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sula basi gibbosa extus glabra intus basi pubescens 5-loba; lobi 
rotundati integri circ. 7 mm. diam. ascendentes vel leviter re- 
curvi, Stamina to subaequalia corolla multo breviora circ. 9 
mm. longa; filamenta purpurea supra tenuia ad basim solum 
incrassata et complanata ibique floccoso-puberula. Discus 
puberulus. Gynaeceum corolla brevius staminibus longius circ. 
1.4 cm. longum; ovarium petasiforme sulcatum truncatum ad 
4 mm. longum squamis parvulis dense lepidotum ; stylus crassus 
sursum clavatim ampliatus glaber leviter decurvo-declinatus ; 
stigma lobulatum. Species Seriei Campylogyni Rh. campy- 
logyno affinis. 
V.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mt. Sela. Fleur noiratre: 16 July. 
Soulié. 
W...N.-W.-Yunnan. -Mekong-Salween divide. Lat. 27° 28/ 
N. Alt. 15-16,000 ft. Growing as an under-plant amongst 
dwarf species of Rhododendron and underscrub on moist rockv 
mossy slopes. Erect plant of 3-4 inches. Flowers solitary. - 
Corolla thick fleshy and almost black with a bluish bloom similar 
to that of aplum. Forrest No. 475. July—Aug. 10905. 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mekong-Salween divide N.W. of Tzeku. 
Lat..28° 15’ N... Alt. 13,000 ft. Pee scrub in moist situa- 
tions. Forrest No. 504. July 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. epee: divide. Mts. N. of 
Atuntzu. Lat. 28° 35’ N. Alt. 14,000 ft... Forrest. No. 
14,004. June 1917. 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Ka-gwr-pw glacier valley. 14,000 ft. 
Dwari rhododendron forming carpet with other species. Flowers 
blood-red. Kingdon Ward, No. 793. 18 July 1913. 
A Mekong-Salween species very like to Rh. campylogynum (a 
Tali plant) and not separated by Franchet in his general picture 
of Rh. campylogynum, Like though they are they differ 
by easily seen characters. The scabrid young stems described 
by Franchet in Rh. campylogynum are caused by hardened 
scales. In Rh. damascenum there are few soft scales and also 
hairs. Then in the flower the ro stamens are very different with 
their small basal tuft of hairs and the more fleshy filament 
generally. 
*% Rhododendron depile, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex ad 2 m. altus. Ramuli stricti tenues hornotini circ. 
1.5 mm. diam. epilosi lepidoti rubidi, annotini circ. 2 mm. diam. 
subglauci, demum grisei. Folia petiolata ad 7 cm. longa ; lamina 
subchartacea ovalis ad 5.5 cm. longa 3 cm. lata, apice late obtusa 
breviter mucronata, margine cartilaginea paullo recurva, basi 
late obtusa vel subrotundata nec cordulata ; supra nitida olivacea 
granulosa elepidota epilosa, costa media erubescente vix aes 
