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Rhododendron orbiculare Decaisne in Fl. des Serres, XXII. 169 

 (1877). — Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1910, 108. 



Rhododendron rotundifolium David in Jour. As. Soc. North China Branch, VII. 

 216 (nomen nudum) (1873). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, 

 X. 47 {PI. David. II. 85) (1888). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 

 483, fig. 321 a (1909). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woodlands and thickets, alt. 2600- 

 3000 m., June 1908 (No. 3418, in part; bush 1.5-4 m. tall, flowers 

 deep rose-red); west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 

 3300 m., July 1908 (No. 3418, in part; bush 1.5-4 m. tall, flowers 

 rosy-red); Tachien-lu, woodlands, alt. 3300 m., June and July 1904 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 3951). 



Though the leaves of this species, which resemble those of a small-leaved Nuphar, 

 are remarkably distinct, David's words "remarquable par ses feuilles rondes" ia 

 reference to his R. rotundifolium can hardly be considered a sufficient description. 



Rhododendron Fargesii Franchet in Jour. Bot. IX. 390 (1895). — 

 Bois in Jour. Soc. Hort. France, ser. 4, I. 217, fig. 24 (1900). — Hems- 

 ley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1910, 109.— Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3, LI. 252 (1912); LII. 4, fig. 4 (1912). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien in thickets and forests of Silver 

 Fir, alt. 2000-3000 m.. May 1907 (No. 3416; bush 1-6 m. tall, flowers 

 white to deep rosy-red, spotted); Fang Hsien, woodlands Sheng- 

 teng-chia, alt. 2650 m.. May 1907 (No. 3417; bush 2 m. tall, flowers 

 rosy-pink) ; without precise locahty. May 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1877). 



This is a beautiful and distinct species, abundant in the upper woodlands of 

 north-western Hupeh, but is not found below 2000 m.; the flowers vary from white 

 to deep rosy-red and are borne in compact trusses at the end of every shoot. 



Rhododendron oreodoxa Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 XXXIII. 230 (1886); in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, X. 46 {PL 

 David. II. 84) (1888). 



Rhododendron haematocheilon Craib in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LIII. 214 (1913). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woodlands, alt. 2600-3000 m., June 

 and October 1908 (No. 1211, in part; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers rose- 

 pink); same locality, October 1910 (No. 4260; bush 2-3 m. tall); west 

 and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, woods, alt. 2300-2600 m., July and 

 October 1908 (No. 1211, in part; bush 2-3 m. tall); Pan-lan-shan, 

 west of Kuan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 2300-3000 m., October 1910 

 (Nos. 4245, 4247; shrub 2.5-3 m. tall); south-east of Tachien-lu, 

 woodlands, alt. 3000-3300 m., October 1910 (No. 4271; bush 1.5- 



