BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. III 
about 7 cm. long. Branches of the year dark purple densely 
glandular some long almost setulose glands with stalks orange- 
coloured the gland ovoid dark red many shorter often nearly 
sessile globose and ovoid red glands, mixed with glands are 
occasional red sebaceous hairs, after the first year branches 
pass through brown to grey (decorticating) and the glands 
disappear leaving vestigial dere asst Foliage-buds long 
fusiform pointed; outer scale-leaves crustaceous brown 
rounded mucronulate almost prea outside the margin 
shortly ciliate especially at top with greasy short hairs, followed 
by oblong ones more or less puberulous and floccose outside 
and with many marginal greasy red hairs clustered particularly 
at top and around the mucro; innermost scale-leaves long 
membranous yellow as much as 4.5 cm. long 6 mm. broad with 
linear-lanceolate laniina acuminate and tapering downwards 
into a petiole glandular on the back at base and more or less 
glandular on margin throughout, puberulous on back towards 
top and with clustered red greasy hairs around the elongated 
blunt mucro ; young foliage-leaves revolute sparingly glandular 
on upper surface densely covered with orange cauliflower hairs 
on under surface with some glands on the midrib, petiole densely 
glandular like stem. Leaves petiolate as much as 12.5 cm. long 
5-7 at the extremity of each shoot; lamina thinly leathery 
oval or elongated oval or oblong-oval, sometimes slightly broader 
above the middle as much as Io cm. long 5 cm. broad, apex 
rounded or obtuse with a beaked tip or an apiculus ending in a 
rather small red tuberculate hydathode, margin thin cartila- 
ginous obscurely notched through the fallen juvenile glands 
‘and hairs, base cordulate; upper surface olive-green mat 
shagreened glabrous but for vestiges of juvenile glands, midrib 
grooved, primary veins about 14 on each side slightly grooved ; 
under surface paler covered all over with vestigial cauliflower 
fusiformia ; p ti i rotundatae eglandulosae, intimae elongatae 
d 4.5 cm. longae 6 mm. latae anguste lanceolatae acutae deorsum in petiolum 
attenuatae basi dense glandulosae ; folia juvenilia revoluta. Folia ad 12.5 cm 
longa ramulorum apicem a Sa ia 7 cians eubccaeeel i 
vel oblonga vel oblongo 
basi cordulata ; supra olivacea glabra sed vestigiis glandularum obscure notata, 
costa media eer tane infra pallidior ubique pilis caulifloris obtecta, costa media 
roseo-tincta elevata ; petiolus circ. 2.5 cm. longus rubidus sulcatus plus minusve 
glandulosus. eabal a terminalis 4—6-flora ; pene ad 2.5 = 0  glandulos 
Cal yx ruber circ. 7mm. lon ngus ; cupula carnos t 7“ 
lobi 5 circ. 5 mm. longi elongato-triangulares apice rotundati margine glandulosi 
glabra. Discus 
ovarium A AC truncatum dense glandulosum ; stylus glaber. 
