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W. W. Sm. but altogether a larger plant with larger leaves. It 
differs in the indumentum of the twigs, which has biform scales, 
in the long hairs on the leaf margin—early caducous—and on the 
petiole, in the larger calyx with membranous lobes and fringed all 
round with long hairs, in the larger corolla more villous inside 
and lepidote outside, in the very long stamens with most villous 
filaments, in the style pilose at base. 
There may be some modification needed in the flower descrip- 
tion, as all the flowers on the specimen are shrivelled. 
443+ Rhododendron scintillans, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Suffrutex ad r m. altus copiose ramosus ramulis intricatis 
et virgatis. Ramuli hornotini circ. 1.5 mm. diam. squamis 
peltatis dense fusco-lepidoti annotini fere esquamosi seniores 
grisei decorticantes. Alabastrorum parvulorum oblongorum per- 
ulae paucae fusco-lepidotae. Folia petiolata ad 1.8 cm. longa; 
lamina crasse coriacea ad 1.5 cm. longa ad 5 mm. lata lanceolata 
vel anguste oblonga extremitates versus angustata apice obtusa 
vel subacuta mucronata margine ici revoluta basi in petiolum 
brevem fusco-lepidotum vix 3 mm. longum attenuata supra 
atro-viridis squamis umbonatis eared uniformibus 
instita albida_ cinctis superficialibus discontiguis umbone 
plerumque secretione resinosa impleto flavescente scintilante 
subtus pallide rufescenti-cinnamomea et virescens squamis 
peltatis discontiguis uniformibus persistentibus rufescentibus 
nitentibus impressis induta intervallis esquamosis pallide viri- 
dibus opacis papillis epidermicis ceriferis obtectis. Flores in 
umbellas 2-floras terminales dispositi; alabastra florum 
globosa ; bracteae steriles rotundatae cucullatae dorso lepi- 
dotae margine fimbriato-ciliatae ; pedicelli vix 1 mm. lo: 
dense lepidoti. Calyx circ. 3.5 mm. longus vel longior tubo 
corollae vix brevior fere ad basim 5-lobatus lobis oblongis 
vel ovatis subacutis purpureis elepidotis margine longe ciliatis. 
Corollae purpureae extus elepidotae tubus circ. 2 mm. lon 
intus ad faucem villosus, limbi discus circ. 1.2 mm. latus, lobi 
ad 8 mm. longi oblongi vel rotundati obtusi crenati. Stamina 
to corollam aequantia filamentis basi latioribus supra ovarium 
villosis. Ovarium purpureum lepidotum; stylus glaber pur- 
pureus staminibus longior ; stigma lobulatum 
Species fastigiata Rh. fastigiato, Franch. affinis, foliorum 
pagina inferiore haud glauca, inflorescentia 2-3-flora, corolla 
extus elepidota separata. 
Yunnan. Summit of the Langkong-Hoching Pass. Lat. 
26° 20’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Shrub of 2-3 ft. Flowers lavender 
purplish blue. Open marshy pasture. G. Forrest. Nos. 
10,014, 10,015. May 1913. 
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