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60 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
white tipped-rose with a few crimson markings. G. Forrest. 
No. 14,107. July 1917. 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mountains north of Atuntzu. Lat. 28° 
a5 NS * AR ta oee tte “In open forests. Shrub of 12-16 ft. 
Flowers flushed rose with crimson markings. G. Forrest. 
No. 14,115. June 
A species on Re. Shales of the Lacteum series with foliage 
recalling that of some of the East Asiatic species of oak now so 
much cultivated in our gardens. The exact position and the 
nearest relationships of Rh. dryophylium are not yet certainly 
determined amongst the many forms of like conformation which 
Forrest has been collecting in N.W. Yunnan, and which have 
not yet been fully investigated. Its long narrow leaves, spread- 
ing, not deflexing, under the inflorescence, with their smooth scin- 
tillating persistent indumentum below of long and short branched 
hairs, the loose-trussed umbel, nearly glabrous stamens and 
glabrous ovary and style associated with the entire absence 
of glands, are notable characters of the species. 
Forrest’s specimen from “‘S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. On Ka-gwr- 
pw, Mekong-Salween divide. Lat. 28° 30’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. In 
open Rhododendron thickets. Shrub of 6-9 ft. Flowers? G. 
Forrest. No.14,519. August 1917”’ is perhaps this species. 
Rhododendron erastum,* Balf. f. et Forrest.} 
Small-leaved creeping undershrub some 7.5 cm. high with 
thin stems 3-4 mm. in diameter rooting freely showing short 
annual more or less woolly growths rarely over 2 cm. eac 
* éoaotéc, ba Woman of its appearance 
1 Rhodo dendron evastum Balt, t. 766 Forrest.—Sufirutex repens vix 8 cm 
minusve floccoso-tomentosa et glandulosa; petiolus circ. 1 cm. longus lanatus. 
Flores in umbellas terminales 3—4-floras dispositi; bracteae persistentes, intimae 
membranaceae flavidae eogeenggeet bracteolae laete flavae eens pedicellis 
vi icelli 
ceum corolla brevius staminibus longius circ. 1.8 cm. longum; ovarium petasi- 
forme truncatum circ. 3 mm. longum dense floccosum et glandulis parvis paucis 
indutum ; stylus glaber. 
