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I cannot be absolutely sure of the correct identification of this plant. It agrees 

 very well with Hayata's description, though the calyx and corolla are larger than 

 he describes them, and the apiculate base of the anthers is by no means very 

 apparent. 



Rhododendron obtusum Planchon in Fl. des Serr. IX. 80 (1854); in 

 Rev. Hart. 1854, 64. — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 506, fig. 

 332e (1911). — Render in Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hart. V. 2944 (1916). — 

 Jour. Jap. Bot. I. [173] fig. (1917). — Komatsu in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 

 XXXII. [39] 1918. — Miyazawa in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXXII. [318] 

 (1918). 



Azalea indica Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 84 (1784), in part, not Linnaeus. — Juel, 



PI. Thunb. 391 (1918). 

 Azalea obtusa Lindley in Jour. Hart. Soc. Lond. I. 152 (1846); in Bot. Reg. 



XXXII. t. 37 (1846). 

 Rhododendron Thunbergii Planchon in Fl. des Serr. IX. 78 (1854). 

 Rhododendron Sieboldii minor Miquel in Ann. Mus. Ludg.-Bat. I. 33 (1863) ; 



II. 164 (1865-66); Prol. Fl. Jap. 96 (1866-67). 

 Azalea Thunbergii Andre in Belg. Hort. XV. 184 (1865). 

 Rhododendron indicum S. obtusum Maximowicz in M&m. Acad. Sci. St. Piters- 



bourg, ser. 7, XVI. No. 9, 40 {Rhodod. As. Or.) (1870). — Franchet & Sava- 



tier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 292 (1875). — Matsumura, Ind. PI. Jap. II. pt. 2, 



461 (1912). — Bean, Trees and Shrubs Brit. Isles, II. 362 (1914). — Millais, 



Rhodod. 193 (1917). 

 Azalea indica var. obtusa Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. I. 122 (1900). 

 Rhododendron indicum Kirishima Millais, Rhodod. 193 (1917). 

 Rhododendron obtusum f . a. Honkirishima Komatsu in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXXII. 



[39] (1918). 



Japan: Kyushu, prov. Osumi, Kirishima-jinza in a garden, said to 

 have come from Nishi-Kirishima, May 5, 1918, E. H. Wilson (No. 10,328) ; 

 prov. Hizen, Nagasaki, G. H. Langsdorff (Herb. Kew); same locality, 

 cultivated, 1863, C. Maximowicz (Herb. Kew, Herb. Gray); probably 

 same locality, von Siebold (Herb. Kew, Herb. Gray) ; Hondo, prov. Kii, 

 May 3, 1886, H. Mayr; prov. Musashi, Tokyo, cultivated, May 11, 

 1883 (Herb. Kew); same locality, May 12, 1904, K. Sakurai; cultivated, 

 Imperial Botanic Garden, Tokyo, March 29, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 

 6338); Yokohama, cultivated, Yokohama Nursery Company's grounds, 

 April 30, 1918, E. H. Wilson; Tokyo, Hilgendorf, ex Mus. Bot. Berol. 

 (Herb. Bur. Sci. Manila); prov. Rikuzen, Sendai, cultivated, May 26, 

 1888, U. Faurie (No. 2296, Herb. Kew) ; prov. Ugo, Akita, cultivated, 

 May 20, 1888, U. Faurie (No. 2132, Herb. Kew); Japan, without 

 locality, L. Savatier (Herb. Kew); without locality or collector's name, 

 ex Herb. Lugd.-Bat. (Herb. Kew, Herb. Gray as R. Sieboldii var. minor 

 Miquel). 



