384 



1911. 



Coombe Wood 

 or sometimes 



rosy pink, the limnel-sliaped corolla being 2| to 3 in. wide and 

 six or seven-lobed. Stamens twelve or fourteen; the filaments 

 glabrous', sborter tban tbe corolla. Ovary and style glandular.. 

 Another distinction from R. Fortunei is provided by the ciliate 



■margins of the calyx. 



. Wilson first introduced R. discolor from Szechuen in 1900 for 

 Messrs. Yeitch, who presented plants to Kew in 1908. Since then 

 the same collector has sent large quantities of seed from Hupeh, 



becom 



gardens. 



Rhododendron Faberi, Hem 



described by Dr. Hemsley in the 

 iety in 1889 (vol. xxvi. p. 22) from 

 Rev. E. Faber on Mt. Omi in Western 



/ 



Wil 



ovary 



frame locality, ^ccoxding to tlie collectors, it attains a lieiglit of 

 about 20 feet in a wild state- Tlie young shoots are covered with 

 a brown, rather loose felt. The leaves are of hard, stiff texture, 

 ovate-oblong to oval, 3 to 8 in. long, 1 to 4 in. wide; they are 

 glossy dark green and glabrous above and the lower surface is. 

 umally clothed at first with a ferrugineous tomentum, which 

 gradually becomes reduced to patches near the midrib ; sometimes 

 they are almost glabrous on both sides by autumn; petiole \ io 

 1 in. long, brown-felted. The flowers are produced, sis to twelve- 

 together, iu trusses 3 in. wide. Corolla campanulate, 1^ to 2 in. 

 wide and, according to Wilson, white or white spotted with red. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla, filanjcnts hairy at the base; 



and lower part of style glandular. The calyx is distinct in 

 its large oblong or ovate, glandular-ciliate lobes, sometimes \ in. 

 lonff. 



Living plants of R. Faberi are sturdy, healthy looking, and dis- 

 tinct in the large, stiff leaves with a yellow midrib; but the species 

 has not yet flowered at Kew. 



HhodGdendron longesquamatiim, C. K. Schneider. {R, Brettii,. 

 Hemsley and Wilson.) 



A bush sometimes approaching 20 feet in height, its young 

 shoots thickly clothed with a curly, brownish red wool which 

 extends also up the petiole and midrib of the leaf. Leaves up to 

 b\ in. long by 2 in- wide, obovate to oblong, pointed, rounded or 

 slightly cordate at the base; except for the shaggy midrib they are 

 glabrous. Flowers twelve or more in a truss; the corolla 2^ in. 

 wide, five-lobed, open campanulate, pink with a dark red blotch. 

 Stamen? ten, shorter than the corolla, filaments pubescent towards 

 the base. The calyx is very characteristic, being very deeply five- 

 lobed, the lobes oblong-lanceolate, \ in. in length, glandular 

 and hairy. The calyx, together with the shaggy branchlets and 

 midrib, make this species very distinct. 



'^ Discovered by Wilson near Tatien-lu, Szechuen, in 1903, and 

 introduced by him to the Coombe Wood nursery. It appears to 

 be quite hardy but slow-growing. 



