BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 81 
conoideum subatro-viride sulcatum glabrum laeve ; stylus ruber 
glaber ad apicem in cupulam evolutus stigma subspongiosum 
lobulatum gerens. 
Species Rh. taliensi, Franch. affinis foliis plus minusve 
elliptico-oblongis, indumento subfoliari compacto albido nitente, 
petiolo subglabro, pedicellis glabris certe distincta. 
Tibeto-Yunnan frontier. Doker La. I4,000-15,000 ft.’ 
2-3 ft. high. Dense scrub. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 768.’ 
July 1913. 
Tibeto-Yunnan frontier. Ka-gwr-pw. 15,000 ft. Scrub 
rhododendron with dwarf species, etc. F. Kingdon Ward. 
NO: 822. © 19.97.73. 
A distinct species of the Taliense series and near to RA. 
taliense, Franch. itself. The white compact shining indumentum 
on the under side of the more elliptic and larger leaves enables 
one to differentiate the plants at sight, and then the nearly 
glabrous petioles and the glabrous pedicels confirm the diagnosis. 
In aspect the foliage recalls in miniature that of Rh. Clementinae, 
G. Forrest, but that is a plant which has 7 lobes to the corolla 
and stamens about 16, not as in the Taliense series 5 corolla-lobes 
and Io stamens. 
WA\ Rhododendron alutaceum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex ad 4 m. altus ramis crassis. Ramuli annotini circ. 
6 mm. diam. dense lanato-tomentosi, indumenti per annos 
persistentis pilis ex rhachi centrali longa in ramulos longos 
tenues obtusos intricato-intertextos ex toto deliquescente con- 
Structis et stratum glandularum capitatarum breviter stipitat- 
arum inferum occludentibus. Alabastrorum oblongo-ovoideorum 
eviscidorum perulae extimae fulvidae basi rotundatae crustaceo- 
coriaceae circ. 6 mm. longae late carinatae extus pilis sebaceis 
rufis brevibus dense floccoso-tomentosae intus sericeae margine 
floccoso-ciliatae in caudam recurvatam aequilongam dense 
puberulam productae, intermediae late ovatae vel obovatae 
mucronatae, intimae membranaceae sucino-coloratae ligulato- 
spathulatae ad 3.5 cm. longae 7 mm. latae apice rotundatae 
subapiculatae extus floccoso-pubescentes et prope apicem 
glandulis aurantiacis vel rufis paucis praeditae intus inferne 
glabrae superne sericeae margine verticeque floccoso-ciliatae ; 
folia juvenilia revoluta supra pilis mox deciduis dense albido- 
floccosa et glandulis clavatis breviter stipitatis aurantiacis 
praedita, subtus sucino-colorata indumento bistrato dense 
lanata strato infero ex floccis fere sessilibus breviterque radiatim 
ramosis (ramulorum Cellulis latis vesiculosis) composito, strato 
supero ex pilis longis ab axe centrali iterum atque iterum ramosis 
(ramulis tenuibus obtusis late patentibus intertextis) aedificato. 
