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more or less with glands which are stalked and have clavate 
greasy summits sometimes branched, and these glands are 
coloured yellow or red. There are several such Chinese species 
in addition to Rh. panteumorphum; for instance, Rh. Peer 
philum, Balf. f. et Ward, Rh. jucundum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm 
Rh. selense, Franch. Some of them have been hitherto mis- 
named Rh. Souliei, Franch. That species is the centre of a 
series with open corolla and glandular style—easily recognised 
characters seen also in Rh. puralbum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm., 
Rh. Wardiit, W. W. Sm., Rh. Williamsianum, Rehder et Wilson. 
Rh. panteumorphum ‘is the plant named Rh. selense, Franch. 
in Plantae Forrestianae by Diels. It is not Franchet’s species. 
Its fine yellow corolla readily distinguishes it. 
~y\o Rhododendron platyphyllum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Rh. cephalanthum, Franch. var. platyphyllum, F —s mss. 
ex Diels in Notes, R.B.G., Edin., v (1912), 2 
Frutex aromaticus ad I.5 m. altus ee tiateg on # tortuose 
ramosus. Ramuli hornotini fulvi squamis longius et brevius 
stipitatis dense furfuraceo-lepidoti vetustiores primo squamis 
integris nigricantibus et squamarum decapitatarum stipitibus 
porriginosi quasi-setulosi deinde subscabridi grisei decorti- 
cantes alabastrorum perulis externis —— annos plures 
persistentibus verticillatim inter se distantibus praediti. 
Alabastrorum oblongo-ovoideorum ates externae circ. 
8 mm. longae crustaceo-coriaceae late ovatae carinatae api- 
culatae dorso lepidotae margine setuloso-ciliatae interiores 
deciduae tenues membranaceae flavidae ovatae vel subspathu- 
latae margine hirsuto-ciliatae extus lepidotae intus puberulae 
ad 2.5 cm. longae 1 cm. latae. Folia ad 5.5 cm. longa petiolata ; 
lamina oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica vel elliptica ad 5 cm. longa 
2.5 cm. lata coriacea apice obtusa saepe emarginatim recurvata 
corneo-mucronata (in juventute costa media longe excurrente) 
margine cartilaginea paullo revoluta obscure undulata vel 
minute crenulato-denticulata hirsuto-setulosa vel setarum pedi- 
bus punctulata basi obtusa supra olivacea glabrescens costa media 
sulcata venis primariis utrinsecus circ. 8 paullo sulcatis caetero- 
quin areolatim rugulosa squamarum juvenilium vestigiis obscure 
conspersa (in juventute atrorubens et squamis latis lepidota) 
subtus cinnamomea porriginosa costa media elevata straminea 
laxe lepidota venarum reti caeteroquin occulto indumenti 
squamis longe stipitatis disco spadiceo ex umbone institaque lata 
fimbriata aedificato stratum superius construentibus squamas 
brevi-stipitatas incoloratas obtegentibus ; lamina juvenilis dense 
luteo-lepidota ; petiolus circ. 5 mm. longus crassus lepidotus et 
quasi-setulosus. Flores lactei circ. 8 in ‘umbellam veram termi- 
