23. A THIRD NEW CHINESE RHODODENDRON. 
E Laci § 
In conclusion, I trust that these notes may be the means of 
interesting other botanists in the flora of the county, where much 
work evidently remains to be done. 
A THIRD NEW CHINESE RHODODENDRON. 
By H. F. Hanon, Ph.D., F.L.S., &e. 
My sharp-sighted and indefatigable friend, the Rev. B. C. Henry, 
made, during May last, in company with Captain Calder, of the 
Imperial Chinese Navy, an excursion to the Lo-fau-shan range, 
t forty miles north-east of Canton. These mountains, studded 
with monasteries, both Buddhist and Taoist, where the traveller 
can obtain shelter, form a series of plateaux whence arise peaks, 
some of them attaining a height of 8500 feet, nearly double that of 
Victoria Peak, the loftiest summit in Hong-Kong. The botanical 
specimens collected by Mr. Henry and others, some of which have 
already been described in these pages, leave no doubt in my mind that 
this locality is by far the richest and most interesting within acces- 
sible distance of the provincial capital. It is quite famous amongst 
Chinese ‘Piforé01, and I feel assured that its careful exploration 
would lead to the discovery of a large number of valuable an 
ornamental trees and shrubs, as well as herbaceous plants. I trust 
that the Kew authorities, in the interests of science, may induce 
the Colonial Office to arrange for this scarcely known but easily 
Lin ad 
gw’ Rhododendron (Evruopopenpron, subseries 4) simiarum, §P- 
nov.—Frutescens e, ramulis angulatis nodosis glaberrim!s; 
s rigide coriaceis oblongis basi cuneatis apice obtusis marge 
revolutis supra gla s olivaceis sublucidis costa tenuiter 12 
