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BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON., IOI 
basi latioribus et pubescentibus sursum filiformibus, antheris 
circ. 4mm. longis. Gynaeceum circ. 10 cm. longum corolla paullo 
brevius; ovarium nigro-purpureum conoideum circ. I cm. longum 
glandulis luteis breviter stipitatis dense obtectum; stylus 
glandulis luteis breviter stipitatis ex toto praeditus sub stigmate 
late lobulato curvatus et dilatatus. 
Species Rh. discolori, Franch. affinis sed foliis latioribus 
brevioribusque apice rotundatis, inflorescentiae rhachi breviore, 
corolla majore, staminum filamentis pubescentibus recognos- 
cenda. 
W. Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Alt. gooo ft. Lat. 
25° 10’ N. Margins of mixed forests. Shrub of 10 ft. Flowers 
fragrant white flushed rose exterior. G, Forrest. No. 11,958. 
June 1913. 
A species with flowers about a third larger than those of Rh. 
discolor, Franch., to which it is nearly allied. The two species 
are quite distinct. Rh. discolor has narrower and longer leaves 
which are pointed at the tip and the whiter under surface wants 
the red glands which punctulate the leaf in Rh. diaprepes. The 
pale colouration of the leaf under-surface in both species is 
due to the dome-shaped epidermal papillae coated with wax, 
Then Rh. discolor has a really racemose inflorescence the rhachis 
of which is as much as 4 cm. in length whilst in Rh. diaprepes 
the flowers are distant on a rhachis only 1.5 cm. long. Franchet 
describes the pedicels in Rh. discolor as quite glabrous—were 
that constant it would readily differentiate the species from Rh. 
diaprepes where they are always glandular. But Rehder and 
Wilson say that the pedicels are “ occasionally sparsely 
glandular ”’ in Rh. discolor, and Wilson’s specimens—Nos. 586 
and 1077—bear out their statement. In both of these the pedicels 
are glandular. In addition to the size of flower the very 
pubescent stamens of Rh. diaprepes separate it from Rh. discolor, 
where they are glabrous. From Rh. rasile, Balt. f. et W. W. Sm, 
the absence of glands from the outside of the corolla readily 
distinguishes Rh. diaprepes. 
Rhododendron eriogynum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex ad 3 m. altus ramis validis strictis erectis pauci- 
ramosis, Ramuli annotini circ. 4 mm. diam. erubescentes 
glauci glabri vetustiores grisei decorticantes. Alabastrorum 
fusiformium circ. 2 cm. longorum 7 mm. diam. perulae exteriores 
rufo-brunneae crustaceae rotundatae ecarinatae emucronulatae 
extus centro floccosae et glandulosae fimbriato-ciliatae, intimae 
ligulato-spathulatae flavido-brunneae circ. 2 cm. longae et 5 
mum. latae submembranaceae apice truncatae saepe emarginatae 
extus floccoso-pubescentes et glandulosae intus fere glabrae 
