158 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
paucis conspersus. Flores fragrantes in racemo-umbellas 
axillares 3-5 ad apicem ramulorum fasciculatim dispositi; um- 
bellae 3—5-florae rhachi brevi circ. 7 mm. longa glabra ; bracteae 
internae circ. 2.5 cm. longae 5 mm. latae anguste spathulatae 
vel claviformes membranaceae brunneae obtusae mucronu- 
latae extus puberulae; bracteolae filiformes membranaceae 
circ. 1.7. cm. longae puberulae ad apicem leviter cristatae ; 
pedicelli graciles stricti divaricati ad 3.5 cm. longi glabri. Calyx 
minutus glaber profunde 5-lobatus, lobis circ. I mm. longis 
deltoideis sub-erosis eciliatis paullo erubescentibus nunc lobo 
singulo (vel 2) lineari-ligulato membranaceo ad 1.7 cm. elongato 
0.5 mm. lato breviter albido-ciliato truncato vel longe acuminato 
vel aristato. Corolla extus roseo-alba vel alba intus varo luteo 
basali postice notata ad 6.7 cm. longa infundibularis tubo 
angusto circ. 1.7 cm. longo limbi ampliati disco circ. I cm. 
longo extus glabra intus minutissime puberula haud gibbosa, 
lobis elliptico-oblongis vel ovalibus obtusis circ. 4 cm. longis 
2.5 cm. latis tubo multo longioribus basi angustatis vix auricu- 
latis anterolateralibus paullo minoribus. Stamina 10 sub- 
aequalia corolla styloque breviora, longiora circ. 5 cm. longa 
_breviora circ. 4.5 cm., antheris circ. 2.5 mm. longis lacteo-albis, 
filamentis tenuibus paullo complanatis deorsum vix expansis 
albis a ima basi ad apicem ovarii glabris supra ovarium fere 
ad medium puberulis. Discus viridis glaber. Gynaeceum circ. 
5-7 cm. longum corolla brevius ; ovarium cylindricum in stylum 
attenuatum angustum circ. 7 mm. longum paullo sulcatum 
laete viride pilis brevissimis albidis conspersum ; stylus glaber 
basi flavido-viridis sursum albidus sub stigmate flavido-viridi 
subdiscoideo lobato leviter expansus et labium circulare formans. 
Species Rh. stamineo, Franch. affinis staminibus inclusis 
recognoscenda ; a Rh. oxyphyllo, Franch. foliis chartaceis mar- 
gine scabridis venis subpatulis notatis, floribus majoribus, 
filamentis styloque eglandulosis recedit. 
W. Yunnan. Divide between the Pu-piao and Yung Chang 
Valleys. Open situations amongst scrub. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. 
Lat. 25° 6’ N. Shrub of 6-30 ft. Flowers interior white with 
a blotch of yellow at base, exterior rosy white, fragrant. G. 
Forrest. No. 5530. April T9ro. 
This is a distinct species of the Stamineum series, easily 
recognised from Rh. stamineum, Franch. by its very much 
larger flowers and included stamens and style. It exhibits 
more strikingly than most species of rhododendron the juvenile 
phase of its life-history. _The young plantlets are deep | claret 
red all over and have stems, petioles, midrib, and margin of the 
leaves densely covered with white bristles, some of which end 
in capitate glands. So unlike is the plant in this state to the 
