94 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
into a prominent hydathodal mucro 1 mm. long tuberculate 
at top, margin very finely cartilaginous flat obscurely undulate 
and marked by the red scars of fallen glands, base broadly 
obtuse, last leaves of the shoot around the terminal bud 
much smaller often elliptic with lamina 1.5 cm. long I cm. 
broad ; upper surface bright olive-green glossy, midrib elevated 
in a groove and puberulous with curved hairs, surface other- 
wise glabrous, primary veins 10-12 on each side and with the 
secondary veins forming a prominent network (in dry leaf) 
the ultimate veinlets very small and forming a reddish network 
with very small meshes; under surface much paler opaque 
smooth, midrib slightly pink-tinted elevated and more or less 
puberulous surface otherwise glabrous, primary veins pink- 
tinted conspicuous as are some of the secondary veins ; on both 
sides faintly punctulate with bases of fallen glands ; petiole 
pale green about 2 cm. long densely puberulous and glandular 
like stem. Inflorescence composed of 1-flowered axillary umbels 
fasciculate at the end of the twigs usually 4 in each fascicle, 
no terminal umbel; each member of the fascicle encircled at 
base by persistent crustaceous buff-coloured bracts; inflorescence- 
bud ovoid; outer bracts very small rounded or half-moon- 
shaped, inner bracts ovate or rounded-ovate cucullate puberulous 
outside and gland-fringed, the innermost bracts grasping the 
pedicel; pedicel about 1.5 cm. long pubescent and glandular 
with curled hairs and ovoid red long-stalked glands. Calyx 
somewhat foliaceous 7 mm. long cut to near base into 5 lobes ; 
cup puberulous and glandular outside, puberulous inside only 
at the base ; lobes large membranous ovate or somewhat elliptic 
rounded or obtuse 5 mm. broad venation flabelliform glabrous on 
the back and inside, densely fringed with red or orange-coloured 
glands not hair-ciliate. Corolla about 3.3 cm. long openly cam- 
panulate or bowl-shaped deep rose with a few inconspicuous 
crimson spots on posterior petal, somewhat thin glabrous outside, 
puberulous at base inside, 5-lobed; lobes somewhat unequal 
(antero-lateral larger) somewhat elliptic or oval about 2 cm. long 
and 1.8 cm. broad emarginate crenulate. Stamens 5 unequal, 
longest about 3.2 cm. long with anther 4 mm. long, about 
equalling the corolla, shortest about 2.2 cm. long with anther 
3 mm. long; filaments orange-coloured slightly broadened 
downwards, from the base to near the middle villous with long 
thin pointed hairs eglandular. Disk puberulous below ovary. 
Gynaeceum about 3.5 cm. long exceeding corolla and stamens ; 
ovary about 3 mm. long somewhat dome-shaped dark-coloured 
slightly grooved and truncate glandular on the ridges and at 
apex, less so in the grooves ; style orange-red glabrous slightly 
expanded under the lobulate stigma. 
