BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 135 
vel pallide viridis costa media rubro-purpurea anguste sulcata 
sulco floccis fuscis plus minusve impleto venis primariis utrin- 
secus ad I5 venularumque reti immersis caeteroquin laevis 
pilorum floccis fulvidis detersilibus ramulis saepe. rubro-glandu- 
losis plus minusve obtecta, subtus indumento bistrato_persis- 
tente albido favoso piloso et glanduloso venas primarias et 
venularum rete occludente vestita, strati superi pilis dendri- 
formibus laxe ramosis, inferi rosulatis implexis, glandulis clavatis 
rubris nitentibus inter pilos conspersis, costa media erubescente 
elevata ; petiolus circ. 1.5 cm. longus crassus testaceus glandu- 
loso-lanatus. Flores intense sanguinei plures racemoso-um- 
bellatim dispositi rhachi copiose rubro-glandulosa glandulis 
breviter stipitatis ; bracteae exteriores magnae ovatae obtusae 
cucullatae coriaceae fulvidae ad 2.5 cm. longae circ. 1.5 cm. 
latae extus intusque pilis longis simplicibus undulatis dense 
sericeae, interiores angustiores dense rubro-glandulosae viscidae ; 
bracteolae claviformes circ. I cm. longae rubro-glandulosae ; 
pedicelli purpurei circ. 2 cm. longi (post anthesin aucti) rubro- 
glandulosi et floccosim pilosi. Calyx parvus circ. 3 mm. longus 
in lobos 5 inaequales postero-laterales majores ovatos circ. 1.5 
mm. longos extus dense glandulosos et pilis floccosis obtectos 
divisus. Corolla intense sanguinea carnosula tubuloso-cam- 
panulata circ. 3 cm. longa intus glabra extus vittis quinque 
pilorum contortorum intertextorum detersilium centropetalis 
lineata, lobis 5 rotundatis profunde emarginatis circ. I.3 cm. 
longis et latis. Stamina 10 inaequalia longiora circ. 2.5 cm. 
longa, filamentis glabris, antheris parvis circ. I. 5 mm. longis. 
Gynaeceum circ. 2.8 cm. longum; ovarium nigricans circ. 5 
mm. longum tunica crassa subglobosa glandulosa lanata albida 
occultum; stylus glaber staminibus paullo longior corolla 
paullo brevior ; stigma lobulatum vix stylo latius. 
Species forsan ex affinitate Rh. sanguinet, Franch. foliorum 
indumento ex parte glanduloso, corolla extus pilo-vittata 
notata. 
W. Yunnan. On the Yung-peh Mountains. Alt. gooo ft. 
Lat. 26° 45’ N. Open dry situations. Shrub of 10 ft. 
Flowers deep crimson. G. Forrest. No. 12,745. June Ig14. 
This fine species is one of the rhododendrons with fairly 
large leaves, the under-surface of which is clad with a bright 
white indumentum. The conspicuous character for diagnosis 
of Rh. pilovittatum is that which gives it the name. The middle 
line of each petal is occupied by a band of curled hairs which 
run right down from the free lobe to the base of the corolla- 
tube. The hairs often fall off early. 
