230 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
tibus antheris 3.5 mm. longis atro-purpureis. Ovarium setulis 
glandulosis dense albo-setulosum; stylus staminibus paullo 
longior basi glanduloso-setulosus. Capsula viscida calyce 
viscido inclusa circ. 1.5 cm. longa 4.5 mm. lata recta calyci 
obliqua dense glanduloso-setulosa. Semina fusca oblonga com- 
planata ad 2 mm. longa ad extremitates pilis latis punctulatis 
cristatim carunculata. ; 
Species forsan ex affinitate Rh. strigillosi, Franch. foliis 
oblanceolatis, floribus longe pedicellatis, calyce magno, stamini- 
bus pubescentibus, ovario styloque glanduloso-setulosis valde 
diversa. 
Yunnan. Kari Pass, Yangtze-Mekong Divide. Lat. 27° 40° 
N. Shrub of 25 feet. Flowers? In fruit, Open situations 
in thickets and pine forests. G. Forrest. No. 12,901. July 
I914; No. 13,564. Oct. 1914. 
Mr. Forrest’s specimens have withered flowers only and there 
is no record of colour. The description given above of the 
flower is therefore incomplete. The plant is most distinct as 
a species. 
Rave Rhododendron gymnomiscum, Balf. f. et Ward. 
Frutex aromaticus dumetorum alpinorum erecto-ramosus 
saepe subvirgatus. Ramuli annotini fulvo-brunnei squamis 
peltatis stipitatis dense obtecti et stipitibus squamarum de- 
capitatarum plus minusve setulosi indumento annos plures per- 
sistente saepe nigricante vetustiores cinerei decorticantes. Ala- 
bastrorum parvorum ovoideo-oblongorum perulae mox deciduae 
paucae oblongae obtusae spadiceo-brunneae dorso lepidotae 
margine minute ciliatae. Folia crasse coriacea ad 3-5 cm. longa 
petiolata ; lamina oblonga ad 3 cm. longa ad x cm. lata apice 
obtusa vel acutiuscula mucronulata margine paullo revoluta 
integra squamis asperata basi obtusa vel late subcuneata supra 
atro-viridis costa media sulcata caeteroquin reticulatim leviter 
rugulosa et squamarum juvenilium glandulosarum viscidarum 
vestigiis plus minusve notata subtus primo fulvida ultimo sub- 
tufescens superficiem porriginosam planam exhibens indumento 
Vix spongioso e squamis instita angusta et stipite brevi 
subuniformiter constructo costa media elevata primo squamis 
occulta deinde flavida sparsim rufo-lepidota: lamina 
juvenilis utrinque plus minusve flavida glanduloso-lepidota 
margineque longe ciliata; petiolus circ. 5 mm. longus fusco- 
lepidotus. Flores lutei in umbellas terminales ad 7-floras 
parvas racemose aggregati inflorescentiae rhachi pubescente 
elepidota ; bracteae exteriores late ovatae vel subrotundatae ad 6 
mm. longae 5 mm. latae fusco-brunneae dorso’ lepidotae margine 
longe ciliatae ecarinatae mucronulatae interiores obovatae vel 
