BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 2Ir 
yoo Rhododendron adenophorum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex ad 2.5 m. altus. Rami juveniles circ. 5 mm. diam. 
tomento lanato denso ochraceo glandulisque clavatis rubi- 
ginosis intermixtis obsiti vetustiores tomenti vestigiis griseis 
glandulisque verruculosis nigrescentibus notati. Alabastrorum 
oblongorum fulvidorum perulae glandulis plus minusve obtectae 
ciliatae viscidae gradatim ab externis parvis ovatis carinatis 
coriaceis breviter apiculatis per intermedias subrotundatas ad 
internas subspathulatas elongatas submembranaceas mutantes. 
Folia petiolata ad 13 cm. longa; lamina ad 10 cm. longa ad 
4 cm. lata crasse coriacea lanceolata vel late lanceolata vel - 
oblonga breviter acuminata margine paullo revoluta basi cordu- 
lata juvenilis utrinque flavido-lanato-tomentosa adulta supra 
atroviridis costae mediae sulco profundo tomento glandulisque 
obducto nervis primariis vix impressis caeteroquin reticulato- 
areolata areolis convexis glandulis stipitatis brevibus vel lon- 
gioribus plus minusve vestita et nitenti-viscidula subtus cinna- 
momea vel fulva costa media prominula venis primariis occultis 
ubique pilorum longorum fasciatim a basi communi orientium 
ramosorum curvatorum strato uniformi haud - scintillante 
crasso tomentoso lanato obtecta; petiolus circ. 2 cm. longus 
laminae more tomentosus glandulosusque. Flores plures um- 
bellam laxam formantes ; bracteae rufo-glanduloso-tomentosae ; 
pedicelli ad 2 cm. longi dense glanduloso- et rufo-tomentosi sub 
fructu vix elongati. Calyx fere ad basim 5-lobatus lobis circ. 
I cm. longis 5 mm. latis oblongo-ellipticis submembranaceis 
glandulosis. Corolla rosea infundibuliformis circ. 3.5 cm. longa, 
tubo circ. 2.5 cm. longo intus glanduloso-puberulo, lobis 5 
rotundatis emarginatis. Stamina Io corolla breviora filamentis 
basim versus glandulosis. Ovarium glandulis clavatis dense 
obtectum viscidissimum; stylus corolla staminibusque vix 
longior in triente infimo glandulosus ; stigma expansum lobatum. 
Capsula recta circ. 2 cm. longa 0.75 mm. lata nigra glandu- 
larum vestigiis verruculosa. 
Species in serie Rh. adenogyni, Diels ramis_petiolisque 
tomentoso-glandulosis, indumenti forma distinguenda. 
unnan. Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. 
Lat. 27° 45’ N.- Alt. 12,000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers? 
On rocks and stony pasture. G. Forrest. No. 10,429. July 
Yunnan. Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. Lat. 
27. 45’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Shrub of 4-8 ft. Flowers rose, 
with very few markings. Open situations on pasture and 
ledges of limestone cliffs. G. Forrest. No. 10,649. July ee 
Yunnan. Mountains of the Chungtien plateau. Lat. 27° 30’ 
N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Shrub of 6-8 ft. Flowers rose. Open 
