BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON, 51 
rescent showing vestiges of floccose branched hairs and with a 
slightly glaucous look. Foliage-bud ovoid pointed short, outer 
crustaceous scale-leaves rounded keeled with an apiculus or 
short tail, outside clad with a thin layer of floccose interwoven 
hairs hardly tomentose. Leaves petiolate as much as 7.5 cm. 
long; lamina leathery oblong or narrowly oval-oblong, as 
much as 6.5 cm. long 2.5 cm. broad, narrowed to the point and 
there shortly acuminate with a conspicuous mucro, margin 
cartilaginous recurved, base obtuse never rounded or cordu- 
late ; upper surface markedly convex pale green mat showing 
a grooved midrib, otherwise smooth not rugulose or shagreened 
the primary veins not showing, glabrescent but marked by 
vestiges of juvenile floccose hairs, eglandular; under surface 
yellowish green with a prominent midrib, the primary veins 
about 12 on each side slightly raised the rest of the venation 
forming a veiled reticulum, the whole surface is glabrous but 
traces of flock-hairs appear on sides of midrib; petiole 1 cm. 
or more long reddening grooved above with traces of withered 
floccose hairs. Flowers in a terminal raceme or umbel 10-12- 
flowered, the rhachis about 1.2 cm. long more or less floccose : 
bracts unknown ; bracteoles filiform-clavate about 7 mm. long 
pilose from base and densely hair-crested; pedicels about 
I em. long densely floccose pubescent eglandular expanding 
below the calyx. Calyx foliaceous oblique split to near the 
base in front, I cm. or more long with a broad cup-shaped base 
and 5 unequal pink lobes ; cup about 3 mm. long fleshy at base 
and there floccose, more membranous above below the lobes 
which are glabrous but for floccose cilia, posterior lobes the 
larger as much as 7 cm. long spotted triangular or ovate or 
oblong often fringed and lobulate, anterior lobe smallest barely 
2 mm. long rounded or semi-lunate, the membranous portion 
of the calyx often falling from the fleshy base of the cup and 
so giving the impression of a small toothed calyx. Corolla 
tubular campanulate deep rose with crimson spots all over three 
posterior petals, about 3.8 cm. long ; tube fleshy at base 5-gibbous 
without basal blotches or faintly blotched on posterior petal, 
with 5 imperfect interpetaline septa, puberulous inside, glabrous 
outside; lobes 5 rounded emarginate about 1.5 cm. long 
zygomorphus antice ad basim fissus ; cupula lata ad 3 mm. longa basi carnea 
lobos 5 inaequales lobi membranacei maculati posteriores : 
Corolla tubuloso-campanulata kermesina postice dense maculata circ. 3.8 cm. 
longa ; tubus basi carneus 5-gibbosus intus puberulus septis interpetalinis incom- 
I visus; lobi 5 rotundati emargina Stamina io inaequalia corolla 
breviora flavida puberula. Discus glaber. Gynaeceum ad 3.4 
mgum, corolla brevius, staminibus longius; ovarium tenue ad 6 mm. 
indri i i ilis fasciatis constructo 
cylindricum sulcatum truncatum indumento flavido e pi 
dense obtectum eglandulosum ; stylus ad medium et ultra floccosus eglandulosus. 
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