BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. Til 
utrinsecus ad 13 sulcatis, subtus rufo-cinnamomea costa media 
plus minusve rufo-floccosa elevata venis primariis suboccultis 
vel paullo prominulis ubique indumenti strato uno tenui 
haud scintillante persistente rufo vestita indumenti pilis in 
modum peniculi capitati floccosis pilo quoque ex stipite sub- 
longo pluricellulari ad apicem disco rufo-colorato terminato 
et in ramulos plures longos haud latos contortos vesiculosos 
tadiatim deliquescente composito; petiolus supra sulcatus ad 
2.5 cm. longus indumento eodem dense praeditus. Flores 
plurimi (ad 20) in umbellam veram globosam_ dispositi ; 
bracteae fertiles deciduae oblongo-spathulatae ad 2.5 cm. longae 
extus intusque sericeae apice subtruncatae et nunc apicu- 
latae ; pedicelli subaequales ad 2 cm. longi stricti graciles plus 
minusve floccoso-pubescentes glabrescentes. Calyx minutus 
dentibus 5 deltoideis brevissimis glabris. Corolla rosea infundi- 
buliformi-campanulata ad 4 cm. longa basi paullo et regulariter 
gibbosa intus glabra basi intense rubescens, lobis 6 rotundatis 
eMarginatis circ. 1.5 cm. longis 2.2 cm. latis. Stamina 10 
inmaequalia longiora ad 2.7 cm. longa breviora 1.7 cm. tubo 
corollino breviora, filamentis basi paullo latioribus et minute 
puberulis. Gynaeceum circ. 3.2 cm. longum corolla brevius ; 
Ovarium atro-purpureum conoideum glabrum angustum circ. 
7 mm. longum 2.5 mm. latum; stylus glaber; stigma stylo 
vix latius. : 
Species habitu Rh. Beesiant, Diels sed indumento omnino 
diverso, petiolo indumento vestito, pedicellis brevioribus, ovario 
glabro, stigmate vix expanso recedit. op ae 
W. Yunnan. Western flank of the Shweli-Salween divide. 
Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Rhododendron forest. 
Shrub of 20-25 ft. In fruit. G. Forrest. No. 8989. August 
Igi2. 
: W. Yunnan. Western flank of the Shweli-Salween divide. 
Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Rhododendron forest. 
Shrub of 12-18 ft. In fruit. G. Forrest. No. goo1. August 
Igi2. 
; W. Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Alt. gooo ft. Lat. 
25° 30’ N. In mixed thickets and on the margins of forests. 
Shrub of 20 ft. | Flowers pale rose flushed deeper shade ex- 
terior. G. Forrest. No. 11,842. May 1913. 
W. Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Alt. 10,000 ft. Lat. 
25° 30’ N. In open thickets. Shrub of 10-20 ft. Flowers 
bright rose. G. Forrest. No. 11,940. June 1913. 
A fine species, with smaller flower trusses than Rh. Beesianum, 
Diels, which it resembles much in general features and of 
Which—a Likiang plant—it is the West Yunnan representa- 
tive.- It is easily distinguishable from Rh. ———— The 
