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scale-leaves, has sessile flowers, with corollas densely lepidote 
on the outside, and the style is much shorter than the ova 
Of Rh. ledoides we have no perfect flowers, only withered 
ones attached to young fruits, and there are gaps therefore in 
the description. 
See also p. 316. 
Rhododendron lepidanthum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex aromaticus ad 1.5 m. altus ramosissimus parvifolius. 
Ramuli hornotini squamis flavidis longe stipitatis lepidoti 
annotini squamarum decapitatarum stipitibus fulvis plus 
minusve setuloso-pubescentes vetustiores grisei decorticantes. 
Alabastrorum ovoideorum acutorum perulae pallide helvolae 
ovatae coriaceae dorso nitido-lepidotae margine breviter ciliatae 
mox deciduae vel partim persistentes. Folia crasse coriacea 
breviter petiolata ad 1.7 cm. longa; lamina anguste oblonga 
ad 1.5 cm. longa ad 6 mm. lata apice obtusa mucronulata 
margine cartilaginea revoluta pedibus setularum detersarum 
punctulata (in juventute plus minusve setulosa) basi obtusa 
vel cuneata supra atro-viridis costa media sulcata caeteroquin 
plana squamarum juvenilium flavidarum vestigiis subpulveru- 
lenta subtus cinnamomea squamis peltatis longius stipitatis 
umbonatis instita fimbriata cinctis inter se separatis indumenti 
spongiosi stratum superius facientibus stratum inferius squam- 
arum senilium breviorum obtegentibus (in juventute dense 
flavido-lepidota) costa media elevata straminea sparse lepidota ; 
petiolus circ. 3 mm. longus lepidotus. Flores albi in umbellas 
rhachi glabra capituliformes terminales multifloras (circ. 8) 
racemose aggregati; bracteae externae helvolae crustaceo- 
coriaceae ellipticae vel late ovatae plus minusve carinatae 
a dorso nitido-lepidotae interiores submembranaceae 
. 6 mm. longae 3-5 mm. latae obovatae vel subspathulatae 
Gitar margine lanato-ciliatae; prophylla ad 7 mm. longa 
ramentacea subspathulata vel claviformia uninervia dorso lepi- 
dota margine ciliata calycem in floribus inferis aequantia ; 
pedicelli inaequales superiores longiores ad 8 mm. longi lepidoti. 
Calyx viridis fere ad basim quinquelobatus circ. 4 mm. longus 
lobis membranaceis oblongo-ovatis acutis ad 2 mm. latis dorso 
lepidotis intus puberulis margine hirsuto-ciliatis. Corollae 
carnosulae circ. 1.2 cm. longae obliquae tubus ab axe florali 
curvatus circ. 7 mm. longus extus glaber intus ubique villosus 
basi subventricosus limbi explanati lobis 5 subrotundatis in- 
tegris circ. 3 mm. diam. dorso dense flavido-lepidotis. Stamina 
5 circ. 6 mm. longa filamentis basi subtumidis supra basim 
minute puberulis antheris oblongis circ. 1 mm. longis. Ovarium 
ovoideum circ. 2 mm. longum 5-lobatum squamis flavidis plus 
