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248 BALFOUR—RHODODENDRON : 
haud albidis laxe obtecta; petiolus circ. 1.5 cm. longus ut rami 
vestitus. Racemo-umbella 8—-10?-flora, rhachi circ. I cm. longa 
sebaceo-floccosa pilis albidis et rufis vestita (etiam pilis albidis 
et rufis in axillis bractearum fertilium densissime aggregatis) ; 
bracteae exteriores coriaceae tenuiter marginatae rotundatae vel 
orbiculares dorso sebaceo-pilosae et praesertim apicem versus 
dense glandulosae, fertiles oblongae vel oblongo-ovales vel obo- 
vales 2.7 cm. longae 8 mm. latae apiculatae utrinque sericeae 
dorso apicem versus glandulosae; bracteolae 1.3 cm. longae lin- 
eares a basi pilosae; pedicelli vix 1 cm. longi sparsim sebaceo- 
floccosi. Calyx glaberrimus minutus circ. 1 mm. longus lobos 
7 carnosulos deltoideos persistentes gerens. Corolla kermesina 
emaculata sed varo basali notata campanulata plus minusve zygo- 
morpha 3.5 cm. longa paullo gibbosa haud septata 7-loba; lobi 
rotundati circ. 1.5 mm. diam. Stamina 14 inaequalia, longiora 
circ. 3.5 cm. longa gynaeceum aequantia, breviora 2 cm. ; fila- 
menta glabra. Discus ad juga minute puberulus. Gynaeceum 
3-5 cm. longum; ovarium 6 mm. longum conoideum sulcatum 
truncatum glabrum superficie minutissime papillatum; stylus 
glaber; stigma parvum styli diametro minus. Species Seriei 
Irrorati. 
N.E. Upper Burma. Chawchi Pass, etc. Alt. 10,500 ft. A 
smaller tree than the last [presumably 1551 which is Rh. hy- 
lagum. Balf. f. et Farrer] in full blossom amid the snow. 
Flowers very copious but of a virulent blue-magenta like Rh. fas- 
tuosum fl. pl. ‘Though much like this some of its tones are less 
Suplsesne than others. Nos. 1549, 1551, 1552 make up the 
ring flowering Rhododendron forest at 10,500 ft. F. 1552 is 
Bi 029 Pin abundant and copious just now among the snow at 
10,500 ft. Farrer No. 15524. May 15, 1920 
Also in miles of colour in the open on the MaSuchi Pass, June 
I. 
The specimens of this species came to this country mixed with 
those of Rh. niphobolum, Balf. f. et Farrer. To which of the 
specimens Farrer’s field ticket 1552 belongs there is no way to 
find out. I have numbered the plants 1552a and 15528 and have 
attached the field ticket of 1552 to each of them 
is I judge is not so fine a plant as Rh. hiphobolum. It has 
smaller flowers and none when ai are so bright as those of 
Rh. niphobolum. 
Rhododendron coccinopeplum, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex vix 1m. altus. Rami crassi, annotini = mm. ape! 
indumento crasso lanato coccineo induti, seniores pe 
foliis per annos 2-3 persistentibus vestiti. ee ATi 
acuta glutinosa ; aes exteriores s crustaceae circ. x cm. longae 
