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angiistissime sulcatis subtus j)roiniuenti1)us, veuis utrariue pagiue vis 

 conspicuis, supra sub microscopio minute reticulata, areolis iutra reticulum 

 eleratis, venis lateralibus primariis tenuissimis supra tenuiter impressis rectis 

 subtus tenuissime elevatis, petiolis 14 cm. longis supra sulcatis tomentosis. 

 Gemma foliorum ovoideo-cylindrica 3 cm. louga 7 mm. lata, perulis inferioribus 

 cuspidiformibus, superioribus elongatis acutis. Flores ad apicem raraorum 10- 

 20-fascicuIati (sed in sensu stricto in racemis brevissimLs, rliacliidibus 1-2 cm. 

 longis multo brevioribus quam podicellis) peralis multis iuvoluclati, iJerulis 

 extimis minutis late triangularibus longe casiridatis 3 mm. latis, mediocribus 

 majoribas rotiuidatis 2 cm. lougis apice obtusis valde concavis, intimis (vel 

 bracteis) spatliulatis 3 cm. longis sm-sum 1 cm. latis deorsum angustatis 

 attenuatis basi 2 mm. latis sursum latissimis alabastnun florum amplectantibiis 

 apice emarginatis ad centrum breve cuspidatis extus dense intus laxe sericeo- 

 hirsutis, bracteolis filiformi-linearibus 1 cm. longis pubescentibus, pediceUis 21- 

 cm. longis glanduloso-pubescentibus. Calyx brevissimas late 5-dentato-lobatas, 

 lobis late triangularibas acutis margino glauduloso-ciliolatis (ciliolis brevissimis 

 obtusis) extus basin glanduloso-lursutis. Corolla late campanulata 4 cm. longa 

 totiusque in diametro, tubo late campanulato 2 cm. longo latere dense maculato- 

 punctato, (parte superiore tubi jjunctata obovata 1 J- cm. longa 8 mm. lata), 

 Kmbo 5-lobato, lobis tulium in longitudine sequantibiis rotmidatis apice ± 

 emarginatis utrinque glabris. Stamina 10, filamentis in lougitudine insequaUbus 

 basi dilatatis, partibus dilatatis 4 mm. longis liii-sutis cseterum glabris, antlieris 

 ellipsoideis apice truncatis basi obtusis emarginatis non apiculatis. Ovarium 

 cylindi-icum 5 mm. longum 2 mm. latura ;pilis brevissimis glandulosis dense 

 obtectum, stylo toto glabro 2i cm. longo apice vix dilatato, stigmate terminali 

 brevissime 5-6-lobato. Capsula dense pilis brevissimis obtecta cylindrica 

 li cm. longa 4 cm. lata. 



Hab. In montibus centralibus, leg. U. MoEi, 1911, Aprili. Fl. 



Near R. Morii Hayata ; but differs from it by tlie quite glabrous style, 

 and in its leaves whicli are densely tomentose beneath, and are so irapres- 

 singly reticiilated on the upper surface that intra-reticular areoles are elevated, 



Rhododendron {Eurhododendrm) rubropunctatiun H\yata sp. nov. 



