BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 105 
minute rubro-punctulata costa media elevata rubra venis 
primariis venularumque reti paullo prominulis rubris ; petiolus 
ad 2 cm. longus crassus purpureus supra sulcatus corrugatus 
glabrescens floccorum vestigiis plus minusve indutus. Flores 
racemoso-umbellati circ. 8 in quaque inflorescentia, rhachi brevi 
circ. 1.3 cm. longa floccosa et glandulosa ; bracteae mox deciduae 
ignotae ; bracteolae parvae circ. 5 mm. longae pedicellis multo 
breviores filiformes pilosae ; pedicelli 1.3 cm. longi floccosi et 
glandulosi glabrescentes. Calyx ad 5 mm. longus carnosulus 
ad medium 5-lobatus, cupula dense floccosa et glandulosa, 
lobis semilunatis vel late triangularibus margine integris vel 
subfimbriatis dorso glabris vel plus minusve glandulosis. Corolla 
coccinea tubuloso-campanulata circ. 4.5 cm. longa, tubo postice 
varo parvo notato et maculato basi 5-retuso-gibboso intus glabro 
et septis petalinis imperfectis diviso extus basi nunc floccis 
consperso, lobis brevibus circ. 1.5 cm. longis 2 cm. latis emargi- 
natis. Stamina 10 inaequalia longiora circ. 3.7 cm. longa 
antheris atro-purpuréis 3.5 mm. longis breviora circ. 2.7 cm. 
longa antheris 2.5 mm. longis, filamentis deorsum dilatatis ab 
ima basi ad medium vel ultra pubescentibus. Discus superne 
puberulus. Gynaeceum circ. 4.5 cm. longum corollam aequans ; 
Ovarium conoideum circ. 9 mm. longum sulcatum nigricans 
eglandulosum strato crasso denso  pilorum scopiformium 
floccosorum obtectum ; stylus pilis similibus et glandulis rubris 
Clavatis longe stipitatis dense vestitus basim versus _pilis 
numerosissimis, apicem versus glandulis dominantibus, sub 
stigmate parvo lobulato haud dilatatus. 
Species in gregem Irroratum ponenda ramis glandulosis 
floccigerisque, foliis longis chartaceo-coriaceis lanceolatis supra 
Opacis infra subnitentibus, petiolo floccoso, floribus Tacemoso- 
umbellatis, inflorescentiae rhachi pedicellisque calycibusque 
glandulosis et floccigeris, corolla tubuloso-campanulata 5-lobata 
coccinea variculosa maculata intus et plerumque extus glabra, 
Staminibus 10 ad medium vel ultra pubescentibus eglandulosis, 
ovario dense tomentoso, stylo glanduloso et floccigero notata. 
E. Burma. Feng-shin-ling Camp. 8000-go00 ft. Tree of 
15-20 ft. of slender growth in rain forest. Flowers scarlet, in 
small trusses, just coming into flower. F. Kingdon Ward. 
No. 1569. oth Jan. 1914. 
pede of — sexoratin series marked by its floccose and 
glandular twigs with large leaves, the under side of which is 
made somewhat glossy by a wax-coating. The 5-lobed corolla 
is glabrous inside and out but sometimes is slightly floccose at 
the base outside, the 10 stamens are pubescent to the middle 
and beyond it, and the floccose-tomentose ovary bears a glandular 
and floccose style. These characters separate it from other 
