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with the remains of the scales; one-year-old branchlets rather 
sparingly lepidote, not setose; axillary leaf-buds very small, 
and still dormant at the time of flowering. Leaves elliptic or 
rather elongate-oblong-elliptic, rounded at both ends or occasion- 
ally a little cuneate at the base, rounded to a projecting or 
reflexed obtuse callous apex, 6-15 cm. long, 1.5-5.5 cm. broad, 
rather thinly coriaceous, glabrous dull and laxly reticulate above, 
glaucous beneath and rather laxly lepidote, the scales somewhat 
small and unequal and about 2-3 times their own diameter 
apart, the epidermis between the scales very closely papillous ; 
midrib very slightly impressed on the upper surface, prominent 
below, about 2.5 mm. broad at the base, gradually tapered to 
the apex of the leaf, sparingly lepidote ; lateral nerves 10-12 on 
each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 
45°, distinct above, prominent below and rather wavy, crenately 
looped near the margin ; secondary nerves lax and subparallel ; 
petioles 1.5-2 cm. long, not grooved above, rather sparingly 
lepidote. Inflorescence 4—6-flowered ; scars of the fallen bud- 
scales very wide, straw-coloured ; pedicels arising from slightly 
different levels, 1-1.5 cm. long, very densely covered with rust- 
coloured scales. Calyx about 1.5 cm. long, 5-lobed to near the 
base ; lobes broadly oblong-elliptic, about 7 mm. broad, rounded 
at the apex, membranous, finely striate, glabrous outside except 
for a few scales at the base, rather densely fringed with soft 
white hairs. Corolla about 7-8 cm. long, widely tubular and 
rather suddenly broadened and slightly saccate in the middle ; 
tube 5-6 cm. long, lepidote around the base only; lobes 5; 
rounded and emarginate. Stamens 10, about as long as the 
corolla tube ; filaments rather densely villous in their lower third 
or nearly half; anthers 7-8 mm. long. Ovary 5-celled, nearly 
I cm. long, very densely covered with rusty scales ; style curved, 
a little shorter than the corolla, lepidote only at the very base, 
crowned by a very large disk-like stigma. Capsule apparently 
straight, 5 cm. long, the valves finely lepidote, not keeled, some- 
what membranous, surrounded at the base by the persistent 
calyx. Seeds not seen. 
Sikkim. 6000-8000 ft., 1848, fls., J. D. Hooker. Langhep, 
gooo ft., 4th May 1876, fls., C. B. Clarke, 27762. Dikeeling, 
Sooo ft., 11th May 1876, fis, C. B. Clarke, 27876a. Darjeel- 
ing to Tongloo, in Magnolia forests of Lower Sikkim, 8000-g000 
ft., 19th April 1881, flowers pale white, scented, G. Watt, 7004. 
On the way from Tongloo to Sandukfu, S. Sikkim, 10,000 ft., 
just past flowering, 11th May 1881, G. Watt, 5363. RS td to 
Sandukfu, 9500 ft., 29th May 1902, J. H. Lace, 2253. Darj 
towards Jalapahar, about 7500 ft., epiphytic, 13th — 1913, 
young flowers, C. Lacaita, Fone 
