228 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. it is distinguished by having the style 
just about the length of the stamens. Rh. nigropunctatum, 
Franch. is a typical member of this punctulate set of species, 
but it has an elepidote corolla, as has also Rh. alpicolum, Rehder 
and Wilson. 
See also p. 299. 
Ugo? Rhododendron euchroum, Balf. f. et Ward. 
Frutex nanus procumbens late patens vix ad 6 dm. altus 
umbraticola. Ramuli annotini circ. 2 mm. diam. floccis et 
pilis singulis et glandulis glaucis stipitatis intermixtis tomentosi 
vetustiores glabri purpurei mox grisei desquamantes. Alabas- 
trorum parvorum ovoideorum perulae exteriores ovatae acumi- 
natae carinatae circ. 5 mm. longae pilis floccosis dense griseo- 
vel ex parte rufo-tomentosae. Folia coriacea petiolata ad 
8 cm. longa juvenilia ignota; lamina ad 6.5 cm. longa ad 2 cm. 
lata lanceolata vel oblanceolata apice acuta breviter acuminatim 
fcc. 5 mm. longum 
pilis floccosis dense ferrugineo-tomentosum in stylum sursum 
attenuatum ; stylus corollam subaequans basi pilis floccosis 
plus minusve obtectus ; stigma lobatum. 
Species Rh. floccigero, Franch. affinis foliorum indumento, 
