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230 BALFOUR—RHODODENDRON : 
Western N.W. Yunnan. Without precise locality. In fruit 
Forrest 16,957. Sept. 1918. 
Easily told in the Roxieanum Series by its dirty yellowish in- 
dumentum and then it has a glandular ovary. The hairs of the 
indumentum are finer than in Rh. Roxieanum and Rh. re- 
curvum. Note also the bud-scales. 
Rhododendron amaurophyllum, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex ad 6 dm. altus multoramosus. Ramiadscendentes stricti 
divaricati perulati annotini circ. 1.5 mm. diam. squamis pluribus 
stipitatis imbricatim fulvo-lepidoti estrigillosi, deinde griseo- 
cinerei. Folia breviter petiolata ad 2.5 cm. longa; lamina crasse 
coriacea oblongo-ovalis vel ovalis ad 2.3 cm. longa 1 cm. lata, 
apice rotundata mucrone stipitiformi terminata, margine in juv- 
entute remote setuloso-ciliata deinde plus minusve eciliata, basi 
obtusa saepe inaequalis; supra nigro-viridis subopaca squamis 
albidis siccis copiose pruinosa, costa media suberubescente sul- 
cata; subtus fulvido-rufa ubique imbricato-lepidota squamis 
paucis majoribus subintensius coloratis uniformiter inter minores 
distributis, costa media prominula sparsim lepidota ; petiolus circ. 
2 mm. longus ut rami vestitus. Flores solitarii vel bini ad 
apicem ramorum; bracteae crustaceae plus minusve rotundatae 
interiores circ. 6 mm. diam. plus minusve puberulae et ciliatae 
sub anthesi persistentes pedicellorum basim cingentes; bracteo- 
lae filiformes circ. 6 mm. longae pilo-cristatae ; pedicelli purpurei 
erecti vix 2 cm. longi squamulis plus minusve stipitatis dense 
induti. Calyx apertus circ. 6 mm. longus fere ad basim 5- 
partitus; lobi ovales circ. 4 mm. lati dorso lepidoti et plus 
minusve puberuli, intus dense sericei, setuloso-ciliati. Corolla 
subrotata cyaneo-purpurea emaculata circ. 2.5 cm. longa; tubus 
brevis crassiusculus circ. 2.5 mm.-longus intus fauce puberulus ; 
limbus 5-lobatus extus puberulus et lepidotus; lobi ovales vel 
oblongo-ovales circ. 1.5 cm. longi 1 cm. lati. Stamina to cor- 
olla gynaeceoque breviora; filamenta supra basim brevem 
floccoso-villosa. Discus dense puberulus. Gynaeceum corollam 
subaequans; ovarium petasiforme truncatum squamulis parvis 
dense vestitum; stylus coccineus glaber; stigma discoideum. 
Species Seriei Saluenensis. 
S.E.Tibet. Tsarong. Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Lat. 28° 
40’ N. Long. 98° ro’ E. Open moist situations amongst scrub 
and rocks. Shrub of 2-2% ft. Flowers deep purplish-crimson. 
Forrest No. 18,905. July 1919. 
S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Shrub 
of 174-2 ft. Leaves ovate 4-% x 4%-% inch dark green and 
scaly above, mealy rufous beneath. Flowers solitary or in pairs, 
terminal on stout pedicels of 1-114 inches. Calyx coloured lepi- 
