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DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NovarvUmM. 273 
toideos cupulam glabram aequantes pilocristatos divisus. Cor- 
olla alba leviter roseo-suffusa kermesino-maculata et forsan varo 
postico basim versus notata infundibuliformis circ. 3 cm.longa 
extus glabra intus puberula basi subgibbosa; lobi rotundati 
emarginati circ. 1.2 cm. longi 1.8 cm. lati. Stamina ro circa 
stylum aggregata inaequalia gynaeceo breviora, longiora circ. 1.7 
cm. longa breviora circ. 1 cm.; filamenta deorsum complanata 
pilis longis patentibus villosa. Discus puberulus. Gynaeceum 
circ. 2 cm. longum corolla multo brevius; ovarium ovoideum 
truncatum sulcatum circ. 3 mm. longum glabrum; stylus validus 
sub stigmate lobulato paullo expansus. pee Seriei Roxieani. 
S.W. Szechwan. Mu-li Mts. Lat. 289 12’ N. 12~-14,000 ft. 
Open rocky pasture and on cliffs. Shrub se 2-3 ft. Flowers 
w a faintly ad rose with crimson markings. Forrest 
16,509. Jurte 
The particular sottit distinguishing this species trou Rh. 
proteoides is the glabrous ovary. The pedicels only pubescent 
not pink tomentose, Then the leaves are broader, have narrower 
petioles and the lamina rounded at base. Altogether very 
different. 
Rhododendron leilungense, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex ad 1 m. altus tortuose ramosus. Rami annotini tenues 
circ. 1.5 mm. diam epilosi squamulis peltatis parvis breviter stipi- 
tatis brunneis subresinosis vestiti. Alabastra ovoidea minuta 
lepidota. Folia petiolata ad 3.5 cm. longa ; lamina rigide coriacea 
ovalis vel ovali-elliptica ad 3 cm. longa 1.8 cm. lata, obtusa mu- 
cronulata, margine paullo recurva subundulata, basi late obtusa ; 
supra griseo-viridis nitida venuloso-reticulata (sicca) squamis 
peltatis obscuris distantibus conspersa, costa media puberula 
venisque primariis utrinsecus ad § paullo elevatis; subtus pal- 
lidior subglauca vel leviter fulvo-tincta superficiem laevem glauco- 
albam epilosam papillas epidermicas ceriferas gerentem et ubique 
squamis impressis uniformibus (circ. 15 intra I mm. quadr.) 
brunneis discontigue lepidotam (squamis intervallisque fere 
aequilatis) exhibens, costa media elevata flavida plus minusve 
lepidota, venis primariis vix conspicuis; petiolus circ. 5 “6 
longus ut rami annotini vestitus. Inflorescentia pauciflora (1—3-) 
umbellata ; bracteae extimae crustaceae rotundatae margine albo- 
ciliatae, intimae obovatae truncatae submembranaceae circ. 8 mm. 
longae 5 mm. latae extus lepidotae intus superne sericeae; brac- 
teolae circ. 8 mm. longae clavatae pilosulae ; pedicelli circ. 8 mm. 
longi (sub fructu 1 cm.) furfuraceo-lepidoti sub calyce expansi. 
Caylx cupuliformis circ. 1.5 mm. longa; cupula dense lepi- 
dota margine undulata submembranacea minutissime 
ciliata et lepidota. Corolla infundibuliformis cire. 2 cm. 
