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176 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
The other members of the phylum are Rh. Augustin (1889)— 
after which as the longest described species we may call it the 
Augustinil phylum—Rh. villosum (1910), Rh. Amestae (1913), 
and . Vilmorinianum (1919). These are in cultivation. 
fairer species of the phylum, Rh. chasmanthum, Diels (1912), 
is not in cultivation. 
Rhododendron vicarium, Balf. {.* (Lapponicum.) 
A much-branched shrub with erect twiggy branches. 
Branches a year old about 1 mm. in diameter scurfy with rusty 
peltate scales aggregated together. Foliage-buds ovoid en- 
wrapped in few scale-leaves ; outermost scale-leaves crustaceous 
broad ovate about I mm. long rusty lepidote outside ciliate ; 
intermediate somewhat rounded silky inside; imnermost of 
parchment consistence pale yellow elliptic or oblong-oval boat- 
shaped about 4 mm. long rounded or obtuse at apex sparingly 
* Rhododendron vicarium, Balf. f.—Frutex multiramosus ramis erectis 
virgatis. Ramuli annotini circ. t mm. diam. squamis peltatis rufis congestis 
timae crustaceae latae ovatae acutae ci dorso rufo-lepidotae 
ciliatae, i subrotundatae intus sericeae, intimae pergamentaceae 
fla llipticae vel oblongo-ovales scaphoideae apice rotundatae vel ob- 
tusa fo-le tae ciliatae ad api squameo-fimbriatae 
Folia petiolata ad 1.1 cm. longa; lamina crasse coriacea 
oblongo-ovalis vel li oblongo-ovata ad 9 mm a lata 
apice obtusa vel rotundata nunc mucronulata margine paullo recurvate basi 
late obtusa ; a atroviridis opaca squamis peltatis contiguis arescentibus 
induta, squaamarum umbone lato plerumque incolorato, instit jata tran 
media paullo prominula ; petiolus ad z mm. longus similiter ac coal: a. 
Flores 1-2 ad aS ram plorum = ocr eat eae paucae aes 
minusve Sage tia xterio lat, t 
ongus fauce intus srsstenie rulus supra in Oger concavum 5-lobatum 
ongi 5 mm. 
lati od undulati. tamina 10 corolla sa sitesi longiora et 
rpureo discoideo paullo ampliatus. Capsula erubescens squamarum vestigiis 
obtecta angusta oe circ. 4 mm. longa 1.75 mm. diam. valvis 5 ab apice 
basim dehiscens 
