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DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NoOVARUM. 259) 
adpressis arachnoideis constructo vestiti, annotini circ. 1. 5 em. 
diam. indumenti vestigiis plus minusve notati, Perulae fugi- 
tivae. Folia petiolata ad 8 cm. longa; lamina subchartacea an- 
guste oblonga vel obovalis ad 7.5 cm. longa 2.5 cm. lata nunc 
paullo obliqua, apice late obtusa nunc rotundata breviter pur- 
pureo-mucronata, margine cartilaginea subplana, basi late 
obtusa; supra in juventute plus minusve. floccosa maturitate 
laete viridis interdum purpurascens, costa media sulcata, venis 
primariis utrinsecus ad 12 paullo pinnatim impressis ; subtus.’ 
initio alba demum cinerea vel viridi-grisea indumento unistrato 
laxo tenui quasi detersili e pilis rosulatim ramosis adpressis 
velum apertum supra superficiem viridem aedificante vestita, 
costa media elevata paullo erubescente et sparsim floccosa ; peti- 
olus cire. 5 mm. longus ut rami vestitus. Umbella circ. 4-flora ; 
pedicelli circ. 1.5 cm. longi setulis paucis induti eglandulosi 
sparsim floccosi apice incrassati. Calyx parvus circ. 4 mm. 
longus 5-lobus; cupula sparsim breviterque setulosa ; lobi circ. 
2 mm. longi rotundati vel ovati dorso glabri margine breviter 
setuloso-ciliati rubri circum basim corollae adpressi persistentes. 
Corolla rosea circ. ad 3 cm. longa aperte campanulata basi paullo. 
gibbosa et intensius colorata ; lobi parvi 1 cm. longi 1. 5 cm. lati. 
Stamina 10 circum stylum aggregata ad 2.7 cm. longa ; filamenta 
glabra. Discus vix puberulus. Gynaeceum corollam _ sub- 
aequans ; ovarium circ. 4 mm. longum pilis fasciatis et glandu- 
lis setulosis paucioribus vestitum ; stylus glaber ; stigma subdis- 
coideum. Species Seriei Sanguinei. 
S:E. Tibet. Tsarong. G. Forrest No. 18,645. 1917. 
This does not appear in dried specimens as a very attractive 
plant. It is one of the Sanguineum Series showing connection 
with several species but yet differing in its aggregation of 
characters from all of them. With a primitive thin white indu- 
mentum it has no glands; the underleaf indumentum is so thin 
and open that the green leaf-surface may be seen between the 
hairs; the pedicels have only a few setulose and floccose hairs, 
no glands ; the calyx quite small and like that of Rh. sanguineum 
itself only never reflexing and the 5 red lobes appear as lateral 
patches at base of developing fruit; corolla rose and small; sta- 
mens glabrous; ovary tomentose with fasciate hairs anda few 
setulose glands. 
Rhododendron globigerum, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex validus ad 1 m. altus. Rami crassi, hornotini circ. 
5 mm. diam. tomento crasso persistente albido-rufescente obtecti, 
annotini nigricantes perulis alabastrorum persistentibus vestiti. 
Alabastra oblonga perulis flavo-brunneis dense rufo-ciliatis dorso- 
tenuiter tomentosis et rubro-glandulosis imbricatim inclusa. 
