DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NoVARUM. any 
circ. 7 mm. longi 5 mm. Mati subpatentes. Stamina 8, 
2-verticillata corolla breviora, 4 longiora circ. 1.1 cm. longa, 4 
breviora 9 mm. ; filamenta carnosula leviter complanata deorsum 
latiora fere ad apicem breviter puberula; antherae albidae. Dis- 
cus puberulus. Gynaeceum corolla multo longius ad 2 cm. 
longum longe exsertum; ovarium conoideum sulcatum trunca- 
tum lepidotum circ. 3 mm. longum; stylus coloratus validus basi 
sparsim lepidotus leviter curvatus et deorsum subinflexus ; stigma 
lobulatum. Species Seriei Campylogyni. 
N.E. Burma. Ridge of Naung-Chaung in Nmai divide. 
Dwarf of two or three inches growing in masses on the granite 
cliffs generally in moss. Open damp situations. Flowers 
plum-coloured outside, maroon-coloured inside. Cf. black rhodo- 
dendron from Ka-gwr-pw [Rh. damascenum]. 15,000 ft. 
Kingdon Ward No. 1785. 15 July 1914 
N.E. Burma. Valley of the Chaung-maw-tka. Alt. S000 ft. 
Forms heath-like masses on slaty rocks in the open river bed. 
Flowers plum-coloured. Anthers white. Just coming into 
flower. Flowers July to August. Kingdon Ward No. 3172. 
N.E. Burma. Hpimaw Ridge. Ait. 12-12,600 ft. In all the 
granitic clefts and cliffs of the highest open tops. Flowers waxy 
with a deep plum-like bloom outside and inside of a hot ma- 
hogany red—very delicate and attractive. Farrer 1046. June 
24, 1910. . 
A form showing very grey-white underleaf surface due to the 
wax-secreting epidermal papillae and the surface is punctulate 
by discontiguous scales in a manner different from that of other 
forms in the series. The leaves are narrower than in most of the 
species and then separating it from its near allies is its long ex- 
serted style. 
Rhododendron niphobolum, Balf. f. et Farrer. 
Arbor. Rami contorti paucifolti primo purpurei glabri : ? dein 
brunnei demum albi glabri, annotini circ. 3 mm. diam.  Ala- 
bastra elongato-ovoidea; perulae extimae rotundatae apiculatae 
dorso glabrae albo-ciliatae. Folia petiolata ad 9 cm. longa; 
lamina coriacea ovalis ad 8 cm. longa 4 cm. lata, apice rotundata 
rostratim apiculata mucrone terminata, margine cartilaginea, 
basi late rotundata vel subcordulata; supra atro-viridis quasi 
cerifera glauca glabra, costa media sulcata rubida, venis prim- 
ariis circ. 10 paullo impressis rubidis; subtus fulva costa media 
elevata glabra erubescente (venis primariis occultis), superficie 
caeteroquin minute reticulata papillis epidermicis longis baculi- 
formibus rectis et indumento tenui detersili e pilis breviter rubro- 
stipitatis radiatim ramosis (pedibus rubris piforum delapsorum 
