BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 165 
growths about 2 cm. long. Branches a year old densely bristly 
and with a few peltate gland-like scales about 1.5 mm. in diameter 
girt at the base by the persistent outer scale-leaves of the foliage- 
bud, older twigs becoming blackish grey and decorticating in 
third or fourth year, the outer foliage-bud-scales persisting for 
several years. Foliage-buds fusiform ; outer scales crustaceous 
brown ovate or rounded, the intermediate oblong keeled and 
mucronate, inner more membranous spathulate acute, all finely 
ciliate with occasionally some dorsal scales. Leaves petiolate 
as much as 2.8 cm. long usually less persistent for two or more 
years ; lamina leathery elliptic or somewhat oval as much as 2.5 
cm. long 1.5 cm. broad, apex rounded sometimes retuse with a 
tuberculate mucro, margin cartilaginous revolute bristly but the 
bristles often falling each leaving a notch on the margin, base 
obtuse or sometimes slightly rounded and decurrent ; upper 
surface pale green glossy smooth glabrous except at base of 
grooved midrib where bristly, primary veins concealed ; under 
surface whitish grey clad with rod-shaped close-set epidermal 
wax-bearing papillae and lepidote with sunk scintillating orange- 
coloured discoid scales without a fringe some larger some smaller 
distance between the scales greater than diameter of scales some 
6-7 scales in a square millimetre, midrib pink-tinted raised lepi- 
dote at base bristly, primary veins concealed; petiole pink- 
tinted about 3 mm. long grooved bristly and lepidote underneath, 
bristly above. Flowers solitary terminal; inner bracts grasp- 
ing the pedicel until fruit is formed crustaceous oblong whitely 
ciliate ; pedicel barely 1 cm. long not swollen below the calyx, 
densely bristly and with a few stalked discoid white scales 
intermixed. Calyx large foliaceous yellow but darker at base 
about 7 mm. long cut to near base into 5 subequal lobes the 
posterior pair a little larger; cup at the base bristly and lepidote ; 
lobes with fan-spreading veins glabrous on back, bristly and 
slightly crenulate at top. Corolla fleshy clear pale lemon-yellow 
evidently spotted posteriorly, open cup-shaped-campanulate 
about 2 cm. long lepidote outside with unequal glistening 
’ scales, glabrous inside ; tube short circular in outline expanding 
into a broad 5-lobed limb; lobes broad imbricate crenulate 
roseo-tinctus subtus setulosus et lepidotus, supra setulosus. Flores terminales 
solitarii ; pedicelli circ. 1 cm. longi stricti erecti dense setulosi et sparsim pong 
doti bracteis intimis amplexicaulibus cincti, lyx foliaceus flavidus circ. 7 mm, 
rotundati. Stamina 10 inaequalia corolla breviora ; Haren supra basim 
glabram puberula. oi glaber. Gynaeceum staminibus longioribus brevius 
circ. 1.3 cm, longum ; rium circ. 3 mm. longum petasiforme sulcatum trun- 
catum squamulis albidis Cicniitte dense lepidotum ; stylus glaber validus sub 
stigmate angusto vix expansus,. 
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