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DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 241 
4~-5-foliatas aggregata longe petiolata ad 11 cm. longa; lamina 
chartacea oblonga vel elongato-ovalis utrinque subrotundata ad 
8 cm. longa 4 cm, lata apiculato-mucronata, . -‘margine plana, basi 
nec cordulata nec trunculata; supra opaca atro-olivacea glabra; 
subtus pallide viridis pilis sebaceis tenuibus ramosis aurantiacis 
ubique vestita, costa media elevata straminea ; petiolus ad 3 cm. 
longus ut rami vestitus. Umbella 2~-3-flora; pedicelli circ. 2 
cm. longi intense rubri glandulis rubris et floccis sebaceis plus 
minusve vestiti. Calyx parvus circ. 2.5 mm. longus carnos- 
ulus dense rubro-glandulosus ; lobi rotundati inaequales, postici 
majores circ. 1 mm. longi. . Corolla infundibuliformi-campanu- 
lata circ. 3.5 cm. longa alba? sparsim maculata et varo basali 
kermesino notata ; lobi lati emarginati circ. 1.2 cm. longi 1.6 cm. 
lati. Stamina ro inaequalia corolla multo breviora, longiora 
circ. 2.5 cm. longa, breviora vix 2 cm.; filamenta puberula. 
Discus puberulus. Gynaeceum corollam aequans vel paullo 
superans ; ovarium elongatum circ. 6 mm. longum tenue conoid- 
eum truncatum glandulis subsetulosis dense vestitum; stylus 
glaber in stigma haud latius ampliatus. 
S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. G. Forrest No. 18,646. 1917. 
A distinct species of the oblong-leaved set of the Selense Series 
quite unlike any other and marked by its loose habit, long- 
petioled oblong leaves, few flowers in the umbel each soppasthl 
on a bright-red sparingly glandular and sebaceous pedicel about 
2cm. long, small irregular calyx, corolla probably white and with 
a red blotch, puberulous stamens and setulose ST ovary 
with Siabeons style. 
) Rhododendron chamaezelum, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex lignosus parvifolius ad 2 dm. altus copiose intricato- 
ramosus. Rami annotini circ. 1.25 mm. diam. furfuracei rufo- 
squamosi. Folia breviter petiolata ad 1.2 cm. longa; lamina 
coriacea ovalis vel oblongo-ovalis utrinque subattenuata ad 1 cm. 
longa vix 5 mm. lata, apice obtusa, margine recurva, basi cunea- 
tim obtusa; supra olivacea opaca squamis peltatis contiguis sub- 
imbricatis aureo-tincta, costa media sulcata basi solum conspicua ; 
subtus rubiginosa (costa media vix elevata) ubique lepidota 
squamis latis primo bicoloratis (brunneis et albo-viridibus) 
aequaliter intermixtis demum saepe concoloribus ; petiolus ad 2 
mm. longus ut rami juveniles vestitus. Flores in umbellas cot- 
pactas terminales 2—3-floras dispositi. Calyx circ. 2 mm. longus 
5-partitus; lobi aces virides extus lepidoti margine 
ciliati. Corolla aperta ad 1.2 cm. longa; tubus extus intusque 
puberulus; lobi extus lepidoti. Stamina 10 corollam sub- 
aequantia; filamenta villosa. Discus puberulus. Gynaeceum 
corolla longius; ovarium dense lepidotum breve circ. 1.2 mm. 
