228 BALFOUR—-RHODODENDRON : 
exteriores caudatae glabrae sed minute ciliatae. Folia petiolata 
ro cm. longa; lamina crasse coriacea obovata ad 9 cm. longa 4 cm. 
lata, apice rotundata mucrone rubro tuberculato terminata, mar- 
gine plana saepe purpurata, deorsum in petiolum inaequaliter 
angustata; supra pallide viridis nunc atroviridis et saepe cera 
plus minusve glauca, costa media tenui, venis primariis utrin- 
secus ad 12 paullo prominulis; subtus flavida pilis sebaceis pro- 
fusis vestita; petiolus ad 1 cm. longus. Flores in umbellas 
terminales 3~-5-floras dispositi; bracteolae filiformes circ. 1 em. 
longae glabrae (apice pili-cristato excepto); pedicelli vix 1 cm. 
longi. Calyx foliaceus cupuliformis 1 cm. longus vel ultra 
omnino glaber; cupula kermesina; lobi 5 integri nunc cupulam 
aequantes nunc 1-2 mm. longi. Corolla tubuloso-campanulata 
nune alba nunc coccinea et in coloribus intermediis plurimis 
varians glabra circ. 4.5 cm. longa vel ultra ; tubus septis 5 incom- 
pletis divisus basi 5-gibbosus sacculo quoque nectarifero et in- 
tensius colorato; lobi 5 magni rotundati emarginati cire. 1.5 cm. 
longi 2.5 cm. lati. Stamina 1o inaequalia corolla. multo 
breviora, longiora ‘circ. 3.5 cm. longa, breviora cire. 2.5 cm.; 
filamenta basi dense puberula. Discus glaber. Gynaeceum 
cire. 4 em. longum; ovarium tenue circ. 6 mm. longum glandulis 
rubris sessilibus vestitum; stylus glaber stigmate angusto 
terminatus. 
N.E. Upper Burma, Chimili Pass. 11-12,000 ft. A small 
graceful bush extremely profuse in lovely flowers from pure or 
creamy white through every shade of waxy fleshy rose to clear 
rich pink and even crimson, no scent. Five honey glands at the 
base in almost crested pinched-in folds. A very lovely plant in- 
deed, common on open ribs of the bamboo brake and even below 
at 11,000 ft. on the flat rill-sides of the upper torrent courses in 
half shade. N.B. Leaf reverse creamy yellow, purple-edged. 
See painting. Farrer No. 926. May 16, 1910. 
N.E. Upper Burma, Chawchi Pass, Nyitadi, etc. Alt. 
10,500-11,000 ft. Flowering in the snow at 10,800 ft. This ap- 
pears as a small straggly bush here not attaining such proportions 
(as far as seen) as it does on the Hpimaw ridge. White and 
creamy tones too vastly preponderate here over pink ones. On 
the Maguchi Pass the plant is very fine, a 5-foot bush in wide 
jungles over the open alp. But here too the flowers though 
notably large are almost invariably cream-white. Farrer No. 
1547. May 15, 1920. : 
This plant which pleased Mr Farrer so much is one of the 
phylum of Rh. eclecteum of the Thomsoni Series. It is note- 
worthy as being a particularly glabrous plant—the glandular 
_ ovary and the puberulous stamens are appendaged parts. The 
leaves are smaller than those of Rh. eclectewm, Balf. f. et Forrest 
