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k. detersile, Franch. spectat; ab omnibus tamen foliis caly- 
ceque discrepat. 
Frutex I-1.5 m. altus, erectus, ramosus; ramuli hornotini 
breves initio dense fulvo-lepidoti, demum fusci et verruculosi, 
vetustiores cinerei decorticantes; gemmae florales ovoideae 
perulis obovatis vel oblongis, exterioribus acutiusculis, interiori- 
bus truncatis, omnibus in medio dorso dense nitenti-lepidotis, 
margine albo-ciliolatis. Folia 2.5-3.5 cm. longa, 1-1. 
lata, oblanceolata vel lanceolata vel subelliptica, apice subacuta 
vel subobtusa, indurato-apiculata, basi cuneata saepe latius, 
margine plus minusve revoluta, coriacea, supra atroviridia, 
rugosula, nitidula squamulis crebris vix contiguis tandem 
marcescentibus albidis conspersa, subtus pallidiora squamulis 
contiguis nitenti-fulvidis vestita ; costa media supra impressa, 
subtus elevata nervis secundariis obsoletis. Flores 1-3 fere 
umbellati, pedicelli 5-10 mm. longi, nitenti-lepidoti; bracteae 
lineares vel oblongo-lanceolatae, albo-ciliolatae, caducae. Calyx 
cupularis 8-9 mm. longus, membranaceus, fere ad imum fissus 
in lobos subaequales ellipticos apice obtusos vel rotundatos 
margine crispatulos albo-ciliolatos, in medio dorso rubescentes 
atque nitenti-lepidotos, caetera flavescentes. Corolla infundi- 
buliformis roseo-lavendulacea, circ. 2.5 cm. longa, 5-loba, tubo 
circ. I cm. longo, ad fauces glabro, intus ad partem villosulam 
staminum ipso albo-villosulo, lobis circ. 1.5 cm. longis erecto- 
patentibus subellipticis vel ovatis, apice rotundatis. Stamina 
10, inaequalia, longiora corollam fere aequantia, filamentis 
purpureis paulo complanatis, in sextante inferiore basi ipsa 
excepta albo-villosulis, antheris circ. 1.5 mm. longis brunneis. 
Ovarium conicum, circ. 2 mm. longum, dense lepidotum ; stylus 
-purpureus glaber, longiuscule exsertus, fere 3 cm. longus, 
stigmate lobulato-capitato, atropurpureo. 
“ Shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers rose-lavender. On the margins 
of pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 35’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. October 19r0.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 6738. 
ayoh Rhododendron oreotrephes, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Rhododendro rigido, Franch. ; foliis supra vix 
lucidis, infra dense lepidotis, floribus multo majoribus inter 
alia recedit. 
Arbor vel frutex 5-8 m. alta, ramulis rigidis cortice griseo 
tectis ; gemmae ellipticae acutiores, squamulis inferioribus orbi- 
cularibus coriaceis subglabris, superioribus obovatis membran- 
aceis extus dense lepidotis margine albo-ciliolatis. Folia 4.5-5 
cm. longa, 2.5-3 cm. lata, ovata vel elliptica, subacuta, brevis- 
