II4 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON. 
slightly expanded downwards, from the base finely puberulous 
upwards sometimes to about the middle in the shorter stamens. 
Disk very large and puberulous. Gynaeceum about 2.3 cm. 
long; ovary cylindric about 3 mm. long truncate slightly 
grooved densely glandular, glands ovoid orange-coloured with 
white stalks; style stout glabrous lipped below the discoid 
large lobulate stigma wider than style. 
N.W. Yunnan. Kari Pass, Mekong-Yangtze divide. Open 
stony pastures. Alt. 14,000 ft. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Shrub of 2 ft. 
G. Forrest. No. 13,005. Aug. rgr4. 
U3\+ Rhododendron Reginaldi,* Balf. f.+ 
Pyramidal bush or round-headed tree over 4 m. high spread- 
ing profusely. Foliage-buds narrowly ovoid pointed about 1.2 
cm. long and 6 mm. broad; outer scale-leaves crustaceous 
* After its discoverer, Reginald Farrer. 
+ Rhododendron Reginaldi, Balt. f—Arbor parva ad 4 m. alta late patens. 
abastra anguste ovoidea acuta; perulae extimae glabrae margine ciliato 
folia juvenilia revoluta supra pilosa 
et glandulosa. Folia petiolata ad 10 cm. longa; lamina oblonga ad maturitatem 
+9 . rs 3 4 ore . ee a i 
venis primariis utrinsecus ad 17 pinnatim patentibus; infra pallidior costa 
a 
racemosam circ. 7-floram dispositi; bracteolae circ. 5 mm. longae pilosae ; 
Pedicelli breves circ. 8 mm. longi rubro-glandulosi. Calyx obsoletus. Corolla 
pallide rosea variculosa et maculata infundibuliformis, circ. 4.5 cm. longa, 7-loba ; 
erm : we uans; ovarium cylindrico- 
conoideum truncatum circ. 5.5 mm. longum glabrum ; stylus glaber. 
