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214 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
margine cartilaginea pedibus setarum delapsarum asperata basi 
angustata cordulata lobis subrotundatis supra viridis (costa media 
venisque primariis utrinsecus circa 14 sulcatis setulis pilisque 
plus minusve indutis caeteroquin venarum reti_ occulto) 
pilorum vestigiis sparse conspersa subtus dense albido-tomentosa 
indumenti pilis longe tenuiter stipitatis ramos delicatissimos 
vesiculosos plurimos patentes intricatim intertextos ad apicem 
gerentibus et stratum folii paginam venarum reti elevato cinna- 
momeo notatam obtegens facientibus ; petiolus dense longeque 
strigillosus circ. 1.5 cm. longus. Flores ad ro in umbellam 
racemose dispositi; bracteae externae ovato - rotundatae 
crustaceae viscidae fertiles oblongo-spathulatae circ. I.5 cm. 
longae extus et intus apicem versus sericeae ; prophylla linearia 
circ. 7 mm. longa sericea; pedicelli erubescentes circ. 8 mm. 
longi breviter glanduloso-setulosi. Calyx poculiformis circ. 
5 mm. longus ultra medium fissus cupula brevissima glanduloso- 
setulosa lobis 5 late ovatis vel subrotundatis obtusis extus 
glabris vel hinc et illinc rubro-glanduloso-setulosis. Corolla 
circ. 3. 5.cm. longa infundibuliformis extus plus minusve puberula 
supra in limbum 5-lobatum ampliata lobis inaequalibus rotun- 
datis emarginatis maximo circ. I cm. longo circ. 1.7 cm. lato. 
Stamina Io inaequalia longissima circ. 2.3 cm. longa filamentis 
glabris antheris subglobosis circ. 2 mm. longis. Ovarium glan- 
duloso-setulosum stylo glabro. Capsula paullo curvata ex apice 
pedicelli oblique oriens dense glanduloso-setulosa circ. 2 cm. 
longa 5mm.lata. Semina oblonga circ. 2 mm. longa complanata 
ad extremitates carnoso-carunculata ala laterali praedita. 
Species strigillosa ex affinitate Rh. Smithii, Nutt. folii indu- 
mento albido-persistente distinguenda. 
Bhutan. Pumthang. 6’ bush under Abies. Flowers dried. 
White lining under leaf. Alt. 11,000. R.E. Cooper. No. 4115. 
5th July 1915. 
The young fruiting specimens collected by Mr. Cooper show 
some dried flowers which have sufficed for the foregoing descrip- 
tion, which isincomplete. There is no doubt about the distinct- 
ness of the plant as a species. Amongst other strigillose Hima- 
layan .Rhododendrons—RA. barbatum, Wall., Rh. lancifolium, 
Hook. f., and Rh. Smithii, Nutt—Mr. Cooper’s plant finds in 
Rh. Smithii its likest form, but the white indumentum is not 
deciduous in flocks as in that species. 
Rhododendron basilicum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex vel arbuscula ad g m.alta. Rami ultimi crassi I cm. 
ovatae acuminatae tomentosae. Folia magna petiolata 
