126 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
longis tenuibus contortis ab axi communi orientibus et supra 
stratum inferum late patentibus et extensis haud intertextis 
constructis (indumentum subfoliare adultum saepe fusco- 
variculatum est ubi fungorum mycelium brunneum in pilos 
penetravit) ; petiolus brevis circ. 1.5 cm. longus crassus sub- 
erubescens glabrescens sed tomenti juvenilis vestigiis albidis 
plus minusve praeditus (in juventute ex toto niveo-tomentosus). 
Flores plurimi (12 vel plures) in umbellam veram vel brevissime 
racemosam dispositi rhachi plus minusve floccosa; bracteae 
interiores submembranaceae fulvidae obovato-spathulatae ad 
3 cm. longae 8 mm. latae apice cucullatae subtruncatae extus 
intusque sericeo-pilosae ; bracteolae lineares ramentaceae circ. 
I cm. longae 0.5 mm. latae adpresso-pilosae ; pedicelli 2 cm. 
longi saepe breviores validi purpurascentes pilis niveis floccosis 
lus minusve induti glabrescentes ad apicem obliqui. Calyx 
subobsoletus glaber cupularis angustus crassus carnosulus vix 
mm. longus margine undulatus vel 5-rotundato-lobulatus. 
Corolla tubuloso-campanulata pallide rosea circ. 4 cm. longa 
extus sparsim floccoso-pilosa vel glabrescens intus postice varo 
uno et maculis coccineis notata minute puberula basi sub-5- 
gibbosa, lobis 5 subrotundatis emarginatis circ. 1.5 cm. longis 
2 cm. latis. Stamina Io inaequalia longiora circ. 3 cm. longa’ 
breviora circ. 1.4 cm., filamentis deorsum latioribus basi minute 
puberulis, antheris ochraceis circ. 2.5 mm. longis. Gynaeceum 
circ. 3.3 cm. longum corolla brevius staminibus longius ; ovarium 
olivaceum angustum sursum attenuatum obliquum circ. 7 mm. 
longum 2 mm. latum nigricans a basi pilis brevibus simplicibus 
minutissimis albidis nunc sucino-coloratis quasi in glandulas 
transeuntibus puberulum; stylus glaber in stigma angustum 
lobulatum paullo expansus. Capsula falciformis circ. 5 cm. 
longa 3 mm. lata nigro-purpurea glabra subsulcata valvis 5 ab 
apice dehiscens. Semina sucino-colorata linearia complanata 
ad 3 mm. longa 0.5 mm. lata ad extremitates cristato-caruncu- 
lata ad latera tenuissime alata. 
Species Rh. uvarifolio, Diels affinis sed foliis latioribus 
obtusis nec acutis nec acuminatis, pedicellis et floribus majoribus 
corolla intus puberula diversa. 
Yunnan. Bei-ma-shan. 12,000-13,000 ft. In fir forests. 
Irregular tree of 15-20 ft. Flowers pink or very white with 
one blotch. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 324. June 1913. 
Yunnan. Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze divide. 
Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. Lat. 27° 45’ N. In rhododendron 
thickets. Shrub of 20-25 ft. Flowers dried, probably crimson. 
G. Forrest. No. 10,292. July 1913; Alt. 11,000 ft. In pine 
and rhododendron forests. Shrub of 25 ft. In fruit. G. 
Forrest ; also 10,639. July 1913. 
