DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 299 
dense setuloso-glandulosi setulis persistentibus. Folia petsolata 
ad 12 cm. longa; lamina coriacea ovali-lanceolata ad 15 
longa 4 cm. lata rostratim acuta, margine cartilaginea paullo 
recurva basi auriculata; supra bisiiek vel atro-viridis et albo- 
pruinosa nitens laevis glabra, costa media sulcata vestigi- 
aliter sparsissime glandulosa, venis  primariis utrimsecus 
12-14 paullo impressis; subtus laevissima flava glandulis rubro- 
punctata, costa media erubescente sparsim glandulosa elevata, 
venis primariis pinnatim prominulis; petiolus purpureus setu- 
loso-glandulosus 1 cm. longus. Umbellae ad 8-florae 
terminales breviter racemosae rhachi circ. I cm. longa 
glandulosa; bracteae exteriores crustaceae cucullatae mar- 
ginatae oblongae 1 cm. latae apice rotundatae dorso 
glutinosae glandulis  sessilibus obtectae, interiores mem- 
branaceae obovatae spathulatae rostratim apiculatae dense 
sericeae ad 3 cm. longae 1 cm. latae; bracteolae lineares circ. 1 
cm. longae acutae dorso ex toto alocin pilo-cristatae ; pedicelli 
em. longi stricti ascendentes  setuloso-glatidulosi 
a apicem ampliati. Calyx conspicuus ad 7 mm. fone: ; cupula 
atro-kermesina setuloso-glandulosa ae 2 mm. longa.; lobi 
persistentes rosei circ. 5 mm. longi clongato-triangulares obtusi 
dorso glandulis brevibus sparsim praediti margine glandulis 
longe stipitatis ciliati. Corolla infundibulari- -campanulata circ. 4 
m. longa pallide rosea varo basali postico notata extus intusque 
glabra basi subgibbosa; lobi rotundati circ. 2 cm. diam. 
Stamina 10 inaequalia corolla gynaeceoque breviora, longiora 
circ. 3 cm. longa, breviora circ. 2 cm. ; filamenta deorsum dilatata 
et a basi sursum fere ad medina dense glutinoso-puberula 
glandulisque induta. Discus puberulus. Gynaeceum corellam 
aequans; ovarium cire. 3 mm. longum conoideum sulcatum 
truncatum dense setuloso-glandulosum; stylus longus basi 
setuloso-glandulosus; stigma effusim lobulatum stylo paullo 
ius. : 
N.E. Upper Burma : Nyitadi. Flowers not many bell-shaped 
pink with basal blotch of crimson. Alpine woodland. <A small 
tree always rare occurring very rarely and in rare specimens. 
The upper surface of the leaves has a glistening white rime. 
Farrer No. 1539. May 9g, 1920. 
A distinct species falling into the Neriiflorum Series. The 
underleaf with punctulations of red glands suggests also 
Irroratum Series to which however it has not affinity. The 
strigillose-glandular character throughout is very marked and the 
red membranous calyx—not deciduous—with its glands surrennd- 
ing the developing fruit is a prominent feature. : 
Rhododendron spodopeplum, Balf. f. et Farrer. | 
Frutex circ. 6 dm. altus. Rami stricti virgati, annotini circ. 
