DiELS—ERICACEAE. 215 
Lat. 27° 12’ N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. May 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 2323. 
R. Beesianum is allied to R. Delavayi, Franch., but the leaves 
and flowers are much larger and the corolla more open. In habit 
it reminds of R. setchuenense, Franch., of Cheng Kou, Northern 
Szechuan, but this species has a glabrous ovary. 
- Rhododendron anthosphaerum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
_ Frutex vel arbor 6-9 m. alta. Folia petiolo glabro 1°5 cm. 
longo praedita; papyracea, supra glabra, subtus rufescenti- 
pallidiora, oblanceolata, acuta, 8-13 cm. longa, 2°5-5°2 cm. 
lata, nervi subtus inconspicui. Flores 10-15 dense congesti, 
pedunculi 7-12 mm. longi, pubescentes. Calycis minuti lobi 
inconspicui triangulares, glandulosi, vix 1 mm. longi. Corolla 
intense rosea atropurpureo-maculata, campanulata; tubus 2°5- 
3°55 cm. longus 32-4 cm. latus; lobi rotundati 1-5-2 cm. 
diamet. Stamina Io basin versus minute puberula, 3-3°5 cm. 
longa. Ovarium glabrescens, 5-8 mm. longum; stylus 3-3°5 
cm. longus, praeter basin puberulam glaber. 
“Shrub or tree of 20-30 ft.. Flowers bright rose-magenta, 
with a few markings of black-crimson. Open situations in pine 
forests on the ascent of the Sung-kwei pass from the Lang 
Kung valley. Lat. 26° 30’ N. Alt. ro-11,000 ft. April 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2042. 
Habit of R. ivroratum, Franch., but easily recognised by the 
colour of the flowers and the more glabrous ovary and the absence 
of glands on the style. 
Rhododendron oo Franch., in a Soc. Bot. France, 
Xxiil (1886), 2 
Folia basi saepe ae nervi a primarii supra 
tenuiter insculpti. Corolla nonnunquam 8-loba, stamina 16. 
“Tree of 20-30 ft. Flowers white, fleshy, with a blotch of 
rich crimson at base of corolla. Open situations in pine forests 
on the descent from the Sung-kwei pass to the Sung-kwei valley. 
Lat. 26° 15’ N. Alt. ro-r1,000 ft. April 1906.’”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 2159. 
var. mae et in ies Soc, Bot. France, 
v (1887), 2 
“On uppermost ae of pine belt on hills dividing the Sung- 
kwei and Lang Kung valleys, three days north of Tali. Lat. 26° 
15’ N. Alt. 13-14,000 ft. A tree of 15-30 ft., stems in some 
instances 12-16 in. in diamet. December 1904.’’ G. Forrest. 
No, 501. 
I do not think that “ macrophyllum,”’ Franch., is even a 
