94 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
glandulosae et viscidae intus laete stramineae nitidae puberulae 
et pilis contortis sebaceis praeditae, interiores late ovatae circ. 
7.5 mm. longae et ad 6 mm. latae cucullatae extus glandulosae 
viscidissimae ; bracteolae mox deciduae; pedicelli purpura- 
scentes vel atro-purpurei ad 4 cm. longi glandulis rubris breviter 
stipitatis plus minusve laxe vestiti ad apicem in calycis cupulam 
suboblique expansi ibique ceraceo-glauci et dense glandulosi. 
Calyx (persistens et sub fructu paulo auctus) grandis ad 1.3 cm. 
longus in limbum membranaceum flavido-viridem extus glandulis 
rubris breviter stipitatis conspersum inaequaliter irregulariterque 
5-lobatum expansus, lobis postero-lateralibus ad 7.5-mm. longis et 
latis (nunc 5 mm.) anterioribus nunc 2.5 mm. margine glandulis 
capitatis vel ovoideis rubris albido-stipitatis semper lineatim 
ciliatis. Corolla carnosula lutea intus postice varo basali coccineo 
maculata a basi aperte campanulata vel subpateriformis ad 
3.5 cm. longa extus plus minusve rubro-glandulosa intus glabra, 
lobis 5 semi-lunatis auriculatis emarginatis circ. 1.5 cm. longis 
2.8 cm. latis. Stamina Io inaequalia longiora ad 2 cm. longa 
breviora circ. 1 cm., filamentis deorsum latioribus glabris, antheris 
brunneis 2.5 mm. longis. Discus pubescens. Gynaeceum circ. 
2.5 cm. longum corolla brevius staminibus longius; ovarium 
circ. 6 mm. longum nigro-purpureum glandulis rubris longi- 
stipitatis adscendentibus dense obtectum; stylus purpureus 
glandulis capitatis rubris sessilibus ex toto vestitus ; stigma 
-stylo latius subdisciforme lobulatum. Capsula nigra brevis et 
crassa paulo asymmetrica et curvata ad 2.2 cm. longa circ. 
7 mm. diam. pilis setaceis fuscis glandula rubra terminatis 
praedita basi calyce obliquo spathaceo inclusa ; semina albida 
I nearia circ. 3 mm. longa ad extremitates caudato-arillata. 
Species haec Rh. Wardi, W. W. Sm. valde affinis foliis oblongis 
obtusis nec rotundatis, inflorescentia racemoso-umbellata, calyce 
et corolla extus plus minusve rubro-glandulosis, ovario glandulis 
longistipitatis adscendentibus obtecto, capsula breviore recedens. 
E.N.W. Yunnan. Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze 
bend. Alt. 12,000 ft. Lat. 27° 45’ N. In rhododendron 
thickets. Shrub of 14-20 ft. Flowers slightly fleshy, bright 
yellow with the faintest touch of crimson on interior base. 
G. Forrest. No. 10,428. July 1913. In full fruit. G. Forrest. 
No. 11,466. Oct. 1913. 
E.N.W. Yunnan. Mountains of the Chungtien plateau. 
Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. Lat. 27° 55’ N. In thickets. Shrub of 
20-25 ft. Flowers fleshy, bright canary yellow. G. Forrest. 
No. 10,680. July 1913. 
E.N.W. Yunnan. Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze 
bend. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Shrub of 15-20 ft. Flowers yellow. 
G: Forrest. No. 11,327... Sept. r913. 
