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rufis furfuracei seniores nigro-verruculosi dein grisei decorti- 
cantes. Alabastrorum parvulorum oblongorum perulae paucae 
extus rufo-lepidotae margine ciliatae vix 1.5 mm. longae. Folia 
crasse coriacea petiolata ad 1 cm. longa; lamina oblonga vel 
anguste elliptica apicem basimque versus angustata ad 8 mm. 
longa ad 3 mm. lata apice mucronulata margine paullo recurvata 
basi late cuneata et obtusa supra atro-viridis lepidoto-canescens 
squamis peltatis superficialibus fere contiguis uniformibus ex 
umbone annulatim flavescenti-nitente et instita lata albida 
aedificatis subtus alutacea sparsim brunneo-punctata nitens 
squamis contiguis persistentibus biformibus imbricatim induta 
plerisque spadiceis umbone depresso sucineo institaque albida 
paucioribus majoribus altioribus umbone resinoso-rubro insti- 
taque lata brunnea costa media supra vix conspicua subtus vix 
elevata venis primariis utrinque occultis; petiolus circ. 1.5 mm. 
longus rufo-lepidotus. Flores solitarii terminales; bracteae 
paucae externae crustaceae oblongo-ellipticae vel rotundatae 
cucullatae dorso squamis biformibus mox deciduis rufo-lepidotae 
margine apicem versus lanato-ciliatae internae subspathulatae 
pallidae dorso apicem versus lepidotae plus minusve ciliatae ; 
pedicelli circ. r mm. longi rufo-lepidoti; bracteolae ligulatae 
longae pedicellum excedentes. Calyx fere ad basim in lobos 
5 aequales oblongos obtusos virides vel purpureos haud mem- 
branaceos dorso plus minusve lepidotos margine eciliatos fissus. 
Corolla purpureo-coerulea fere rotata tubo brevi circ. 2 mm. 
longo basi subventricoso extus sparsissime puberulo intus ad 
faucem puberulo neque albo-villoso limbi disco angustissimo 
lobis patentibus fere planis oblongo-ellipticis circ. 5 mm. longis 
dorso dense albido-lepidotis. Stamina 8—10 fere aequalia vix 
corollam aequantia filamentis purpureis pilis paucis aggregatis 
supra basim planam et ovarium praeditis antheris lateritiis. 
Ovarium squamis peltatis viridescentibus lepidotum; stylus 
purpureus glaber staminibus brevior vel aequilongus ; stigma 
atropurpureum lobulatum. Capsula circ. 4.5 mm. longa brunnea 
albido-lepidota valvis 5 ad basim dehiscens. 
Species fastigiata inter seriem squamis subfoliaribus contiguis 
biformibus punctulatis corollaque extus lepidota notatam RA. 
telmateio, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. persimilis sed habitu, floribus 
parvulis, staminibus styloque subaequalibus diversa. 
Yunnan. Valley of Chung River. Alt. 10,500 ft. Dwarf 
shrub forming carpet or separate tufts 9 ins. to one foot high in 
open pine forest. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 2694. May 1913. 
One of the small number of species in the Lapponicum series 
of Rhododendrons with contiguous bicolour punctulate scales 
on the under side of the leaf and with a lepidote corolla. From 
Rh. diacritum, Balf. f£. et W. W. Sm. and from Rh. telmateium, 
