BALFoUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. _ 247 
et dimorphis; petiolus ad 1.5 cm. longus in morem costae mediae 
inferae lepidotus. Flores odorati in inflorescentiam umbellatam 
circ. 5-floram laxe dispositi; bracteae ignotae; pedicelli ad 
3 cm. longi elepidoti eglandulosi atrorubri sub calyce expansi. 
Calyx magnus nigro-brunneus cupularis circ. 2.3 cm. longus 
chartaceus extus pseudo-furfuraceus basi incrassatus epilosus 
elepidotus lobis 5 rotundatis circ. 8 mm. longis 2 cm. latis 
obtusis margine membranaceis. Corolla magna circ. 9 cm. longa 
alba odorata late infundibuliformi-campanulata basi haud 
angustata squamulis translucentibus extus lepidota tubo circ. 
6 cm. longo extus glabro, lobis 5 rotundatis circ. 4 cm. latis. 
Stamina Io brevia tubo corollino inclusa filamentis basim versus 
plus minusve pubescentibus antheris magnis. Ovarium nigrum 
dense lepidotum squamis albidis translucentibus ; stylus tubo 
corollino longior basi albo-lepidotus ; stigma discoideum lobu- 
latum. Capsula calyce inclusa recta circ. 2 cm. longa I cm. 
lata extus lutescenti-lepidota. 
Species Rh. crasso, Franch. affinis sed splendidior et foliis 
oblongis semper obtusis, petiolis brevioribus, pedicellis elepi- 
dotis, calyce triplo majore et ad trientem fisso, corolla basi haud 
angustata, stylo basi solum lepidoto longe distans ; Rh. excellenti, 
Hemsl. et Wilson peraffinis, notis foliorum simillima, pedicellis 
calyceque elepidotis distinguenda. 
E. Upper Burma. Nwai Valley. Bushy tree of 15-25 feet, 
in rain forest, rather open ground, by stream, 7000-8000 ft. 
Flower white, smelling very sweetly of nutmeg. Kingdon Ward. 
No. 1628. 4th June rg14. . 
_.. The plant is an ally of Rh. crassum, Franch.—belonging to 
the group of which that species may be taken as the centre— 
and like it has a loose few-flowered truss. Its flowers are larger 
and want the constricted base to the corolla tube which is found 
in Rh. crassum. Its large calyx, three times the size of that in 
Rh. crassum, its pedicels without scales, and the style lepidote 
only at the base, are also marks separating it. In foliage the 
species are somewhat alike, but though Rh. crassum varies con- 
siderably in form of leaf, its leaves always seem to have a 
sharp-pointed tip. In Rh. megacalyx the leaf apex is never 
pointed though the midrib ends in a hard wart. We hope that 
Mr. Bulley will have received seeds of this species and that we 
shall be able to compare it as a horticultural plant with its 
ally Rh. crassum. 
And then there is Rh. excellens, Hemsl. et Wilson which the 
describers speak of as “‘ undoubtedly the grandest of the Chinese 
Rhododendrons and comparable only with the Indian Rah. 
Dathousiae, Hk. f. its nearest ally.” But Rh. excellens is not 
Teally a very near ally of Rh. Dalhousiae. Its indumentum is 
