BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON, 99 
nodules appear like beads on a rosary chain, separated by 
cylindric portions of the stem on which are visible the scars 
of the fallen innermost scale-leaves. The nodule itself is formed 
by the clustering of the leaves and the suppression of elongated 
internodes at the end of each year’s growth. 
a\ Br ododendrari microgynum,* Balf. f. et Forrest. 
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tum outside, ciliate, all deciduous. Leaves petiolate, as much as 
9 cm. long-not closely rosulate at end of year’s growth ; lamina 
thickly leathery lanceolate or oblanceolate as much as 8 cm. 
ong 2 cm. broad narrowed towards the apex where is a tubercu- 
late conspicuous mucro, margin cartilaginous revolute, narrowed 
to the obtuse or somewhat cuneate base ; upper surface opaque 
Shagreened (when dry) everywhere sprinkled with withered 
vestiges of juvenile floccose hairs particularly in the groove of 
the midrib primary veins about 12 on each side hardly visible ; 
under surface buff-coloured or dark fawn-coloured covered 
uniformly everywhere with a dense (midrib sparingly) bistrate 
indumentum, its upper layer of long much-branched hairs 
not dendriform more or less brown-coloured with wide cells 
* Rhododendron microgynum, Balf. f. et Forrest.—Frutex nanus ad 1 m. altus. 
Rami rigidi primum indumento fulvo albescente pilorum floccosorum et glandu- 
larum rubrarum vestiti, glabrescentes. abastra elongata subfusiformia perulis 
exterioribus rotundatis apiculatis vel cuspidatis mox deciduis. Folia petiolata 
cm. longa ; i i 
Scintillante vestita, strati inferi pilis -ram ramis longi vesiculosis inter- 
textis, strati inferi pilis rosulatis ramis latis brevibus vesiculosis ; petiolus cire. I 
cm, crassus tomentosus et glandulosus. Umbella 5—6-flora terminalis ; 
longus 
bracteolae circ. 9 mm. longae pedicellis paullo breviores ; pedicelli circ, 1.2 cm. 
longi glandulosi floccosi. Calyx parvus circ. 2 mm. longus 5-lobus glandulosus 
et floccosus ; lobi o longi vel rotundati ciliati. Corolla obliqua rosea sparsim 
maculata circ. 3 cm. longa aperte campanulata intus puberula ; lobi 5 rotun- 
dati emarginati amina Io inaequalia parva, corolla multo breviora ; fila- 
ulosa i Pp Gynaeceum breve circ. 
7 mm. longum staminibus brevius ; ovarium ovoideum truncatum circ. 2.5 cm. 
longum glandulosum et floccosum ; stylus ovario vix duplo-longior decurvus 
glaber. 
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