84 HutTcHINSON—THE MADDENI SERIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
young, at length eciliate, sparingly lepidote and sometimes a 
little bristly on the upper surface, lepidote below, the scales 
about their own or less thar their own diameter apart, closely 
papillous between the scales ; midrib slightly impressed above, 
prominent and sparingly lepidote below, about I mm. broad 
at the base, gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves 
scarcely evident, about 8—10o on each side of the midrib ; petioles 
0.5-I1 cm. long, winged with the decurrent leaf blade, ciliate, 
deeply grooved on the upper side, lepidote. Inflorescence 
terminal, about 3-flowered, the pedicels arising from the same 
level; flower bud-scales softly and shortly pubescent outside 
towards the apex, not lepidote, fringed with short hairs ; 
pedicels about 6 mm. long, rather densely lepidote. Calyx very 
small and not lobed, about 0.5 mm. long, lepidote outside. 
Corolla rather widely funnel-shaped from the base, about 5-6 cm. 
long, sparingly lepidote all over the outer surface ; tube about 
' 3.5-4 cm. long, not hairy outside; lobes rounded, lepidote 
towards the middle. Stamens 10, a little exserted ; filaments 
densely pubescent in the lower half; anthers 4.5 mm. long. 
Ovary 6-celled, densely lepidote ; style sparingly lepidote in the 
lower half, a little longer than the corolla, slender, crowned by 
a large lobulate stigma. Capsule straight, 1.6 cm. long, the 
central axis tipped with the persistent base of the style. Seeds 
brown, 2 mm. long, tailed at one end. 
Assam. Khasia Hills: rocks of Bor-Panee, 2000 ft., 24th 
July 1850, erect bush 6 ft. high, fr. 2nd October 1850, J. D. 
Hooker and T. Thomson. Along the stream at the same place, 
fls., Simons. Without definite locality, T. Lobb, No. 3; 
G. Mann. 
Printed under the authority of His Majesty’s Stationery Office 
Nei_t. & Co, Lrp,, Edinburgh. 
