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230 BALFOUR—RHODODENDRON : 
erubescente sparsissime floccosa; petiolus vix 5 mm. longus ut 
rami vestitus. Umbellae plerumque 4-florae; pedicelli fragiles 
ad 1.5 cm. longi laxe setulosi eglandulosi. Calyx magnus ad 1 
cm. longus; cupula minuta vix 1 mm. longa setulosa; lobi 5 
membranacei inaequales plus minusve cohaerentes glabri eciliati 
flayi vel roseo-tincti demum deflexi collare persistens sub cor- 
olfa construentes. Corolla rosea cire. 3 cm. longa aperte campanu- 
lata basi paullo gibbosa; lobi 1 cm. longi 1.7 cm. lati emarginati 
intensius roseati. Stamina 10 circum stylum aggregata sub- 
aequalia circ. 2 cm. longa; filamenta basi puberula; antherae in- 
tense purpureae. Discus sub ovario puberulus. Gynaeceum 
cire. 2.5 cm. longum; ovarium petasiforme truncatum sulcatum 
circ. 4 mm. longum eglandulosum setulis pilisque fasciatis erub- 
-escentibus tomentosum; stylus validus glaber sursum  sub- 
ampliatus; stigma lobulatum discoideum. Species Serie 
Sanguinei. 
-$.E. Tibet. Tsarong. Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Lat. 
28° 40’ N. Long. 98° 15’ E. On open cliffs. Shrub of 1%-2 
ft. Flowers rose-margined and lined a deeper shade. Forrest 
No. 18,937. July rorg.. 
One of the species with rose-coloured flowers of the Sanguineum. 
Series. Perhaps its nearest ally is Rh. eudoxum, Balf. f. et For- 
rest but that species has glandular young stems and pedicels and 
ovary also with glands; its calyx much smaller not forming the 
big collar and then the leaves are essentially obovate and really 
green below owing to the very detersile indumentum. 
2 * Rhododendron brachystylum, Balf. f. et Ward. 
¥rutex laxe patens vel erectus ad 2.5 m. altus. Rami tenues 
annotini vix 2 mm. diam. pilis longis lanatis laxe induti sparsim | 
lepidoti, vetustiores cinerei epilosi. Folia petiolata ad 4 em. 
longa plerumque breviora floribus coaetanea plus minusve de- 
cidua ; lamina papyracea obovato-oblonga ad 3.6 cm. longa 2 cm. 
lata, apice rotundata minute stipitato-mucronulata, margine 
leviter revoluta, basi cuneata; supra pallide viridis opaca 
squamulis albidis parvis inaequalibus discontiguis lepidota et 
pilis albidis contortis plus minusve hirsuta plus minusve glabres- 
cens, costa media suberubescente, venis caeteris occultis ; subtus 
albido-viridis papillis epidermicis ceriferis tecta squamis inae- 
qualibus scintillantibus flavidis discontiguis (in quoque quad. 
mm. circ. 8) vestita, costa media prominula lepidota et plus 
minusve pilosa, venis primariis utrinsecus ad 8 erubescentibus 
leviter prominulis et plus minusve pilosis; petiolus circ. 4 mm. 
longus ut rami vestitus. Umbellae terminales 4-florae ; bracteae 
erustaceae ad basim pedicellorum sub anthesi saepe persistentes 
agian rotundatae intimae late oblongo-obovatae omnes brev- 
