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longa pallide rosea subzygomorpha extus  sparsim scin- 
tillantim Jlepidota intus puberula; lobi 5 subaequales sub- 
ovales circ. 1 cm. longi 8 mm. lati. Stamina ro inaequalia, 
longiora corolla breviora; filamenta paullo puberula; antherae 
roseae. Discus glaber. (Gynaeceum stamina longiora aequans; 
ovarium conoideum truncatum lepidotum; stylus glaber sub 
stigmate expansus. Species Seriei Triflori. 
Eastern N.W. Yunnan. Lei-lung-shan. gooo ft. Forrest 
No. 15,208. July 1917. 
: f. et Forrest. 
Fruticulus vix .5 m. altus tortuosus durus pauci-ramosus. 
Rami tenues circ. 1.5 mm. diam. in juventute pilis recurvis albis 
adpressis arachnoideis in formam indumenti vestiti, vetustiores 
vestigialiter induti. Folia parva petiolata circ. 5.5 cm. longa; 
amina crasse coriacea rigida ovalis vel oblongo-ovalis vix obo- 
valis ad 5 cm. longa 2 cm. lata, apice obtusa vel subrotundata 
rostrato-mucronata, margine cartilaginea recurva, basi obtusa 
nune subauriculata; supra viridis plerumque purpurascens 
glabra (in juventute floccosa) costa media anguste sulcata, venis 
primariis obscuris, jugis prominulis circ. 6 longitudinaliter tra- 
versa ; subtus flavida pilis albis arachnoideis adpressis ingdumenti 
incompleti pruinosim conspersa, et sulcis juga  superficiei 
superioris ingeminantibus percursa, costa media elevata indu- 
menti vestigiis plus minusve praedita, venis primariis occultis; 
petiolus circ. 5 mm. longus dense tomentosus. Flores in um- 
bellis 1-2-floris ; pedicelli circ. 1 cm. longi pilis adpressis dense 
pubescentes. Calyx ad 1.2 em. longus; cupula parva in limbum 
coloratum membranaceum inaequaliter 5-lobatum expansa; lobi 
primo erecti glabri sed margine ciliati demum deflexi et 
cum corolla abjecti. Corolla parva roseo-coccinea tubuloso- 
campanulata circ. 2.5 cm. longa basi gibbosa; lobi circ. 8 mm. 
longi 1.1 cm. lati. Stamina paullo inaequalia corollam gynae- 
ceumque subaequantia; filamenta glabra. Discus sparsim 
puberulus. Gynaeceum corollam subaequans; ovarium 
longum conoideum truncatum pilis fasciatis plurimis et glandulis 
setulosis paucis vestitum; stylus glaber; stigma parvum. 
Species Seriei Sanguinei Rh. apodecto, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
affinis. 
Western Yunnan: pe ape divide. Jangtzow Shan. 
Alt. 11,000 ft. Lat. 25° 10’ N. On cliffs and bouldery slopes 
near the summit. Coubasat shrub 1%-2 ft. Flowers rose- 
carmine. Forrest No. 18,153. June IQIQ. 
A very rigid hard plant evidently of exposed habitats with 
bright flowers few in number. Easily distinguished from Rh. 
a P aediatags its nearest ally, by the small leaves with detersile in- 
iumentum , the eenas few flowers, the glabrous stamens. 
