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vel breviter acuta, basi plus minusve rotundata, rarius late cuneata, 
lateralia inferiora minora (13—) 15-22 mm. longa, (8-) 10-15 mm. 
lata, superiora majora ad 3.2 cm. magna, terminalia superioribus 
plus minusve aequalia sed saepe paullo latiora, margine dupliciter 
inaequaliter glanduloso-serrata (sublobulata) dentibus majoribus 
mucronulatis porrectis dorso denticulas 1-3 gerentibus, superne 
viridia, in sicco leviter glaucescentia, laevia, glabra (interdum 
sparsissime glanduloso-pilosa), subtus viridescentia, dicoloria, 
in costa et etiam partim in nervis lateralibus utrinsecus 5—8 paullo 
prominulis satis rectis plus minusve pilosa et etiam ut in facie 
pilis glanduliferis crebris conspersa (oculo nudo quasi nigro- 
punctata), rete nervillorum subvisibili; petioli 2-3.5 cm. longi, 
ut rhachis plus minusve dense villosuli, stipitato-glandulosi et setis 
aculeolisque sparsis muniti; stipulae satis evolutae, ad medium 
adnatae, 10-13 mm. longae, auriculis latis acuminatis, margine 
dense glanduloso-ciliatae, ceterum ut folia pilosa et glandulifera. 
Flores kermesini, stiaveolentes, circ. 3 cm. diametientes, solitarii 
vel 2-3 apice ramulorum ad 8 cm. longorum terminales; pedicelli 
10-12 mm. longi, basi bracteis ovatis vel late ovatis apice subito 
acuminatis ad 12 mm. longis et 8-9 mm. latis dense glanduloso- 
ciliatis suffulti, glabri, interdum fere nudi sed plerique crebre 
stipitato-glandulosi; receptaculum ellipsoideo-oblongum, glabrum, 
nudum; sepala ovato-oblonga, extus glabra vel interiora versus — 
marginem tomentella, intus tomentosula, eglandulosa, post flora- 
tionem reflexa; alabastra ovata, obtusa; petala late obovata, 
_ emarginata, ad 2 cm. longa et 1.7 cm. lata; stamina numerosa, 
antheris luteis ovalibus; styli liberi, circ. 5 mm. exserti, staminibus 
_longioribus vix breviores, villosi. Fructus ignoti. 
oS Szechuan australis: inter urbem Yen-yiian Hsien et viculum Hun-ka, ad 
vias, alt. circ. 2600-2800 m., 11 Junii rora, C. Schneider (no. 1484; typus in 
Herb. Arb. Arn. et Hb. Schneider). 
This species seems to me most closely related to R. Sweginzowii Koehne : 
= fom tame es Weddle, Rep. Spec. rx: 531. fig. 3) and R. eS 
Wis. (see Bot. Mag. rgo: i. 3569), he oe eo disting 
= fo having 7-9 leaflets and a different kind of wide-based Liseovd R atom pe 
