272 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
Yunnan. Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 11,000-— 
14,000 ft. Dwarf cushion shrub of 1-2 ft. Flowers purple blue. 
Open pastures and on cliffs. G. Forrest. No. 10,035. May-— 
June 1913. 
_ This plant has a strong likeness to Rh. fastigiatum, Franch. 
It is one of the longer-leaved species amongst the Lapponicum 
Rhododendrons, and the leaves taper to both ends. Amongst 
the purple-flowered species with discontiguous scales on the 
under side of the leaf its nearest ally seems to be Rh. impeditum, 
Balf. f. et W. W. Sm., but that plant has elliptic leaves with the 
upper surface coated with grey membranous not amber-coloured 
shining scales. From Rh. fastigiatum its 2-3-flowered inflores- 
cence and the elepidote corolla separate it. Rh. fastigiatum has 
a lepidote corolla. 
See also p. 300. 
~. Rhododendron sino-Falconeri, Balf. f. 
uv 
Arbor parva ad 7 m. alta grandifolia. Rami, hornotini 
crassi circ. I.5 cm. diam. primo pallide fulvo-tomentosi mox 
griseo-nitentes deinde glabrescentes. Folia longe petiolata ad 
3 dm. longa; lamina crasse coriacea oblongo-elliptica vel ellip- 
tica ad 27 cm. longa 16 cm. lata apice obtusa vel rotundata 
rigide mucronata margine plana tenuiter cartilaginea basi 
obtusa vel late subcuneata supra viridis maturitate glabra 
plus minusve rugulosa costa media et venis primariis adscendenti- 
bus utrinsecus circ. 13-15 sulcatis subtus spadicea costa media 
venisque primariis elevatis ubique squamis infundibuliformibus 
(ex stipite plus minusve longo pluricellulari cupulaque apicali 
membranacea cellularum isodiametricarum vacuarum vesicu- 
losarum margine in fila lanata articulata plurima intertexta 
extruso aedificatis) indumentum coactum formantibus vestita ; 
petiolus crassus ad 4 cm. longus glabrescens. Flores umbellati ; 
bracteae steriles rotundatae apiculatae extus glanduloso-vis- 
cidae, fertiles oblongo-spathulatae circ. 3.5 cm. longae sericeae ; 
pedicelli subaequales ad 4 cm. longi validi eglandulosi pallide 
tomentosi squamis quam eae foliorum minus cupulatis sub 
calyce oblique ampliati. Calycis cupula dense tomentosa lobis 
-inaequalibus. plerumque minutis triangularibus vel ovatis vel 
rotundatis vix 1 mm. longis glabris nunc linearibus longioribus 
tomentosis vel ciliatis. Corolla pallide flava late campanu- 
lata ad 5.5 cm. longa obliqua tubo circ. 4 cm. longo extus intus- 
que glabro basi emaculato, lobis 8 rotundatis emarginatis circ. 
2cm.latis. Stamina 16 inclusa filamentis basi latioribus ibique 
ciliato-puberulis. Ovarium pilis rufis dense fasciatim tomen- 
tosum ;. stylus corollam subaequans glaber apice dilatatus ; 
stigma magnum discoideum lobulatum. 
