BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 93 
Rh. polylepis.* Rh. Searsiae. Rh. lochmium. 
Young twigs reddening ung twigs not para Young twigs dark red 
not gpentl a age: somewhat glo glossy, lepidote with 
with prominently we small sh oe 
scales on rile adie ith brown and yellow- | stalked discontiguous 
gallon on short. Epi- ish scales like sma uniform scales ro or 
ushrooms. Epilose. ing the surface. Finely 
puberulous. 
Leaf-margin notched. agen notched. | Leaf-margin entire. 
Lea: tuse Leaf-bas cuneate.| Leaf-base obtuse o 
Under surface Under aia white-| rounded. Under surface 
green densely lepidote | grey  lepid with le green  lepidote 
with partly contiguou: many small yellowish th small i 
scurfy scales and punc- | discontiguousscalesand| contiguous 
tulate with some ar punctulate with a 
Projecting brown ones large brown ones. 
Flowers in 5-7-flowered | Flowers in 8-10-flowered oe in nat quamear 
terminal umbels. Scale-| terminal umbels rarely | terminal and 
leaves of bud yellow-| additional lateral ones.| umbels fasciculate at 
green. ales-leaves of bu d of twigs. e- 
red margin and leaves of bud yellow- 
green. 
Corolla-tube oe limb pair mec litpay lavender be- | Coro. lla white flushed 
purple, brown-spotted, hite inthroat,| violet faintly yellow 
outside densely lepidote giten hear apbthad. gat posteriorly, sparsely 
d epilo outside and epilo brown-spotted, sparing- 
ly sea outside and 
puberulou 
Stamens longer than| Stamens shorter than| Stamens longer than 
corolla. or equal to corolla. corolla. 
= longer a cory Be longer than ores Style much rea than 
lightly hairy ghtly hairy at base corolla, glabrou 
:< ir re “a graeme’ Hemsl., must be included in Rh. polylepis, as Rehder and 
Wilson ; 
The new species Rh. lochmium has haedited4 in several 
gardens, commonly under the designation Rh. Davidsonianum, 
has been so good as to lend to me for examination,—the plant 
has been a puzzle to growers who seem to have recognised that 
it was not Rh. Davidsonianum. True, Rh. Davidsonianum I take 
to be Wilson’s ‘ 
it we have dried specimens. plan 
and it may be helpful if I give here some of its distinctive 
characters for separation from Rh. lochmium and other forms 
that have been confused with it :—Young twigs dark purple- 
red—but often green—hardly glossy finely puberulous lepidote 
with many small discontiguous red or yellow scales some large 
