carnosa crassa, 

 inter venas primarias leviter bullata. Scapi erecti, quam folia tere 

 duplo longiores. Bracteolae lineares, calyce breviores. * lores 

 numerosi, subcarnosi, densissime capitato-spicati, detiexi ; spicae 

 2-5-3-5 cm. longae. Calyx campanulatus ; lobi erecti, inaequales, 

 ovato-oblongi, minute ciliato-glandulosi, posteriore latiore emar- 

 ginato florum superiorum atro-purpureo. Corolla auguste inrun- 

 dibularis, vix 1 cm. longa, saturate purpureo-coerulea ; lobi quam 

 tubus cylindricus dimidio breviores, subtruncati, suberect,, 

 leviter emarginati, circiter 3 mm. lati. Antherae snbsesbilea, 

 tubo infra medium affixae. Stylus tubum paullo excedens. 

 Gapsula ignota. 



China. Without special locality. Described from a specimen 

 received from the * Bees,' Ltd., Neston, Cheshire. 



