BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 145 
Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Open rocky mountain 
pasture. Shrub of 2-4 ft. G. Forrest. No. 8988. Aug. 
IgI2. 
W. Yunnan. Western flank of the Shweli-Salween divide. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Lat. 25° 20’ N. On the margins of rhododen- 
dron thickets. Shrub of 4-6 ft. G. Forrest. No. 9055. Aug. 
IgI2. 
These are of the same species, but I cannot match them with 
any one as yet described, and their identification must await 
further exploration. 
9? Rhododendron rhantum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex ad 8 m. altus. Ramuli hornotini purpurei glandulis 
rubris paucis mox evanidis conspersi annotini glabri circ. 3 mm. 
diam. virides deinde sordide grisei tandem desquamantes. 
Alabastrorum oblongo-conoideorum acutorum circ. 3 mm. diam 
perulae extimae fulvae stborbiculares subcarinatae cucullatae 
vix mucronatae coriaceo-crustaceae circ. 6 mm. latae dorso 
tubro-glandulosae et vernicosae, intimae spathulatae tenuiores 
Spadiceae circ. 1.8 cm. longae prope apicem fimbriatae 6 mm 
latae rubro-glandulosae vernicosae. Folia petiolata ad 12 cm. 
longa ; lamina crasse coriacea oblonga ad 8 cm. longa ad 3. 5 cm. 
lata apice obtusa vel subrotundata mucrone corneo conspicuo 
notata margine cartilaginea basi late obtusa vel subrotundata 
hec cordulata utrinque glabra, supra atro-viridis laevis vix 
hitens costa media sublutescente sulcata pennivenia venis 
primariis utrinsecus ad 16 vix sulcatis, subtus pallidior sub- 
flavescens vel glaucescens costa media conspicua elevata venis 
primariis et venarum reti obscuratis (lamina juvenilis supra Pilis 
floccosis deciduis paucis praedita subtus ex toto glabra) ; petiolus 
circ. 4 cm. longus glaber viridis in juventute purpureus et 
glandulis globosis rubris paucis conspersus. Umbella terminalis 
ad 7-flora: bracteae et bracteolae ignotae ; pedicelli ad 7 cm. 
longi striati copiose rubro-glandulosi glandulis brevissime 
Stipitatis in calycis cupulam oblique expansi. Calycis — 
atro-purpurea circ. 1.5 mm. longa dense rubro-glandulosa, lobi 
7 aequales deltoidei obtusi vix 0.5 mm. longi plus peng 
rubro-glandulosi. Corolla pallide rosea postice rubro-maculata 
infundibulari-campanulata 5 cm. longa extus glabra, tubo te 
puberulo, lobis 7 rotundatis vel semi-lunatis ad 2.5 cm. pe 
3 cm. latis emarginatis subcrenulatis. Stamina 14 maequaha 
. declinata breviora intra tubum corollinum inclusa longiora circ. 
3 cm. longa exserta, filamentis deorsum paullo expansis glabris, 
antheris pallide ochraceis. Ovarium oblongo-conoideum nigro- 
purpureum circ. 5 mm. longum glandulis rubris globosis aire 
stipitatis dense obtectum; stylus declinatus validus ex toto 
