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BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 229 
corolla minore, staminum filamentis pubescentibus' valde 
diversa. 
E. Upper Burma. Nwai Divide. Ridge of Naung-Chaung. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Dwarf procumbent shrub of spreading habit on 
granite ridge, damp shady situations under bamboos. Stem 
rising 14-2 ft. from ground. Flowers bright brick red. Kingdon 
Ward. No. 1778. 14th July 1914. 
A beautiful species carrying into Burma the group of Rhodo- 
dendrons with medium-sized succulent bright coloured corollas, 
to which the Chinese Rh. floccigerum, Franch., Rh. haematodes, 
Franch., and others belong. 
Rhododendron glischrum, Balf. f. et. W. W. Sm, 
Arbor parva ad 8 m. alta. Ramuli hornotini flavido-virides 
dense glanduloso-setulosi glandulis ovoideis nigro-rubris stipite 
setuloso stramineo vel luteo ad 4.5 mm. longo vel brevi vetus- 
tiores flavidi esetulosi. Alabastrorum perulae oblongae obtusae 
viscidae annos plures plus minusve persistentes. Folia breviter 
petiolata ad 22 cm. longa; lamina oblanceolata ad 20 cm. 
longa ad 5 cm. lata apice acuminata tuberculo corneo terminata 
margine cartilaginea pectinatim glanduloso-setulosa basi late 
cuneatim attenuata supra olivacea costa media sulcata et prae- 
cipue basim versus plus minusve setulosa venis primarlis acute 
adscendentibus utrinsecus circ. 15 subsulcatis caeteroquin 
areolatim subrugulosa glabrescens sed glandularum setiformium 
juvenilium vestigiis obscuris plus minusve notata, subtus pal- 
lidior subcinnamomea costa media venisque primarilis et mar- 
ginem versus secondariis elevatis ubique setulis longis glandulosis 
decurvatis dense hispida ; petiolus circ. 2 cm. longus glanduloso- 
setulosus. Flores racemose umbellati inflorescentia circ. Io- 
flora, rhachi glanduloso-setulosa ; bracteae externae ad 5 cm. 
longae basi parva incrassata vix 4 mm. lata longe et anguste 
caudatae extus glanduloso-setulosae intus sulcatae glabrae inter- 
mediae basi latiore rotundata amplexicauli circ. 1.5 cm. diam. 
caudam aequante extus plus minusve glanduloso-setulosae intus 
adpresso-puberulae intimae subspathulatae vel obovatae extus 
intusque dense sericeae; prophylla vix 1 cm. longa filiformia 
pubescentia ; pedicelli circ. 3.5 cm. longi dense glanduloso- 
setulosi. Calyx viridis circ. 1.5 cm. longus fere ad basim in lobos 
5 fissus cupula extus glanduloso-setulosa lobis aequalibus cire. 
8 mm. latis foliaceis oblongis obtusis margine ciliatis intus 
nitidis apicem versus nunc adpresso-puberulis. Corolla circ. 
3 cm. longa infundibuliformis extus intusque glabra in limbum 
ic, x cm. longum expansa lobis 5 rotundatis 2 cm. latis 
emargina Stamina 10 tubum corollinum aequantia fila- 
mentis deorsum dilatatis et basim versus glanduloso-pubescen- 
