BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 83 
pedicellis capitato-glandulosis, Ais Hts lobis glanduloso-ciliatis, 
ovario glanduloso facile distinguenda. 
E.N.W. Yunnan. Kari cam Mekong-Yangtze divide. 
Alt. 12,000 ft. Lat. 27° 40’ N. In open thickets. Shrub of 
12-14 ft. Flowers rose with crimson markings. G. Forrest. 
No. 13,098. Aug. I 
Rh. alutaceum is a alvencias species of the Taliense series. 
Its habit recalls Rh. adenogynum, Diels, and plants of its series, 
but there the calyx is always large and very different from that 
of Rh. alutaceum. 
\\}> Rhododendron apodectum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex ad 2 m. altus ramis rigidis crassiusculis. Ramuli 
hornotini circ. 2.5 mm. diam. nigro-purpurei pilis floccosis 
Niveis e stipite brevissimo ramulisque plurimis vacuis vesicu- 
losis radiatis aedificatis vestiti nec setulosi, annotini plerumque 
glabri tandem grisei decorticantes. Alabastrorum oblongorum 
acutorum perulae extimae late ovatae vel subrotundatae circ. 
3 mm. diam. crustaceo-coriaceae brunneae carinatae extus plus 
minusve niveo-floccosae margine superne minute ciliatae, in- 
timae lineari-lanceolatae circ. 1.7 cm. longae 3.5 mm. latae 
acutae extus ad apicem floccosae margine breviter ciliatae. 
Folia petiolata ad 8 cm. longa ; lamina crasse coriacea oblonga 
vel oblongo-elliptica vel elliptica nunc obovata vel lanceolata 
ad 7 cm. longa 3.5 cm. lata apice rotundata vel obtusa vel 
acutiuscula margine cartilaginea basi subtruncata vel fere 
cordulata vel obtusa nec in petiolum angustata, supra convexa 
Nigro-viridis nitida obscure bullata costa media venisque prim- 
arlis utrinsecus circ. 12 anguste sulcatis glaberrima (in juventute 
revoluta pilis floccosis albis plus minusve obtecta) sed floccorum 
juvenilium vestigiis hic et illic notata superficie in modum squali 
corii leviter rugulosa, subtus concava sordide grisea vel sub- 
albida vel pallide fulva costa media erubescente elevata glabre- 
bus) constructo vestita ; cseaoie rae. 2 OM: ek pur- 
Purascens supra sulcatus ibique tomentosus glabrescens (in 
juventute omnino albo-floccosus). Umbella vera in specimini- 
bus nostris 2-3-flora terminalis; bracteae extimae crustaceo- 
coriaceae rotundatae acuminato-apiculatae ad g mm. longae 
(apiculo incluso) 6 mm. latae carinatae extus plus minusve 
albido-floccosae, fertiles subobovatae truncatae apiculatae circ, 
1.7 cm. longae circ. 9 mm. latae submembranaceae extus sericeae ; 
bracteolae parvae lineares pilosae circ. 1.2 cm. longae pedicellos 
superantes vel eos aequantes; pedicelli ad 1.2 cm. longi 
