240 BALFOUR—RHODODENDRON : 
--» Rhododendron cerinum, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex pauci-ramosus. Rami purpurei annotini circ. 2 mm- 
diam. sparsim lepidoti plus minusve setulosi, deinde cinerei 
Squamarum vestigiis punctulati. Folia petiolata ad 6.5 cm. 
longa; lamina coriacea oblongo-ovalis vel obovalis circ. 5.5 cm- 
longa 2.75 cm. lata, apice obtusa mucrone tuberculato terminata, 
margine paullo recurva obscure undulata, basi subcuneata; supra 
opaca olivacea squamis albidis (umbone nigricante) siccis dis- 
contiguis pruinosa, costa media sulcata plus minusve puberula, 
venis primariis utrinsecus ad 12 paullo prominulis; subtus pap- 
illis epidermicis tecta fulvida in juventute subgrisea squamis 
plurimis brunneis discontiguis (in quoque mm. quadr. circ. 12) 
dense vestita, costa media elevata sparsim lepidota, venis caeteris . 
occultis; petiolus ad 1 cm. longus dense lepidotus. Flores ia 
umbellas terminales circ. 6-floras dispositi; bracteae mox de- 
ciduae ; bracteolae lineares a basi pilosae albo-cristatae ; pedicelli 
circ. 1.2 cm. longi purpurei validi infra sparsim supra dense 
lepidoti nunc setas paucas gerentes sub calyce expansi. Calyx 
apertus corollae basim cingens circ. 4 mm. longus ultra medium 
5-fissus ; lobi elliptici circ. 3 mm. lati extus lepidoti. Corolla 
cerina postice maculata subcampanulata circ. 2 em. longa sub- 
carnosula basi plus minusve gibbosa extus lepidota intus glabra 
5-loba; lobi rotundati integri circ. 9g mm. longi 1.2 cm. lati. 
Stamina ro, 5 antipetala breviora circ. 1.1 cm. longa, 5 inter- 
petalina longiora circ. 1.5 cm.; filamenta puberula. Discus 
puberulus. Gynaeceum corolla staminibusque brevius, circ. 1 
em. longum; ovarium petasiforme sulcatum lepidotum circ. 3 
mm. longum; stylus paullo declinatus basi breviter lepidotus sub 
Stigmate lato lobulato ampliatus. Species Rh. sulfureo, 
Franch. affinis. 
Western Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Forrest No. 
17,592. June 1918. 
N.E. Upper Burma. Chawchi Pass. Alt. 10,500 ft. ~As 
before usually epiphytic in masses of moss on old Abies in the 
high alpine zone. Abundant at 10,500 ft. Farrer No. 1550. 
May 15, 1920 
A species a the phylum of Rh. Boothii with esetulose stems, 
oblong obtuse leaves, shorter pedicels their scales not shining as 
are none of those on the flower, calyces without bristles, 
slightly teflexed style lepidote at base. 
| Rhododendron chalarocladum, Balf. f. et Forrest, 
é Frutex axe ramosus. Rami tenues stricti nodulosi ultimi 
circ. 2 mm. diam. glandulosi pilis sebaceis aurantiacis et 
glandulis sparsis induti. Folia ad ities ramulorum in rosulas 
