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simple hairs one passes to flocks, dendroid forms, fasces, saucers, 
to chalices and fringed chalices, all of which forms are, within 
limits, definite group marks. 
Rhododendron mollicomum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Frutex ad 2 m. altus parvifolius virgatus esetulosus. Ramuli 
hornotini purpurei albo-pubescentes squamis paucis peltatis 
breviter stipitatis instita angusta cinctis resinosis lepidoti pilis 
longis contortis coloratis glandulosis carnosulis praediti annis 2-3 
post nudi decorticantes et liberum interiorem fibrosum argenteum 
detegentes. Alabastrorum ovoideorum perulae exteriores late- 
ovatae vel rotundatae crustaceae extus puberulae et lepidotae 
margine longe ciliatae intimae oblongae carinatae acutae erubes- 
centes indumento eodem margine breviter ciliatae. Folia ad 2.5 
cm. longa petiolata ; lamina crasse coriacea ad 2 cm. longa ad 
7 mm. lata oblonga vel oblongo-obovata apice acutiuscula corneo- 
mucronulata margine cartilaginea ciliata admodum revoluta basi 
subcuneatim obliqua utrinque dense puberula venarum reti costa 
media excepta occulto supra opaca viridis (costa media paullo 
sulcata) sub indumenti pilis glandulis paucis rubris conspersa 
marginem versus tuberculis vestigialibus paucissimis minutis- 
simis praedita subtus pallidior inter pilos indumenti squamis 
peltatis in foveolas immersis ex umbone magno concavo luteo- 
vel rubro-resinoso institaque angusta erecta aedificatis induta ; 
petiolus circ. 5 mm. longus indumento paginae inferae vestitus. 
Inflorescentia ex umbellis 1-2-floris in axillis foliorum ad apices 
ramorum orientibus spiciformiter constructa ; bracteae umbel- 
larum exteriores crustaceo-coriaceae late ovatae vel rotundatae 
extus adpresso-puberulae et lepidotae, interiores membranaceae 
spathulatae circ. 1 cm. longae 1.5 mm. latae extus puberulae 
lepidotae ; prophylla circ. r cm. longa circ. 1 mm. lata ligulata 
extus puberula et lepidota ; pedicelli circ. 1 cm. longi ramulorum 
indumento praediti. Calyx extus puberulus et lepidotus crateri- 
formis minutus vix I mm. longus margine obscure 5-lobulatus 
lobulis semilunatis. Corollae obliquae ad 1.7 cm. longae coc- 
cineae tubus infundibuliformis extus sparse intus conspicue 
puberulus i in limbum 5-lobatum ampliatus lobis elliptico-oblongis 
circ. 7 mm. longis extus lepidotis. Stamina ro inaequalia longe 
exserta filamentis tenuibus basi glabris supra basim ad medium 
puberulis antheris elliptico-oblongis circ. 2mm. longis. Ovarium 
subcylindricum 5-sulcatum dense lepidotum et puberulum circ. 
3-5 mm. longum ; stylus longissimus tenuis stamina multo 
superans circ. 3 cm. longus in triente infero puberulus; stigma 
discoideum supra lobulatum. Capsula 1 cm. longa 5 mm. lata 
subcylindrica fulva puberula et squamis luteo-nitidis lepidota. 
Semina pallide straminea longitudinaliter striata oblonga saepe 
