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longus copiose ut laminae superficies inferior lepidotus. Flores 
in umbellas semper terminales 4-5-floras dispositi ; ramuli 
umbelliferi plures breves paucifoliati ex axillis foliorum rami 
floriferi viridium orientes infimi inter se distantes supremi circa 
umbellam rami floriferi ipsius terminalem fasciculati ; bracteae 
parvae circ. 6 mm. longae 3.5 mm. latae exteriores steriles 
coriaceae ovatae griseo-fulvae cucullatae paullo carinatae 
mucronulatae intus sericeae extus lepidotae et puberulae margine 
ciliatae apiceque piloso-cristatae, interiores fertiles membranaceae 
brunneae spathulatae circ. 8 mm. longae 4 mm. latae indumento 
similariter indutae; bracteolae filiformes circ. 8 mm. longae 
Pedicellis breviores brunneae haud clavatae basi sparsim pilosae 
apice cristatae ; pedicelli circ. 1 cm. longi crassiusculi stricti 
divaricati pallide virides squamis superficialibus contiguis 
viridi-albis perspicue stipitatis dense lepidoti. Calyx parvus 
cupularis circ. 1.5 mm. longus viridis squamis contiguis viridi- 
albis contiguis dense lepidotus, limbo sub-obsoleto margine 
subfimbriato et pilis paucis contortis longis ciliato. Corollae 
circ. 1.6 cm. longae pallide violaceae extus glabrae tubus basi 
subventricosus intus puberulus circ. 3.5 mm. longus sursum in 
limbum ex disco infundibulari et lobis 5 ellipticis vel oblongis 
9 mm. longis et 7 mm. latis obtusis subcrenulatis auriculatis 
subaequalibus subpatentibus aedificatum expansus. Stamina r0 
paullo inaequalia longiora circ. 1.6 cm. longa corollam aequantia 
breviora circ. 1.2 cm. longa, antheris rubro-brunneis circ. I mm. 
longis, filamentis pallide violaceis basi haud dilatatis supra basim 
ad ovarii apicem albido-villosis. Discus viridis puberulus. 
Gynaeceum corollam et stamina paullo superans ; ovarlum 
conoideum vix sulcatum circ. 2 mm. longum viride squamis 
Peltatis superficialibus albido-viridibus lepidotum ; stylus sub- 
purpureus vel basi viridi-albidus apiceque violaceus glaber sub 
Stigmate vix clavatus ; stigma lobulatum erubescens stylo 
haud latius labio rubro stylari cinctum. 
Species Rh. daurico, Linn. affinis sed floribus in umbellas 
Solitarias ad apicem ramulorum foliatorum lateralium dispositis 
istinguenda. 
E.N.W. Yunnan. G. Forrest. <a 
Rh. Fittianum, Balf. £. appeared as a “rogue” in seed- 
Pans of the Chinese Rh. radinum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm.* 
at Werrington Park, where is so well grown under the 
care of Robert Frank Fitt—from whom this species takes its 
name—a portion of the unique collection of rhododendrons 
Owned by Mr. J. C. Williams of Caerhays. Rh. radinum was 
found by Mr. Forrest on high slopes of the Likiang Range in 
Yunnan, and we may assume that Rh. Fittianum grows in com- 
* See Notes, R.B.G., Edin., x (1916), 268. 
