280 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
fertiles tenuiores extus pubescentes elepidotae intus subsericeae ; 
pedicelli circ. 2 mm. longi pubescentes et albido-lepidoti sub 
calyce expansi. Calycis parvuli cupula circ. 0.5 mm. longa 
dense albido-lepidota lobis 5 aequalibus minutis vix 0.5 mm 
longis et latis sublunatis vel late deltoideis rubris elepidotis 
margine pilis brevibus ex toto ciliatis. Corollae circ. 1.2 cm. 
longae roseae extus elepidotae tubus brevis circ. 3.5 mm. longus 
infundibuliformis basi subgibbosus ad faucem intus minute 
puberulus in limbum apertum 5-lobatum expansus lobis oblongis 
circ. 8 mm. longis. Stamina 10 subaequalia corolla paullo 
longiora filamentis pallide roseis supra basim ad faucem corol- 
lae lanato-villosis. Ovarium albido-lepidotum; stylus glaber 
roseus stamina subaequans; stigma discoideum lobulatum 
atro-rubens. Capsula 4.5 mm. longa valvis 5 ad basim dehiscens. 
Species fastigiata indumenti subfoliaris squamis contiguis 
et floribus roseis distincta. 
Tibeto-Yunnan frontier. Ka-gwr-pw. 15,000 ft. Dwarf, 
forming a carpet. Flowers pink. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 795. 
July 1913. 
This species belongs to the Lapponicum series, and is one of 
the forms marked by the contiguous uniform brown scales on the 
under-leaf surface. It has an elepidote corolla, and the glabrous 
style about equal in length to the stamens. In indumentum it 
is like Rh. rupicolum, W. W. Sm., but that plant is altogether 
larger and has a lepidote corolla. : 
See also p. 300. 
a ago Rhododendron telmateium, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Suffruticosum humile parvifolium intricato-ramosissimum ad 
I m. altum. Ramuli annui breves circ. 1 cm. longi vel sub- 
virgati circ. 4 cm. longi hornotini tenues vix 1 mm. diam. 
ferruginei squamis peltatis furfuracei seniores sordide grisel 
verruculis nigris plus minusve induti mox decorticantes. Ala- 
bastra fusiformia circ. 3.5 mm. longa spadicea perulis paucis 
exterioribus late ovatis extus lepidotis interioribus oblongis 
obtusis mucronulatis pilis ciliatis. Folia petiolata circ. x cm. 
longa ; Jamina anguste lanceolata vel oblonga circ. 8.5 mm. 
longa 3 mm. lata ad apicem angustata ibique conspicue 
corneo-mucronulata margine vix revoluta basi in petiolum 
angustata supra canescenti-viridis squamis peltatis albidis con- 
tiguis conspicuis uniformibus persistentibus adpressis ex umbone 
marginatim flavido-nitido institaque lata constructis lepidota 
subtus alutacea brunneo-punctata squamis (ut supra aedificatis 
sed biformibus plerisque pallidioribus albidis vel ad umbonem 
subrufescentibus in stratum inferius dispositis paucioribus 
longius stipitatis umbone institaque intense brunnea ultra 
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