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BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 93 
Cooper obtained a third plant of this alliance in fruit only, 
the field ticket of which runs: ‘ Parshong oe Alt. 
10,500 ft. Bush 6 ft. Golden glands under leaf. 3500. 
29.10.14.’ The fruit and seed may be ae ‘thes: 
Capsula recta circ. I cm. longa circ. 8 mm. diam. fulva squamis 
scintillantibus lepidota calycis lobis adpressis basi inclusa ab 
apice valvis 5 dehiscens. Semina spadiceo-brunnea fusiformia 
exalata ad extremitates ambas aequaliter caudatim prolongata 
circ. 3 mm. longa (sine caudis 2 mm.). It has a strong re- 
semblance to Rh. Cooperi, but there are slight differences in 
foliage that-make me hesitate over identifying it with that 
species. It may be only Rh. camelliaeflorum. We have seedlings 
raised from seed taken from Cooper’s specimens, and when they 
flower a decision of the point will be possible. If the plant is 
Rh. Cooperi the description of fruit which I have given will 
attach to the diagnosis of Rh. Cooperi. 
Rhododendron croceum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex ad 7 m. altus. Ramuli hornotini (siccitate) nigri 
rubro-glandulosi glandulis globosis vel ovoideis sessilibus, anno- 
tint glandularum vestigiis notati rubido-virides subnitentes, 
vetustiores sordide grisei decorticantes. Alabastrorum ovoid- 
eorum fulvorum perulae extimae parvae oblongae brunneae 
coriaceae ad 7 mm. longae 3 mm. latae dorso eglandulosae haud 
viscidae apice rotundatae cum margine breviter glandulosae- 
interiores membranaceae flavido-virides ad 1.5 cm. longae 
circ. 3.5 mm. latae subligulatae apice acutae pilisque ciliatae. 
Folia petiolata ad 13 cm. longa plerumque breviora ; lamina 
chartacea vel subcoriacea oblonga ad 11 cm. longa ad 6 cm. lata 
apice obtusa nunc rotundata corneo-mucronulata margine carti- 
laginea plana basi subtruncato-cordulata, supra atro- viridis 
costa media erubescente paullo sulcata venis primariis utrin- 
secus circ. 15 inconspicuis caeteroquin paulo rugulosa glabra 
subopaca pilorum juvenilium vestigiis plus minusve notata (in 
juventute revoluta pilis sebaceis contortis simplicibus vel ramosis 
floccosis subrubidis conspersa), subtus pallidior viridis vel 
olivacea vel fulvido-glaucescens costa media erubescente elevata 
venisque primariis rubidis impressis venularum reti conspicuo 
rubido superficie glandulis rubris punctulata (in juventute sub- 
caesia venularum reti atro-purpureo pilis caulifloris plurimis 
rubidis vel luteis omnino obtecta) ; petiolus ad 2 cm. longus 
Tubro-purpureus glaber (in juventute niger et pubescens). Flores 
in inflorescentiam racemoso-umbellatam ad 7-floram dispositi 
rhachi ad 1. 5 cm. longa plus minusve rubro-glandulosa ; 
bracteae exteriores crustaceo-coriaceae ad I cm. longae a basi 
subrotundatae circ. 5 mm. latae caudatae extus plus minusve 
