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lepidotis et simul dense rubro-setosis instructi, ut videtur 
subcernui. Calyx ei R. saluenensis simillimus, membranaceus, 
extus sparsius lepidotus vel elepidotus, ex toto rubescens, fere 
ad imum in lobos quinque ovatos vel obovatos vel suborbi- 
culares circ. 7 mm. longos albo-ciliatos fissus. Corolla perlate 
infundibuliformis, fere 2 cm. longa, kermesina, hinc inde 
saturatius notata, 5-loba, tubo 5-6 mm. longo, intus ad fauces 
albo-villoso, lobis late ovatis vel suborbicularibus, 12-15 mm. 
longis, 10-12 mm. latis extus in medio dorso sparsius lepidotis 
atque albo-villosulis, nonnunquam elepidotis atque subglabris. 
Stamina 8-10, corolla multo minora, filamentis purpureis circ. 
g mm. longis in sextante inferiore albo-villosis, antheris circ. 
I mm. longis, ochraceis. Ovarium circ. 3 mm. longum, conicum, 
dense lepidotum ; stylus circ. 1.5 cm. longus, purpureus glaber 
stigmate lobatulo-capitato. Capsula deest. 
““ Prostrate shrub of 2-4 inches. Flowers crimson, with a 
few darker markings. On rocks and peaty moist soil almost 
at the limit of vegetation on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 15,000-16;000 ft. June rgro.”’ 
G. Forrest. No. 5862. 
A species very near indeed to R. saluenense, Franch.; the 
latter species as described by Franchet in Journ. de Bot., xii 
(1898), 263, appears to be very variable, especially in the size 
of the leaves; it differs ex descriptione from R. prostratum in 
habit, leaves, pedicels, and corolla, but not to a great degree 
in any one of these characters. I have not seen the original 
types collected by Soulié, but Forrest No. 511, from the same 
area (Mekong-Salwin divide), was compared at Paris with these 
types and considered conspecific. This sheet, No. 511, is not 
very ample, but presents several differences from No. 5862 
from the Lichiang Range ; there is, however, a great similarity 
in the peculiar calyx, and this similarity, together with the 
variability in size of leaf as noted by Franchet, has caused me 
much hesitation in separating No. 5862 by something more than 
a varietal name. 
Rhododendron rupicolum, W. W. 5m. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Rhododendri fastigiati, Franch. ; foliis 
floribusque differt; R. verruculosum, Rehder et Wilson, R. 
Edgarianum, Rehder et Wilson, R. nitidulum, Rehder et Wilson, 
inter alia signa floribus solitariis recedunt ; fortasse R. violaceum, 
Rehder et Wilson, (a nobis non visum) ex Szechuan proximum est 
sed ex descriptione foliis angustioribus, calyce multo minore 
inter alia distinguitur. 
Frutex 60-120 cm. altus, habitu R. /fastigiato, Franch. 
