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in juventute pilis plurimis caulifloris flavidis et rubris induta 
paucioribus stipitatis digitatim longe ramosis singulatim prae- 
dita maturitate costa media straminea elevata caeteroquin sub- 
glauca opaca plana venarum reticulo immerso suberubescente 
conspicuo notata papillis ceriferis epidermicis petasiformibus 
et pilis minutis caulifloris copiosis subtiliter granulosa hic et 
illic pilis stipitatis digitatim ramosis conspersa ; petiolus ad 1.5 
cm. longus atro-purpureus glandulis rubris breviter stipitatis 
plus minusve vestitus. Flores 3-4 in umbellam veram laxe 
dispositi rhachi inter bracteas pedicellosque pilis tortuosis 
simplicibus et digitatim ramosis rufis dense obtecta ; bracteae 
ignotae; pedicelli ad 1.5 cm. longi atrorubentes stricti glandu- 
losi glandulis rubris fere sessilibus sub calyce expansi. Calyx 
crassus parvus atrorubens circ. 2.5 mm. longus extus glandulosus 
ad medium in lobos 5 late triangulares glandulis rubris dorsalibus 
et marginalibus obsitos divisus. Corolla rosea basi intus varo 
magno dorsali notata infundibuliformis basi subangustata circ. 
3 cm. longa extus eglandulosa epilosa intus basi sparsim puberula 
lobis 5 rotundatis emarginatis circ. 1.3 cm. longis 2.5 cm. latis. 
Stamina Io inaequalia longiora corolla paullo breviora filamentis 
deorsum latioribus tenuiter puberulis. Ovarium conoideum 4.5 
mm. longum nigrum (siccitate) glandulis rubris breviter stipitatis 
dense vestitum ; stylus glaber corollam subaequans vel paullo 
superans ; stigma lobulatum haud discoideum stylo paullo latius. 
Species Rh. panteumorpho, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. affinis, 
habitu, foliorum indumento, corolla rosea varo rubro maculata 
infundibuliformi basi subangustata valde distincta. 
Tibeto- Yunnan frontier. Ka-gwr-pw_ glacier valley. 
14,000 ft. Scrub plant forming dense interlacing tangles 5-8 ft. 
high. On shady slopes with Picea. Kingdon Ward. No. 437- 
June 1913. In Herb. Edin. 
Tibeto-Yunnan frontier. Doker La. Boulder screes, forest. 
16,000 ft. Kingdon Ward. No. 596. 28th June 1913. In 
Herb. Edin. 
See what I say under Rh. panteumorphum, Balf. f. et W. W. 
Sm. Rh. pagophilum is a typical member of the group which 
includes Rh. panteumorphum. 
agis Rhododendron panteumorphum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Rh. selense, Diels non Franch. in Notes, R.B.G., Edin., 
vii (1913), 295. pre: 
Frutex ad 1.2 m. altus. Rami annotini circ. 2.5 mm. diam. 
glandulis rubris globosis vel ellipsoideis fere sessilibus vestiti. 
Alabastrorum oblongorum angustorum circ. 4 mm. diam. perulae 
externae spadiceae ovato-rotundatae extus granulosae margine 
minute ciliolatae interiores elongatae subspathulatae membran- 
