LACE AND SMITH—INDO-BURMESE RHODODENDRONS. 217 
g-I0 inaequalia, longiora 3.5-4 cm. longa, filamentis compressis 
infra medium albo-pilosulis, supra glabris, antheris ovoideis 
ongis ochraceis. Ovarium conicum 6-7 mm. longum, 
dense rufo-stellato-tomentellum, stylo stamina longiora paulo 
superante sparse pilis minutis stellatis praedito, stigmate 
capitato vix lobato. Fructus deest. 
Burma :—Kachin Hills, 1 mile beyond Paypat bungalow, at 
an elevation of 6000 feet in evergreen forest. The local name 
in Maru dialect is Pain San. Maung Kyaw 36 in Herb. Kew. 
This Burmese species is at first sight very different from 
R. Elliottii, Watt, but on analysis it is found to be very closely 
allied. The large obtuse leaves and the pilose stamens are the 
chief marks of distinction. The flowers of these three species, 
R. Kendricku, Nutt., R. Elliott, Watt, and R. Kyawi, Lace et 
W. W. Sm., occurring in three isolated areas—Bhutan, Naga 
Hills, and Kachin Hills—are remarkably alike in size, lobing, 
and colour; the differences in other respects are enough for 
specific distinction, but the many similarities suggest origin 
from the same ancestral stock. The new species is named after 
Maung Kyaw, Burma Forest Service, who has collected valuable 
specimens of trees, etc., in the neighbourhood of Myitkyina 
under the superintendence of Mr E. M. Buchanan of the same 
service. 
