262 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
margine vix revoluta integra subasperata basi obtusa vel late 
cuneata vel subrotundata supra atro-viridis squamarum juven- 
ilium citrinarum vestigiis conspersis obscure pulverulenta costa 
media sulcata caeteroquin reticulatim rugulosa subtus cinna- 
momea indumento squamarum peltatarum longius stipitatarum 
discis latis in stratum sublaxum uniforme superficiale squamas 
breviter stipitatas obtegens dispositarum induta costa media 
primo omnino lepidota deinde subnuda (lamina juvenilis 
utr nque citrino-lepidota eciliata margine squamulis asperata) ; 
petiolus circ. 4 mm. longus cinnamomeus lepidotus. Flores 
in umbellas capituliformes terminales ad 8-floras congesti ; 
bracteae exteriores rotundatae circ. 5 mm. diam. ecarinatae 
crassae extus densissime lepidotae ala angusta submembranacea 
limbatae margine minutissime ciliolatae interiores coriaceae 
haud membranaceae spadiceo-brunneae late spathulatae ad 
7 mm. longae 4 mm. latae dorso medio virides lepidotae margine 
ciliatae; prophylla lineari-claviformia ramentacea puberula 
dorso apicem versus sparsim lepidota margine ciliata calycem 
aequantia ad 6 mm. longa ; pedicelli circ. 1.5 mm. longi lepidoti. 
Calyx poculiformis ad 4 mm. longus ultra medium fissus extus 
dense lepidotus viridis lobis b is subaequalibus oblongis 
acutis vel obtusis intus glabris margine apiceque lepidoto- 
fimbriatis eciliatis. Corollae paullo obliquae elepidotae circ. 
1.4 cm. longae tubus antice circ. 8 mm. longus extus glaber 
intus plus minusve villosulus in limbum latum 5-lobatum 
expansus lobis subellipticis subaequalibus circ. 5 mm. latis 
crenulatis. Stamina brevia circ. 4 mm. longa filamentis deorsum 
paullo dilatatis glabris antheris rufis oblongis 1 mm. longis. 
Ovarium circ. 1.5 mm. longum ovoideum lobatum lepidotum ; 
stylus ovario paullo brevior clavatus flavidus stigmate lobato 
coronatus. 
Species nova Rh. cephalantho, Franch. affinis foliorum indu- 
mento minus laxo, floribus flavis, prophyllis calycem aequantibus, 
inflorescentiae rhachi puberula, pedicellis lepidotis brevibus, 
calycis lobis viridibus lepidotis margine lepidoto-fimbriatis, 
corolla glabra, staminum filamentis glabris, stylo quam ovarium 
breviore notata. 
Kansu. A decumbent straggling little plant on cool rock 
surfaces and mossy banks about beck-gullies high up on the 
Thundercrown Range, but not common till you get to Lotus 
Mountain and the main Min San. Farrer. F. 88. 2oth June 
IgI5. 
I expected this plant coming from Kansu would prove to be 
Rh. anthopogonoides, Maxim. which was collected by Przewalski 
in 1872, but Mr. Farrer’s plant is very different. It has smaller 
leaves and their indumentum is much more that of the 
