164 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
internodiis distinctis separatae. Folia circ. 7 cm. longa petiolata ; 
lamina adulta chartacea lanceolata ad 6 cm. longa 2 cm. lata 
apice acuminata costa media in tuberculum corneum excurrente 
margine paullo recurvata cartilaginea pedibus setarum delap- 
sarum punctulata basi obtusa attenuata, supra pallide viridis 
laevis costa media sulcata puberula caeteroquin glabra venulis 
primariis utrinsecus circ. 10 vix conspicuis, subtus cinereo-alba 
strato papillarum epidermicarum ceriferarum induta et squamis 
peltatis haud immersis rufescenti-resinosis fere sessilibus um- 
bone plano et instita lata aedificatis haud contiguis conspersa, 
juvenilis tenuiter membranacea purpureo- vel rubro-venulosa 
supra nigricans glabra subtus pallidior squamulis luteis lepidota 
margine setulosa ; petiolus circ. I cm. longus saepe purpureus 
lepidotus. Flores in umbellas partiales terminales et axillares 
I-5-floras ad extremitates ramorum fasciculati fasciculis inter 
ramos subflorales praecoces immersis; bracteae perulas ala- 
bastrorum simulantes ; bracteolae lineares subclaviformes circ. 
1.3 cm. longae membranaceae brunneae puberulae et lepidotae ; 
pedicelli ad 1.3 cm. longi (sub fructu ad 2.5 cm.) lepidoti. Calyx 
parvus crateriformis cupula circ. 1 mm. longa dense lepidota, 
lobis 5 deltoideis vel rotundatis circ. 1.5 mm. longis saepe pur- 
pureis extus dense lepidotis apice setosis. Corolla alba roseo- 
tincta a basi infundibuliformis circ. 3.5 cm. longa extus lepidota, 
tubo intus paullo puberulo sursum in limbum 5-lobatum expanso, 
lobis ellipticis vel rotundatis emarginatis et crenulatis circ. 
1.5 cm. longis 2 cm. latis. Stamina 10 inaequalia longiora ad 
basim loborum corollinorum attingentia, filamentis deorsum 
dilatatis basim versus pilosis, antheris circ. 2.5 mm. longis. 
Ovarium cylindricum circ. 4 mm. longum dense glanduloso- 
lepidotum ; stylus glaber staminibus longior corollam sub- 
aequans ; stigma lobulatum. Capsula cylindrica circ. 1.2 cm. 
longa 5 mm. lata glauca et rufo-lepidota. Semina oblonga circ. 
1.5 mm. longa longitudinaliter striata ad extremitates obscure 
lobulato-carunculata pallide brunnea. 
W. Yunnan. Western flank of the Shweli-Salween divide. 
Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. Lat. 25° 25’ N. Shrub of 25-35 ft. 
Flowers rose? In fruit. Rhododendron forest. G. Forrest. 
No. 8923. Aug. 1912 
‘W. Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Alt. gooo ft. Lat. 
25° 30’ N. Shrub of 5 ft. Flowers white flushed rose. Open 
rocky slopes. G. Forrest. No. 12,065. June 1973. 
W. Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Alt. gooo ft. Lat. 
25° 25’ N. Shrub 4-5 ft. Flowers rose. Open rocky slopes. 
G. Forrest. No. 12,064. June 1913. 
E. Upper Burma. Hpimaw. Alt. gooo-10,000 ft. Tall 
thin tree of 25-30 ft. In damp rain forest. Flowers pink and 
