280 BALFOUR—-RHODODENDRON : 
Rhododendron ombrochares, Bali. f. et Ward. 
Arbor parva. Rami hornotini albido-tomentosi pilis floccosis 
sebaceis detersilibus dense vestiti, annotini ad 4 mm. diam. 
glabri vel indumenti vestigiis notati. Folia petiolata ad 16 cm. 
longa; lamina coriacea subrigida lanceolata vel ovali-lanceolata 
ad 14 cm. longa 4.5 cm. lata, apice rostrato-acuminata mucrone 
hemisphaerico ad superficiem superiorem sessili, margine car- 
tilaginea obscure undulata et asperata, basi attenuata cuneata ; 
utrinque glaberrima sed in alabastris superficies superior dense 
sebaceo-tomentosa est, inferior glandulis conspersa et ad costam 
mediam tomentosa ; supra glauco-viridis vel olivacea, costa 
media sulcata, venis primariis utrinsecus ad 21 pinnatim. 
patentibus impressis; subtus fulvido-viridis venarum omnium 
prominularum distributione spinas costasque animalium simu- 
lante, superficie sine papillis ceriferis sed pedibus glandularum 
rubro-punctulata; petiolus circ. 2 cm. longus supra sulcatus ut 
rami vestitus. Flores racemo-umbellae cujusque 6 laxe dispositi 
inflorescentiae rhachi ad 3 cm. longa tomento tenui albido induta ; 
bracteae interiores obovatae 2 cm. longae 1 cm. latae dense albo- 
sericeae ; bracteolae circ. r em. longae lineares acutae a basi 
pilosae pilo-cristatae; pedicelli vix 1 cm. longi sparsim rubro- 
glandulosi glandulis brevibus. Calyx parvus circ. 1 mm. longus 
carnosulus 5-lobus glaber. Corolla tubuloso-campanulata car- 
nosula kermesina et maculis lineisque curvatis intensioribus 
notata 4 cm. vel ultra longa basi gibbosa sacculis intense atro- 
kermesinis et septis incompletis parvis praedita, extus intusque 
glabra ; lobi 5 sed nunc 4 rotundati 1.8 cm. longi 2 cm. lati. 
Stamina ro inaequalia corolla gynaeceoque breviora, longiora 
cire. 3.5 em. longa breviora 2 cm.; filamenta minute puberula. 
Discus minute puberulus. Gynaeceum corollam aequans; 
ovarium circ. 7 mm. longum cylindrico-conoideum sulcatum 
truncatum ad juga setuloso-glandulosum in sulcis sebaceo- 
floccosum ; stylus longus glaber ; stigma lobulatum stylo paullo 
latius. Species Seriei Irrorati 
N.E. Upper Burma. were Lat. 26° 10’ N. Long 98° 
30' E. Alt. 8,000 ft. Big tree of 4o ft. in the lower forest— 
the first Rhododendron met with. Flowers rich crimson with a 
few darker spots especially on the upper petals. Honey-glands 
at base of = almost black. F. Kingdon Ward No. 3041. 
20th May, 19 
3rd July, oa. In full bloom at 8,000 ft. A fine sight. : 
3rd August 1919. Still in flower in*deep gloomy gullies where 
the Primulas grow. 
12th August, 1919. Stillin bloom. Flowers May to August. 
N.E. Upper Burma. Kuni-la Bum, Shing-rup Chat. Alt. 
ae i er ft. Probably = 812, but much more abundant and 
far finer character here. In opener places of the thinner Rain 
