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SPECIES CHINENSES. 205 
atroviridia rugosula, subtus tomento denso ferrugineo-fulvo 
detersili omnino vestita ; costa media supra impressa, subtus 
elevata, aeque cum lamina tomentosa ; nervi secundarii 10-15 
utrinque, supra paululo impressi, intra marginem arcuato- 
anastomosantes, infra obscuri; petioli 2-2.5 cm. longi tomen- 
tello furfuraceo tenuissimo praediti. Flores 9-15 umbellato- 
racemosi ; pedicelli circ. 2 cm. longi, densius tomentelli, bracteis 
paucis linearibus deciduis praediti. Calyx minimus, circ. I mm. 
longus, cupularis glaber 5-lobus. Corolla alba, maculis lineisque 
saturate kermesinis notata, circ. 3.5 cm. longa, circ. 4 cm. ore 
(in sicco) lata, e basi late tubulari infundibuliformi-campanulata, 
5-loba, tubo circ. 2 cm. longo, lobis subrotundatis circ. 1.5 cm. 
longis circ. 2 cm. latis emarginatis. Stamina I0-12, inaequalia, 
longiora circ. 2 cm. longa, filamentis stramineis, quadrante vel 
triente inferiore dilatata et albo-pilosula, cetera glabra, antheris 
ochraceis circ. 1.5 mm. longis. Ovarium subcylindricum circ. 
5 mm. longum, minute sparse albo-pilosulum ; stylus subrectus, 
circ. 3 cm. longus, Hepes stigmate lobulato-capitato atropur- 
pureo. Fructus deest 
“Shrub or tree of 20-30 ft. Flowers white with deep 
crimson markings. In rhododendron forest on the western 
flank of the Lichiang” Range. Lat. 27° 30° N° Alt. 31,000- 
12,000 ft. June 1gto.’”’ G. Forrest. No. 5870. 
Rhododendron Wardii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis R. Souliei, Franch.; foliis petiolis 
calycis forma persimilis, calyce evolutiore, corolla majore car- 
nosula laete flava nec purpurascenti nec rosea satis discrepat. 
Frutex 5-7 m. altus; ramuli crassiusculi initio sparse 
glandulosi mox glabri, vetustiores cinerei decorticantes. Folia 
petiolo 2-3.5 cm. longo supra canaliculato primo puberulo mox 
glabro praedita ; lamina 5-11 cm. longa, 2-6 cm. lata, elliptica 
vel oblonga, apice rotundata vel subrotundata indurato-apicu- 
lata, basi rotundata cordatula, coriacea, utrinque glabra, supra 
atroviridis rugosula infra pallidior nonnunquam olivacea ; 
costa media supra paululo impressa subtus paulo elevata, nervis 
utrinsecus 10-15, venulis infra pulchre reticulatis. Flores 
umbellato-racemosi, 7-14 ; rhachis circiter 1 cm. longa, pedicelli 
2.5-4 cm. longi, glandulis nigris subsessilibus densius conspersi. 
Calyx bene evolutus 6-12 mm. longus, late cupularis mem- 
branaceus irregulariter fissus nunc ad medium lobatus nunc 
fere ad imum partitus flavido- vel rubrido-coloratus ; lobi ovati 
vel orbiculares glandulis nigris breviter pedicellatis crebre 
cincti, capillis albis hinc inde intermixtis. Corolla 5-loba, late 
‘campanulata, circ. 3.5-4 cm. longa, carnosula glabra laete flava, 
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