BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 215 
ad 25 cm. longa; lamina crasse coriacea ad 22 cm. longa ad 
13 cm. lata obovata apice rotundata retusa mucronulata margine 
vix revoluta basi obtusa haud cordulata supra atro-viridis 
costa media sulcata venis primariis utrinsecus ad 15 impressis 
caeteroquin laevis in morem squali corii leviter rugulosa et 
glabra sed tamen hic illic vestigiis tomenti juvenilis notata 
infra costa media venisque primariis elevatis ubique indumento 
duplice vestita superstrato uniformi cinnamomeo subporriginoso 
haud scintillante e squamulis pluricellularibus stipitatis infundi- 
buliformibus (?) fimbriatis constructo substrato albido scintillante 
floccifero e pilis latis brevibus vacuis vesiculosis ; petiolus ad 
3-5 cm. longus validus purpureo-niger porriginosus. Inflores- 
centia magna racemoso-corymbosa 25-flora rhachi cinnamomeo- 
tomentosa; bracteae fertiles oblongae mucronulatae ad 3.5 
cm. longae 1 cm. latae extus et superne intus sericeae ; pedicelli 
ad 3 cm. longi pallide tomentosi sub calyce oblique: expansi 
eglandulosi. Calyx tomentosus lobis inaequalibus plus minusve 
triangularibus circ. 3 mm. longis. Corolla late campanulata 
subobliqua carnosula pallide flava basi rubro-maculata circ. 
3-5 cm. longa, tubo circ. 2.5 cm. longo intus glabro lobis rotun- 
datis emarginatis circ. 1.5 cm. longis. Stamina 16 inclusa 
filamentis vix puberulis. Ovarium ovoideum sursum angusta- 
tum sulcatum pilis longis filiformibus tortuosis ferruginosis 
fasciatis dense tomentosum eglandulosum ; stylus glaber stamini- 
bus longior corollam subaequans ; stigma discoideum lobulatum. 
Capsula stricta vel leviter curvata ad 2 cm. longa 5 mm. lata 
dense rufo-tomentosa. Semina spadicea complanata ad 2 mm. 
longa anguste membranaceo-arillata. 
‘Species magnifica a Rh. lacteo, Franch, longe distans, forsan 
Rh. fictolacteo, Balf. f. affinis sed foliorum ovariique indumento, 
floribus flavis bene distincta. 
Yunnan. Shweli-Salween Divide. Lat. 25° 30’ N. Alt. 
11,000 ft. Shrub of 10-20 ft. Flowers fleshy pale yellow. In 
Rhododendron thickets. G. Forrest. No. 12,078. June 
1913. 
Yunnan. Western flank of the Shweli-Salween Divide. 
Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. ro,000-11,000 ft. Shrub of 20-30 ft. 
Flowers deep crimson. In Rhododendron forest. G. Forrest. 
No. 8990. August 1910. 
A beautiful large-leaved yellow-flowered species with red 
blotches at the base of the corolla. The general form of the 
foliage is that of Rh. jictolacteum, Balf. f., but the indumentum 
of the leaves as well as of the ovaries is quite different. 
