102 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
margine floccosae et glanduloso-ciliatae ; folia juvenilia revoluta 
ubique pilis floccosis adpressis glandulas pauciores obtegentibus 
tomentosa. Folia petiolata ad 16 cm. longa; lamina crasse 
coriacea lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata utrinque angustata 
ad 13.5 cm. longa ad 6 cm. lata apice acuta rubro-mucronata 
margine plana cartilaginea basi obtusa vel late cuneata, supra 
viridis glabra squali corium subsimulans (in siccitate), pilorum 
glandularumque juvenilium cicatricibus obscure notata costa 
media anguste sulcata venis primariis utrinsecus circ. 16 obscure 
sulcatis, infra pallidior glabrescens glandularum pilorumque 
detersilium pedibus punctulata costa media erubescente elevata 
venis primariis venulisque ultimis purpureis immersis ; petiolus 
crassus circ. 2.5 cm. longus erubescens subglaucus corrugatus 
supra sulcatus. Flores in umbellas compactas_ terminales 
paucifloras aggregati ; bracteae intimae fertiles late spathulatae 
circ. 1.7 cm. longae et 9 mm. latae subtruncatae mucronatae 
extus intusque pilis longis albidis adpressis dense vestitae ; 
bracteolae circ. 4 mm. longae clavatae dense pilosae ; pedicelli 
circ. 6 mm. longi validi glandulosi et pubescentes. Calyx cupu- 
laris circ. 4.5 mm. longus, cupula extus floccosa et glandulosa, 
lobis triangularibus submembranaceis circ. 3 mm. longis copiose 
glandulosis margine glanduloso-fimbriatis. Corolla kermesina 
postice multimaculata circ. 2.5 cm. longa tubuloso-campanulata 
subcarnosula extus intusque glabra 5-lobata, lobis rotundatis 
circ. 1.2 cm. longis et latis integris subpatentibus. Stamina 10 
corolla breviora inaequalia longiora circ. 2 cm. longa antheris 
atro-purpureis subovoideis circ. 1.75 mm. longis, breviora circ. 
1.4 cm. longa antheris circ. 1.25 mm. longis, filamentis sub- 
crassis ab ima basi ad medium vel ultra pubescentibus. Discus 
pubescens. Gynaeceum corollam fere aequans; ovarium 
cylindricum sulcatum circ. 4.5 mm. longum pilis floccosis dense 
tomentosum eglandulosum; stylus circ. 2 cm. longus sub 
stigmate haud clavatus fere ad apicem dense floccoso-tomentosus 
ex toto glandulosus glandulis crassis rugulosis aurantiacis 
. baculiformibus sub tomento stratum facientibus (apice eto- 
mentoso excepto), floccorum stipite crasso apice pilos plurimos 
unicellulares strictos divaricatos congestos gerente; stigma 
atro-purpureum lobulatum stylo haud latius. 
Species Rh. faceto, Balf. f. et Ward affinis, foliis- lanceolatis 
crassioribus, pedicellis brevioribus, corolla et staminibus dimidio 
Mid. W. Yunnan. ~ Ghi-shant East of Tali Lake. Open 
thickets. Alt. gooo ft. Lat. 25° 48’ N. Shrub of to ft. 
Flowers crimson. G. Forrest. No. 13,508. July IgI4. 
This species. with its compact truss of small crimson flowers 
borne at the end of stout twigs—much in the same form as in 
