DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 249 
basi rotundatae longe caudatae cauda plus minusve recurva, in- 
timae membranaceae ligulatae acutae circ. 2.5 cm. longae 4 mm. 
latae. Folia petiolata ad 9.5 cm. longa 2 cm. lata; 
lamina crasse coriacea rigida anguste obovalis, obtusa 
nunc ad apicem  subattenuata et acutiuscula, margine 
revoluta, deorsum in petiolum brevem  alatum grad- 
atim angustata ; supra laete viridis nitens in modum squali corti 
rugulosa glabra (costa media sulcata excepta), venis primariis 
utrinsecus circ. I2 paullo impressis ; subtus laete coccineo-lanata 
indumento persistente bistrato (costam mediam tegente) ex toto 
vestita, strati superi pilis fibrillosis coloratis delicatis longe ram- 
osis superficiem laxam aedificantibus, strato infero e pilis rosu- 
latis longe vesiculosim ramosis in pelliculam continuam albidam 
agglutinatam constructo; petiolus crassus ut rami indumento in- 
voiutus. Flores in umbellas compactas plurifloras ad extremit- 
aiem ramoruin inter folia dispositi; bracteae persistentes intimae 
obovato-spathulatae mucronulatae circ. 2.5 cm. longae 1x cm. 
latae extus pilis rectis sericeae apicem versus et circa mucronem 
pilis rufis contortis decoratae et ciliatae; bracteolae flavae circ. 
6 mm. longae pilosae et pilo-cristatae ; pedicelli cire. I cm. longi 
floccosi et glandulosi. Calyx parvus vix 1.5 mm. longus car- 
nosulus cupula glandulosa; lobi 5 rotundati vel semi-lunati 
glabri. Corolla infundibuliformis circ. 3.5 cm longa maculata 
intus puberula extus glabra basi subgibbosa; lobi 5 rotundati 
emarginati circ. 8 mm. longi 1.8 cm. lati. Stamina ro circa 
stylum longiorem aggregata inaequalia, longiora circ. 2.3 cm. 
longa breviora 1.3 cm.; filamenta deorsum complanata, in stam- 
inibus longioribus ad medium in brevibus fere ex toto villosa; 
Discus glaber. Gynaeceum cire. 2.5 cm. longum corolla multo 
brevius ; ovarium subcylindricum circ. 4 mm. longum truntatum 
suleatum dense glandulosum; stylus validus sursum in labium 
substigmatosum stigmate latius paullo expansus. Species Seriei 
Roxieani. 
S.W. Szechwan. Mu-li Mts. 12,000 ft. Forrest 16,379. 
June 1918. 
S.W. Szechwan. Mu-li Mts. In unripe fruit. Forrest 
17,155. Oct. 1918. 
Allied to Rh. proteoides. But see: the glutinous buds, with 
long-tailed perulae recurving; its scarlet indumentum with a 
lower stratum of rosulate hairs forming a pellicle; its glandu- 
lar and floccose pedicel; the densely glandular ovary. A\ll dis- 
tinctive marks. 
94. Rhododendron codonanthum, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
-Frutex ad 9 dm. altus plus minusve rubro-glandulosus et 
tomento rufo detersili indutus. Ramuli annotini ad 2 mm. diam. 
