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254 BALFOUR—RHODODENDRON : 
derise lepidotus disco circ. 3 mm. longo intus puberulo; lobi 
oblongo-ovales apice rotundati vel subtruncati circ. 8 mm. ongi 
6.5 mm. lati. Stamina ro alternatim paullo inaequalia corolla 
breviora, longiora circ. 1 cm. longa, breviora circ. 8 mm. ; fila- 
menta supra basim nudam infraque medium villosa. Discus 
puberulus. Gynaeceum breve staminibus brevius circ. 7 mm. 
longum ; ovarium ovoideum sulcatum truncatum dense lepidotum 
circ. 2.5 mm. longum; stylus ruber crassus subdecurvatus basi 
‘squamis paucis indutus sub stigmate magno lobulato incrassatus, 
-ad 4.5 mm. longus sed nunc cire. 2 mm. solum et ovario sub- 
brevior. Species Seriei Lapponici. 
N.E. Upper Burma: Chimili. Alt, 11,000 it. Confined to a 
few gullies facing W. on the ascent of the Chimili Pass where it 
is only to be seen in the sheerest and shadiest precipices. 
Flowers soft bright pink, scentless, with pale chestnut freck- 
lings. Farrer No. 1196. Aug. 8, 19109. 
A distinct species of some merit in the Lapponicum Series 
forming a dense cushion of twigs and foliage dotted over with 
the rose-coloured rather large (in the Series) open flowers. It 
‘belongs to that set of the Lapponicums in which the underleaf 
indumentum scales at first silvery and shining and overlapping 
become later tinted a brown colour and the expansion of the leaf 
surface somewhat separates the scales exposing chinks of green 
intervening surface. But some of the scales are always in 
contact. The stalked scales of the stem and verruculose later 
surface is very characteristic and then there is the arrangement 
of solitary flowers. 
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Rhododendron damascenum, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Suffrutex parvulus ad 1 dm. altus tapetem faciens. Rami 
breves perulati annotini sparsim lepidoti et puberuli circ. 1.5 
mm. diam. Folia petiolata ad 1.7 cm. longa; lamina crasse 
coriacea obovata vel oblongo-obovata, apice rotundata tubercul- 
atim mucronulata, margine leviter revoluta obscure crenulata 
(crena quaque squamam peltatam gerente), basi in petiolum atten- 
uata ; supra olivacea subnitida glabra sed squamarum juvenilium 
-vestigiis obscure notata; subtus pallidior vel brunneo-viridis 
reticulato-venulosa lepidota et obscure punctulata, squamis par- 
vulis discontiguis (in quoque quadr. mm. circ. 2-3), costa media 
prominula saepe erubescente sparsim lepidota; petiolus circ. 2 
mm. longus ut rami vestitus. Flores terminales solitarii vel 
bini; bracteae coriaceae basim pedicellorum sub anthesi cingentes ; 
pedicellt crassi purpurei glabri vel sparsim lepidoti sub calyce 
“ampliati Flos secundus. Calyx ruber 5-partitus ; lobi ovati 
_ cire. 6 mm. longi integri glaberrimi. Corolla campaniformis ad 
ue cm. longa coeruleo-purpurea vel fere nigra cero-glauca carno- 
