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204 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
simillimus, ramosissimus, ramis saepe pseudo-dichotome abeunti- 
bus; ramuli hornotini dense fusco-lepidoti, vetustiores cinerei 
atque decorticantes ; gemmae ovoideae subobtusae, perulis paucis 
suborbicularibus vel ellipticis extus dense lepidotis margine 
albo-ciliolatis. Folia circ. 1.5 cm. longa, 7-8 mm. lata, elliptica, 
apice rotundata vel obtusa, minute apiculata, basi rotundata, 
rarius late cuneata, margine vix vel paulo revoluta, coriacea, 
supra atroviridia squamulis nitidulis omnino obtecta, subtus 
squamulis contiguis flavescentibus et fuscis (intermixtis) vestita ; 
costa media supra impressa, subtus conspicua, nervis secund- 
ariis evanidis; petioli 2-3 mm. longi dense lepidoti. Flores 
2-5 e gemma terminali orti, pedicellis circ. 2 mm. longis dense 
lepidotis instructi. Calyx cupularis 4-5 mm. longus, firmus, 
persistens, extus dense lepidotus, atropurpureus, profunde 
5-lobus, lobis aequalibus vel inaequalibus, ellipticis vel ovatis, 
rotundatis vel obtusis margine albo-ciliatis. Corolla late in- 
fundibuliformis, circ. 1.5 cm. longa, saturate purpurea, 5-loba, 
tubo 6-7 mm. longo intus ad fauces albo-villoso, lobis sub- 
ellipticis apice rotundatis 8-g mm. longis circ. 5 mm. latis 
extus in medio dorso sparsius nitenti-lepidotis. Stamina 8—10, 
corollam subaequantia, filamentis purpureis circ. 1.2 cm. longis 
in sextante inferiore basi ipsa excepta villosis, antheris I mm. 
longis ochraceis. Ovarium conicum dense lepidotum; stylus 
circ. 1.7 cm. longus, stamina superans, purpureus, glaber, 
stigmate capitato. Capsula deest. 
* Shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers deep rich plum-purple. Amongst 
rocks on dry barren pasture on the western flank of the oe 
Range. Lat. de 20° N. Alt. 14,000 ft... June 19r0. 
Forrest. No. 5865. 
Not matched in the herbaria of Kew or Paris, but closely 
related to R. fastigiatum, Franch. Among the closely allied 
members of the section Osmothamnus it is conspicuous by the 
colour of the flower. 
Rhododendron Traillianum, G. Forrest et W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Rhododendro adenopodo, Franch. quod foliis 
subtus albidis, lobis calycis longioris glanduloso-ciliatis, ovario 
setoso inter alia differt ; R. Przewalskii, Maxim. (=R. kialense, 
Franch.) foliis multo minus tomentosis, pedicellis glaberrimis, 
corolla minore discrepat; R. Beesianum, Diels colore corollae 
saturate roseo, ovario dense ferrugineo-tomentoso satis recedit. 
Frutex 6-10 m. altus, ramulis crassis, hornotinis tomento 
sparso furfuraceo praeditis. Folia 8-11 cm. longa, 3.5-4 cm. 
lata, elliptica vel oblanceolata, apice breviter acutata atque 
apiculata, basi late cuneata, margine plana, coriacea, supra 
