160 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
apicem ramulorum fasciculatim dispositae, una terminalis, 2-3 
axillares ; alabastra floralia ovoidea circ. 8 mm. longa 5 mm 
lata atro-brunnea ; bracteae sub anthesi persistentes exteriores 
rotundatae circ. 4 mm. longae et latae cucullatae dorso dense 
lepidotae subcarinatae mucronulatae intus sericeae margine 
albo-ciliatae interiores membranaceae  spadiceo - brunneae 
oblongae vel obovatae subspathulatae truncatae circ. I.2 cm. 
longae extus basi velutino-puberulae supra aurantiaco-lepidotae 
intus glabrae margine verticeque albo-ciliatae; bracteolae 
longae pedicellis longiores a basi ad apicem acutam attenua- 
tae ramentaceae pilosae; pedicelli circ. 8 mm. longi lepi- 
doti et brevissime puberuli apice obliqui  bracteis fertilibus 
breviores. Calyx minutus vix 1 mm. longus extus lepidotus 
cuptlaris in lobos 5 inaequales undulatos divisus. Corolla 
rosea postice rubro-maculata infundibuliformis circ. 2.3 cm. 
longa extus sparsim lepidota intus puberula, lobis circ. 1.25 cm. 
longis 9 mm. latis integris. Stamina 10 inaequalia longiora 
circ. 2.5 cm. longa breviora 1.3 cm., filamentis infra planis ima 
basi nuda sursum ad trientem puberulis, antheris violaceis 
1.5 mm. longis. Gynaeceum circ. 2.8 cm. longum corollam et 
stamina superans ; ovarium parvum vix 2 mm. longum apicem 
versus paullo attenuatum dense lepidotum; stylus tenuis sub 
stigmate aequilato haud ampliatus. Capsula cinereo-brunnea 
oblonga sursum paullo attenuata recta circ. 1.2 cm. longa 4 
mm. diam. ab apice valvis 5 dehiscens. Semina rubra vel 
spadiceo-brunnea circ. 1.5 mm. longa 0.75 mm. lata oblonga 
subcomp ta exalata vix carunculata. 
Species Rh. siderophyllo, Franch. affinis sed ramulis petiolisque 
nae: corolla intus perspicue puberula, stigmate parvulo 
versa. 
Yunnan, Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Open situations amongst 
scrub. Shrub of 6-7 ft. Flowers rose. G. Forrest. No. 
11,299. Sept. 1913. 
This hard-leaved species does not appear to have many 
features to commend it as a garden plant. The rose-coloured 
flowers are small and few in a truss, and the base of the trusses 
is enveloped in the bracts. The red colour of the twigs may be 
perhaps its most effective character. 
Rhododendron Surasianum, Balf. f. et Craib. 
ignota. Folia petiolata ad tro. 5 cm. longa; lamina coriacea 
oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata nunc 
