LACE AND SMITH—INDO-BURMESE RHODODENDRONS. 215 
lata, petiolo 1.5-2.5 cm. longo valido glabro praedita, elliptico- 
oblonga, apice acuta indurato-apiculata, basi late cuneata ve 
subrotundata, coriacea, utrinque glabra, supra viridia nitida, 
infra pallidiora distincte et minute reticulata; costa media 
supra impressa subtus multo elevata, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 
supra indistinctis. Inflorescentia similis ei Rhododendri Ken- 
drickw, Nutt., rhachide crassa paulo elongata, floribus 6-15 
subcapitatis inodoris, pedicellis -- 1 cm. longis dense minute 
glandulosis. Calyx late cupularis 3-4 mm. longus undulato- 
lobatulus subcoriaceus in fructu persistens puberulus glandulosus. 
Corolla 5—5.5 cm. longa, ore circ. 4.5 cm. lata, infundibuliformis 
carnosula nitida saturate roseo-purpurea saturatius maculata 
(ex collectore) ; tubus fere 4 cm. longus, basi 1 cm. latus, usque 
ad 4 cm. sensim ampliatus, extus intusque glaber ; lobi 5, circ. 
1.5 cm. diametro, suborbiculares, aequales, apice breviter vel 
vix emarginati, venis tribus parallelis nec divergentibus sublu- 
cidis pererrati. Stamina g-I0 inaequalia, longiora fere 4 cm. 
longa, filamentis compressis glabris, antheris ovoideis 2-3 mm., 
longis. Ovarium oblongum 6-7 mm. longum dense rufo- 
stellato-tomentellum stylo stamina longiora paulo superante 
sparse pilis minutis stellatis praedito, stigmate capitato. Fructus 
oblongus 1.5—2 cm. longus, 5-6 mm. latus, sulcatus rufo-tomen- 
tellus, tandem glabrescens, in valvas sex erectas dehiscens ; 
semina delapsa. 
Munipur :—On Japoo, Naga Hills, at an elevation of gooo 
ft., Watt 6893 in Herb. Kew. et Herb. Watt. Coll. May 1882. 
é. 
anne to the type-sheet is the following field-note :— 
“At this elevation this forms a leading plant now in bloom 
with its large deep rose purple flowers. Leaves green shining, 
prominently reticulate below. Flower buds round with a few 
- long acuminate bracts like the ear of a rosebud. Flowers in 
head 10-15, not at all scented. Bracts large rufous hairy 
obtuse. Pedicels shortly hairy } inch long. Calyx a largish 
free ring 6-angled. Corolla tubular shining deep rose purple, 
all petals alike with deeper spots, imbricate rounded with three 
subtransparent parallel veins not spreading ; not at all scented. 
Stamens with deep brown anthers. Old fruits bursting reo 
six erect valves, brown hairy in last year’s specimens. 
seeds could be procured. I ike Ss to call this glorious et 
in honour of Mr.. Elliott.” 
Same locality, gooo—10,000 ft. Watt 6210, coll. Jan. 1882 in 
Herb. Kew. et Herb. Watt.; S8000-go00 ft. Watt 6211, coll. 
March 1882, ibid. ‘A small tree much branched with bright 
green shining leaves, pale green much reticulated below. Flower 
buds ovate green, the outer bracts much acuminate erect. 
