-HutcuinsoON—TuHE MapDENI SERIES OF RHODODENDRON. 25 
4. Rhododendron polyandrum, Hutchinson, n. sp.* 
A bush 1 m. high; older branches covered with dull grey 
bark finely punctulate with small black spots; one-year-old 
branchlets finely punctulate-lepidote, leafy at the top. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate, rounded-obtuse at both ends, 
bluntly mucronate at the apex, 6-8 cm. long, 2.5-3 cm. broad, 
rigidly coriaceous, minutely lepidote and glossy-reticulate on 
the upper surface, densely lepidote beneath, the scales contiguous 
or nearly so, with dark brown central body and much paler 
and nearly invisible membranous fringe, the epidermis between 
the scales rather coarsely papillous; midrib impressed above, 
prominent and rather sparingly lepidote beneath ; lateral nerves 
about 6 on each side of the midrib, scarcely visible below ; 
petioles 8-10 mm. long, lepidote, grooved above. Inflores cence 
about 5-flowered, the pedicels arising from approximately the 
same level ; scales of the flower buds leathery, minutely puberu- 
lous and a little lepidote outside, not ciliate ; pedicels unequal, 
stout, I.5-2 cm. long, lepidote with light-coloured scales. Caly 
unequally 5-lobed, much longer on the dorsal (adaxial) side, 
up to 3 mm. long, lepidote outside, with membranous mar- 
gins. Corolla about 7 cm. long, lepidote all over the outside 
except towards the margins of the lobes; tube apparently 
almost straight, 3.5 cm. long, about 1 cm. broad when dried ; 
lobes 5, broadly oblong. Stamens 25, exserted ; filaments very 
slender, hairy in the lower half with broad membranous flake- 
like hairs; anthers 5 mm. long. Ovary 12-celled, about 6 mm. 
long, densely lepidote, gradually passing into the style; style 
. pine polyandrum, Hutchinson, sp. affinis R. manipurensi, 
Balf. f. et Watt, sed foliis oblongis vel oblongo- een are etbces rotundato- 
rt. 
Frutex 1 m. altus; ramuli vetustiores cortice cinereo minute nigro- ponte 
Li 
brunneo margine membranaceo, epidermide crasse papillosa ; costa media supra 
impressa, infra prominens et parce lepidota ; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 6, 
infra vix evidentes; petioli 8-10 mm. longi, lepidoti, supra aati Inflore- 
scentia ae circiter 5-flora, pedicellis subumbellati gemmarum flori- 
co 
pedicelli inaequales, robusti, 1.5-2 cm. longi, squamulis pallidis lepidoti. Calyx 
inaequaliter 5-lobatus, lobo dorsali (adaxiali) multo longiore, usque ad 3 mm. 
longus, extra lepidotus, margine membranaceo. Co volla circiter 7 om. mee 
stylus corollae fere aequilongus, fere ad apicem lepidotus, stigmate late ae 
coronatus. psula non visa 
