94 ERICACER. [ Rhododendron. 
eapsules rather woody, about 34 an in. long, oblong, thick and a 
little curved, glabrescent. 
Has.—In the hill forests of the Karenee hills, north-east of Tounghoo. 
2. R, formosum, Wall.—An evergreen shrub, 2-3 ft. high, the 
branchlets and young parts covered with spreading tawny or brown 
hairs ; leaves oblong to obovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the 
se, on a thick, somewhat hairy petiole 2-3 lin. long, 2-24 in. long, 
acute, entire, coriaceous, glabrous, and somewhat wrinkled above or 
sprinkled with spreading tawny hairs, beneath rusty-coloured from 
numerous roundish rusty-coloured scales, the lateral nerves little 
conspicuous ; bracts of the leaf-buds broadly ovate, blunt, glabrous, 
in. long or somewhat longer oblong, blunt, rusty-brown, rough 
from a very short indistinct tomentum. : : 
Has.—Martaban, in the stunted hill forest the top of Nattoung, 
above 7,000 ft. elevation ; also Moulmein hills. Merah! -L-Steabeeaee 
3. R, Moulmeinense, Hook.—An evergreen tree (30—40 + 10— 
15+3—4), all parts glabrous ; bark rough, reddish ; leaves lanceolate 
to oblong and oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the base, 2-4 in. 
long, shortly and bluntish acuminate, entire, thin-coriaceous, glab- 
Has.—Common in the hill forests especi 
: » especially the damper ones, from Marta- 
cheat to Tenasserim, at 4,000 to 7,000 ft. elevation. FL. March.—s.—SS.= 
REMARKS.— Wood white, soft. 
EPACRIDER, 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx of 5, rarely 4, distinct 
sepals, much imbricatein bud. Corolla witha cylindrical bell-shaped 
