Plate 2381. 



BHODODENDRON HANCOCKII, Hmd. 



ERICACEJ3. Tribe Rhodore.^. 



R. (§ Lateriflora) Hancockii, Hemsl.in Keio Bullet. \S%Jnr'l.Miex 

 glaberrirnus, foliia tenuiter coriaceis oblanceolato- v. oblougo pllip lo* 

 breviter acuminatis basi in petiolum cuneatiiii aiigustatis eliani sulHus 

 omnino nudatis, costa subtus prominula nervis laterahbu? vr]u\m^i> i 

 foliis majoribus) utrinque 15-21, gerumis floriferis 1-3 1" -^^^'l^f ^.'r,"^"' 

 superiorum l~2-floris, squamis temp, florifero laxis deciduis '/^feno i^us 

 ovatis ciliolatis superioribus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis apice uniu 

 pilosulis, calycis parvi segmentis liberis s^pius ina?quahbus ^^^""^ 



oblon 



VI segmeniis iiueiis o«rj-'i"o i- . 



-^gisve, corolla infundibulari-campauulata glat.ra alba, jooi 

 obovato-ellipticis basin versus macula tiavida notatis, staminu'u^^^^ 

 corolla brevioribus 



^^^...c. urt-vioriDus filamentis InferTie hirtelUs, ovario 6-(5-)sulcato 

 ^-(•5-)locuIari tomentello, stylo glabro. 



^ Hab. Cliina ; Prov. Yunnan, Mongtse, in a mountain glen, alt. 

 6300 ft., Hancock (No. 156). 



P^U. lata. 



'iStamina H-2 poll, longa. 

 st'gma capitatum. 



_4lnoll. diani.; segmeu - .3 

 ^ ^Pi.^.7/«,n 2 poll, longam 



relatively Bnmll division 

 not strictly ternnnal, 



-•-^utiowicz, althougli M. Frauchet in aaut-tiug --- 

 ^i; »t species with persistent leaves. It is allied to R-jMo^^ 

 ^^^^l (perhaps identical with R. stammeum, \'''P^'^-'^-^^,.,, in the 

 [Pe of M. Franchet's new section Choniastrum), butjli 

 ^"ort and «^.,vi,>., ^„u_ .« ^1 ..n. ar^A Jnc uded stamens.. 



aud wider tube of the corolla and included sta ■ ^^g^rving 

 . This is another of Mr. Hancock's receut discovei)- 

 ^troduction to our gardens.— D. Oliver. 



''^J- All enlarged. 



2. Anther, back and front view. 



3. Transverse KcdoB 



