DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NoVARUM. 285 
Petiole grooved no hairs. 5~7-flowered inflorescences. Long 
pedicels greenish with almost no scales save just below calyx. 
Calyx with conspicuous lobes. Corolla puberulous inside. Sta- 
mens villous. Style longer than corolla. 
Rhododendron phoenicodum, Balf. f. et Farrer. 
Frutex ad 2.5 m. altus. Rami tenues, annotini circ. 2.5 mm 
diam. vestigiis tomenti adpressi e pilis albis compositi induti. 
Alabastra oblonga; perulae breves extimae breviter caudatae. 
Folia petiolata ad 10 cm. longa; lamina coriacea anguste obovalis 
vel oblongo-obovalis ad 8.5 cm. longa 3 cm. lata, apicem versus 
paullo angustata acutiuscula mucrone conspicuo terminata, mar- 
gine cartilaginea paullo recurva, basi angustata; supra cinereo- 
viridis glabra costa media sulcata, venis primariis utrinsecus ad 
I5 pinnatim patentibus; subtus albida papillis epidermicis ceri- 
feris dense vestita, costa media elevata pilis sebaceis plus minusve 
_induta, venis primariis occultis; petiolus circ. 1.5 cm. longus ut 
rami vestitus. Flores 1-2 ad apicem ramorum umbellatim dis- 
positi; bracteolae parvae circ. 4 mm. longae lineares pilosae ; 
pedicelli circ. 5 mm. longi pilis albis sebaceis floccosi superne in 
cupulam calycinam expansi. Calyx cire. § mm. longus basi 
patelliformis (3 mm. longus) atro-kermesinus plus minusve 
sebaceo-pilosus margine in lobos 5 triquetriformes flavidos circ. 5 
mm. longos acutos dorso glabros sed minute ciliatos extensus. 
Corolla coccinea tubuloso-campanulata vix 3 cm. longa; tubus 
septis imperfectis notatus et basi gibbosus sacculis atro- 
kermesinis; lobi rotundati circ. 1 cm. longi 1.5 em. lati. Sta- 
mina 10 inaequalia, longiora circ. 2.3 cm. longa, breviora 1.5 cm. ; 
filamenta glabra. Discus puberulus. Gynaeceum corollam fere 
aequans staminibus paullo longius; ovarium circ. 6 mm. longum 
sursum in stylum attenuatum pilis floccosis ubique dense ves- 
titum; stylus basi floccosus; stigma parvum. 
N.E. Upper Burma. Hpimaw Pass. Alt. 10,000 ft. Small 
(6-8 ft.) bush apparently diffused on the Chinese side of the Pass. 
On opener slopes of the more stunted bamboo-brakes. This 
specimen just unfolding bloom in a warm gully. Flowers scent- 
less fiery scarlet and profusely borne making a fine contrast with 
the dark grey-green foliage and its white reverse. Farrer No. 
877. May 6, 1919. 
Tete Rhododendron poecilodermum, Bali. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex circ. 1.5 m. altus. Rami robusti incrementis annuis 
brevissimis per annos foliis congestis et perulis marcidis ex toto 
obtecti demum grisei decorticantes. Alabastra anguste ovoidea 
acuta; perulae flavidae extimae rotundatae breves mucronatae 
