134 ERICACE.E. 



Near It. Morii HAYATA, differs from it by the leaves which are densely 

 reddish lepidoted on the under side. 



Rhododendron indicum SWEET var. eriocarpum HAYATA n. v. Kami 

 pilis sqnamiformibus dense obtecti. Folia oblonga vel obovato-oblonga 2| cm. 

 longa 1|- cm. lata membranaceo-cliartacea supra pilis adpressis parce obtecta sub- 

 tus pilis adpressis longiusculis obtecta, subtus ad costas et venas densiuscule 

 pilosa, pilis fulvis, petiolis 5 mm. longis dense pilosis. Flores 2-3-4 fasci- 

 culati terminales, pedicellis 1 cm. longis dense pilosis. Calycis lobi rotundato- 

 oblongi 1^ mm. longi 1-J mm. lati apice rotundati margine longe ciliati, 

 (ciliis 2 mm. longis) extus pilosi. Corolla campanulata 3 cm. lata 5-lobata, 

 lobis oblongis apice rotundatis. Stamina 9-10 inaequalia, filamentis deorsum 

 hirsutis, antheris oblongo-ellipticis 2 mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice lobatis 

 truncatis 2-porosis basi obtusis. Ovarium cylindrico-conicum 3| mm. longum, 

 pilis 2 mm. longis dense obtectum, stylo glabro 3 mm. longo apice dilatato, 

 stigmate terminali brevissime 5-lobato. 



HAB. Liukiu : Nakanoslrima, (No. 96), Aug. 1910. 



Differs from the type by the obovate or shortly oblong leaves. 



Rhododendron indicum SWEET var. formosanum HAYATA n. v. 

 Kami pilis squamiformibus dense obtecti. Folia oblonga ovata rotundato- 

 ovata chartacea 2 J cm. longa 2 cm. lata supra molle tenuiter parce adpresse 

 hirsuta, subtus pilis longiusculis adpressis parce obtecta, apice obtusa ad sum- 

 mum obtuse apiculata basi acuta, (venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere 

 costse 3-4 arcuato-flexuosis cum venis proximis superioribus areolam formanti- 

 bus), subtus ad costas dense pilosa. Flores 3-4 ad apicem ramulorum fasciculatim 

 quasi-terminales, pedicellis 1 cm. longis dense pilosis. Calyx 5-lobatus, lobis 

 elongatis oblongis obtusis 3 mm. longis 1-J mm. latis margine longe ciliatis in- 

 tus glabris extus dense pilosis. Corolla late campanulata 3 cm. longa 5-lobata, 

 lobis oblongis apice rotundatis, tubo deorsum breve hirsute. Stamina 10, 

 insequalia, filamentis deorsum hirsutis, antheris oblongo-linearibus 2 mm. longis 

 f mm. latis apice truncatis 2-porosis basi emarginatis. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, 

 stylo glabro 3 cm. longo apice leviter dilato, stigmate terminali. 



HAB. Kusukusu, leg. C. OWATAPJ, Mart. 1898. 



