, DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 20r 
One of the non-bristly forms of the Series Saluenense finding. 
its nearest ally in Rh.keleticum, Balf. f. et Forrest from the same 
district. It differs from that species in its more prostrate matted 
habit the branches rooting freely where in contact with the soil, 
in its much smaller narrower leaves often, Forrest says, almost 
linear, in its much smaller less brightly coloured calyx which ts 
densely sericeous inside. 
Rhododendron scyphocalyx, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Frutex ad 1.5 m. altus. Rami juveniles pilis adpressis inter- 
textis in formam indumenti vestiti mox plus minusve nudi, anno- 
tini circ. 2 mm. diam. vestigiis indumenti notati, eglandulosi. 
Perulae fugitivae. Folia petiolata ad 10 cm. longa; lamina 
coriacea obovata ad 9.5 cm. longa 4 cm. lata, apice rotundata nunc 
paullo retusa mucrone apiculato terminata, margine cartilaginea 
plana, basi auriculata; supra intense viridis glabra, costa media 
sulcata, venis primariis utrinsecus circ. 12-14 paullo impressis ; 
subtus albida indumento tenui scintillante laevi unistrato ves- 
tita pilis indumenti rosulatis brevi-ramosis, costa media erubes~ 
cente primo pilis rosulatis pruinosa_ glabrescente ; petiolus 
circ. 5 mm. longus plus minusve indumento albido vestitus. Um- 
bella circ. 4-flora; bracteae extimae carinatae longe caudatae in- 
dumento albido plus minusve obtectae; pedicelli circ. 3 cm. longi — 
dense setuloso-glandulosi et pilis fasciatis floccosi ad apicem am- 
pliati. Calyx cupuliformis persistens semper erectus ad I cm. 
longus; cupula atro-kermesina ut pedicellus setuloso-glandulosa 
in limbum membranaceum flavido-viridem expansa ; limbus circ. 
5 mm. vel ultra longus extus glaber viridis ad medium 5-lobus ; 
lobi rotundati 7 mm. vel ultra lati margine minute ciliati. Cor- 
olla Inteo-coceinea circ. 4 cm. longa tubuloso-campanulata intus 
septis incompletis notata, basi plus minusve gibbosa et atro- 
kermesina; lobi 1.5 cm. longi 2 cm. lati. Stamina ro circum 
stylum aggregata subaequalia circ. 3 cm. longa ; filamenta basi 
villosa. Discus puberulus. Gynaeceum circ. 3.5 cm. longum; 
ovarium circ. 5 mm. longum petasiforme sulcatum truncatum 
pilis fasciatis cum glandulis setulosis intermixtis tomentosum ; 
stylus nudus; stigma subdiscoideum. Species Seriei Sanguinei. 
N.E. Upper Burma. N’Maikha-Salween divide. Western 
flank. Lat. 26° 35’ N., Alt. 12-13,000 ft. In bamboo and 
mixed scrub. Shrub of 4-5 ft. Flowers very dark yellowish 
crimson. Forrest No. 18,050. May 1919. 
Western Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Lat. 25° 45’ N. 
Alt. 10-11,000 ft.. Open rocky slopes and on the margins of cane 
brakes. Low much-branched shrub of 2-3 ft. Flowers includ- 
ing calyx more or less rose-orange shaded to deep rose at apex. 
Forrest No. 18,178. June 1919. 
