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214 LACE AND SMITH—INDO-BURMESE RHODODENDRONS. 
Arbor parva, 6-8 m. alta; rami crassi juniores dense ferru- 
gineo-lanati, mox glabri, vetustiores cinerei decorticantes. Folia 
apices ramulorum versus aggregata, angustius obovata ad 
elliptico-obovata, apice breviter obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata 
ad rotundato-cuneata, usque ad 11.5 cm. longa et 6 cm. lata, 
coriacea, juventute pagina inferiore simul ac petiolo ramulisque 
laxius ferrugineo- lanata, mox glabra, costa subtus valde promin- 
ente supra impressa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-12 subtus 
prominentibus, pagina inferiore arctius graciliter reticulata, 
petiolo valido 1.2-2.5 cm. longo supra canaliculato mox glabro 
suffulta. Inflorescentia corymbiformis, 6-12-flora; pedicelli 
sub anthesin 1-1.5 cm. longi, fructu maturo ad 2.5 cm. longi, 
dense. glandulosi atque ferrugineo-tomentosi. Calyx parvus, 
vix I mm. longus, undulato-lobatulus, glanduloso-pubescens, 
in fructu in discum lignosum 5-6 mm. diametro auctus. Corolla 
sanguinea, campanulata, circiter 3.5 cm. longa et 3 cm. diametro ; 
tubus 2 cm. longus vel ultro, basi 5 mm. latus, usque ad 2 cm. 
sensim ampliatus extus intusque glaber; lobi 5, rotundati, 
usque ad 1.5 cm. diametro, glabri. Stamina 10, inclusa, inae- 
qualia, longiora circ. 2.5 cm. longa, filamentis glabris, antheris 
2 mm. longis ochraceis. Ovarium tomento brevi nitenti dense 
tectum ; stylus ad 3.5 cm. longus, pilis papillosis glandulosis, 
superne densius, instructus. Capsula usque ad 2.5 cm. longa et 
0.8 cm. diametro, robusta, cylindrica, parum curvata, alte 
6-sulcata, tomento ferrugineo denso detersili praedita, stylo 
saepe persistente; semina numerosa circ. 1.5 mm. longa, 
fusiformi-oblonga apice basique fibris minimis instructa, 
brunnea. 
Burma :—Moolee (Muleyit), alt. 6000 ft. Parish ro2z in 
Herb. Kew. ; Muleyit Peak in the Dawna Range in the Amherst 
district, at an elevation of 6200 ft.; 27th January 1912; Lace 
5637 in Herb. Kew. et Herb. Edin. et Herb. prop. 
Rhododendron Elliottii, Watt mss. ex Brandis Indian Trees, 
Pp. 410 (anglice breviter descriptum), desc. amplif. 
Sm. Plate CXL. 
Species affinis Rhododendro Kendrickii, Nutt. ; foliis, gemmis, 
ovario dense rufo-stellato-tomentello nec strigoso inter alia 
discrepat. 
Arbor parva ramosissima ; altitudo non nota ; rami crassius- 
culi glabri, vetustiores cinerei mox decorticanté§; gemmae 
ovoideae 2-3 cm. longae obtusae perulis exteriotibus ovatis 
vel ovato-lanceolatis acumine longissimo vel nonnunquam 
brevi praeditis, interioribus suborbicularibus utrinque dense 
sericeis. Folia 7-14 cm. longa, plerumque 8-9 cm., 3-5.5 cm. 
