70 HUTCHINSON—THE MADDENI SERIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
1-flowered, the pedicels arising from the same level, with a 
fringe of soft white hairs below the base of each; scars of the 
fallen bud-scales rather dense, rim-like ; outer bud-scales ovate- 
orbicular, shortly obtusely acuminate, about 1.5 cm. long, thinly 
coriaceous, lepidote up the broad middle portion, fringed with 
short soft white hairs ; bracteoles almost filiform, a little spathu- 
late towards the apex, about 2.5 cm. long, covered on the 
outside with soft white hairs ; pedicels 1 cm. long, about 2 mm. 
thick, densely lepidote. Calyx more or less cupular or saucer- 
shaped, mostly distinctly but sometimes obscurely lobed, up to 
2 mm. long and about 3 mm. broad, lepidote outside, mostly 
fringed with long hairs but these sometimes absent on the same 
flower-head. Covolla dull white with rose exterior (Forrest), 
widely funnel-shaped from the base upwards; tube as long as. 
or a little longer than the lobes, about 3 cm. long on one side 
and 2.5 cm. long on the other, about 5 mm. in diameter at the 
base, 4.5 cm. wide at the top when flattened out, rather densely 
lepidote outside, softly pubescent towards the base; lobes 5, 
about 3 cm. long and 2.3 cm. broad, lepidote outside and crenu- 
late-lepidote on the margin. Stamens 10, unequal, the longest 
reaching to above the middle of the corolla lobes; filaments. 
rather densely pilose in their lower half; anthers 4.5 mm. long, 
chocolate-brown (when dry). Ovary 6-celled, 7 mm. long, 
densely lepidote ; style a little shorter than the corolla, rather 
densely scaly in the lower half, crowned by a viscid disk-like 
stigma. Capsule not seen. 
WESTERN YUNNAN. Dry rocky situations on the eastern 
flank of the Tali Range, lat. 25° 40’ N., alt. 10,000—11,000 ft., 
shrub 3-6 ft., flowers white, exterior tinged rose, fragrant, 
June-July 1906, G. Forrest, 4159. Eastern flank of the Tali 
Range, lat. 25° 40’ N., 10,000-11,000 ft., open stony pasture, 
shrub 14-3 ft., flowers white washed with rose outside, fragrant,. 
May toro, G. Forrest, 6764a. Eastern flank of the Tali Range, 
lat. 25° 40’ N., alt. 11,000-12,000 ft., shrub 2-4 ft., flowers dull 
white, exterior rose, fragrant, on ledges of cliffs, June 1910, 
G. Forrest, 6764 (type). 
is may be regarded as a near alpine relation of R. ciliicalyx, 
Franch. Besides occurring at a much higher altitude, however,. 
it differs from that species in its shorter petioles, smaller leaves, 
much more densely arranged scales, by its flowers tending to 
become solitary, and by the densely lepidote corolla. 
Mr J. C. Williams has this species in cultivation at Caerhays 
Castle, Cornwall, under Forrest’s number 6764. He has very 
kindly sent me a leafy shoot grown out of doors, and on the 
leaves I find the papillae characteristic of the wild specimens. 
Occurring at such a high altitude in Yunnan, 10,000-12,000 ft., 
