DIAS SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 243 
This charming species is allied to Rh. radicans, Balf. f, et For- 
rest and Rh. keleticum, Balf. f. et Forrest. It is however quite 
singular in the phylum through the intensity of its bristliness. 
Stems, leaves, pedicels, calyx, ovary are all bristly. There is 
no othe species of the series in which the bristles are so widely 
spread. 
Rhododendron charitopes, Balf. f. et Farrer. 
Frutex laxus ad 3 dm. altus. Rami perulati, annotini stricti 
ad 2 mm. diam. squamis flavidis dense furfuracei. Folia petio- 
lata ad 4.5 cm. longa; lamina coriacea obovata ad 4 cm. longa 
2.5 cm, lata, apice rotundata stipitatim mucronata, margine lev- 
iter recurva subundulata, basi in petiolum attenuata ; supra pur- 
purata subnitida glabra sed squamarum vestigiis nigricantibus 
induta et costa media plus minusve puberula; subtus venulosa 
griseo-albida papillis epidermicis ceriferis tecta, squamis flavidis 
inaequalibus scintillantibus discontiguis (in quoque quad. mm. 
circ, 6-7) vestita et paucis majoribus demum brunneis irregular- 
iter punctulata, costa media elevata sparsim lepidota, venis prim- 
ariis utrinsecus ad 8 prominulis; petiolus ad 5 mm. longus ut 
rami vestitus. Floriferus. Umbellae 3-florae (rarissime 4-); 
bracteae crustaceae sub anthesi persistentes apiculatae plus 
minusve furfuraceae; bracteolae circ. 6 mm. longae lineares 
pilo-cristatae; pedicelli ad 2.5 cm. longi stricti erecti purpurei 
squamis magnis dense lepidoti.. Flos erectus. Calyx subfoli- 
aceus fere 1 cm. longus profunde 5-partitus; tubus cupularis; 
lobi 5 brunnei viridi-tincti oblongo-ovales extus margineque 
flavido-lepidoti. Corolla campaniformis pallide roseo-alba pos- 
tice roseo-maculata ad 2.5 cm. longa; tubus extus glaber intus 
puberulus ; lobi § circ. I cm. longi 1.5 cm. lati bilobulati sub- 
recurvi. Stamina 10 subaequalia circum stylum aggregata 
tubum corollae vix superantia ; filamenta tenuia basi glabra supra 
fere ad apicem puberula. Discus vix puberulus. Gynaeceum 
stamina aequans circ. 1.5 cm. longum; ovarium subcylindricum 
- leviter suleatum truncatum ad 6 mm. longum; stylus crassus 
claviformis fere rectus haud declinatus; stigma lobulatum 
Species Seriei Campylogyni, phyli Rh. brachyanthi. 
“NE. Upper Burma. Shing Hong Pass. Alt. 10,500-12,000 
ft. Farrer No. 1627. June 18,1920. A particularly charming 
plant with the last [which?], but a loose bush of 9 inches to a 
foot, very copious with 3- (very rarely 4-) bloomed inflorescences. 
Flowers of a clear apple-blossom pink, but flushed more warmlv 
in their upper lobe and speckled with crimson, and with a deep- 
rose tube. “Iwo specimens of pure albinos in the Chawchi Pass 
and a natural hybrid with Farrer No. 1670 Bh pre regere 
See Farrer No. 1720.” - as ital 
