134 EKIOACEiE. 



Near B. Morii Hayata, differs from it by the leaves Tvhich are densely 

 reddish lepidoted on the under side. 



Rhododendron indicum Sweet var. erioearpum Hayata n. v. Kami 

 pilis squamiformibus dense obtecti. Folia oblonga vel Qbovato-oblonga 2 J cm. 

 longa 1^ cm. lata membranaceo-ehartacea supra pilis adpressis parce obtecta sub- 

 tus piKs adpressis longiusculis obtecta, subtus ad costas et Tenas densiuscule 

 pilosa, pilis fulvis, petiolis 5 mm. longis dense pilosis. Flores 2-3-4 fasci- 

 culati terminales, pediceUis 1 cm. longis dense pilosis. Calycis lobi rotundato- 

 oblongi 1|- mm. longi 1^ mm. lati apice rotimdati margine longe ciliati, 

 (ciliis 2 mm. longis) extus pilosi. Corolla campanulata 3 J cm. lata 5-lobata, 

 lobis oblongis apice rotimdatis. Stamina 9-10 inaequalia, filamentis deorsum 

 hirsutis, antheris oblongo-ellipticis 2 J mm. longis 1 mm. latis apice lobatis 

 tnmcatis 2-porosis basi obtusis. Ovariiim eylindrico-conicum 3J- mm. longum, 

 piKs 2 mm. longis dense obtectiun, stylo gLabro 3 mm. longo apice ± dilatato, 

 stigmate terminali brevissime 5-lobato. 



Hab. Liukiu : Nakanoshima, (No. 96), Aug. 1910. 



Differs from the type by the obovate or shortly oblong leaves. 



Rhododendron indicum Sweet var. formosanum Hayata n. v. 

 Kami pilis squamiformibus dense obtecti. Folia oblonga ovata rotvmdato- 

 ovata chartacea 2J cm. longa 2 cm. lata supra moUe tenuiter parce adpresse 

 hirsuta, subtus pilis longiusculis adpressis parce obtecte,, apice obtusa ad sum- 

 mum obtuse apiculata basi acuta, (venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere 

 costse 3-4 arcuato-flexuosis cum venis proximis superioribus areolara formanti- 

 bus), subtus ad costas dense pilosa. Flores 3-4 ad apicem ramulorum fasciculatim 

 quasi-terminales, pediceUis 1 cm. longis dense pilosis. Calyx 5-lobatus, lobis 

 elongatis oblongis obtusis 3 mm. longis 1| mm. latis margine longe ciliatis in- 

 tus glabris extus dense pilosis. Corolla late campanulata 3 cm. longa 5-lobata, 

 lobis oblongis apice rotundatis, tubo deorsum breve hirsute. Stamina 10, 

 inseqimlia, filamentis deorsum hirsutis, antheris oblongo-Knearibus 2 mm. longis 

 f mm. latis apice truncatis 2-porosis basi emarginatis. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, 

 stylo glabro 3 cm. longo apice leviter dilato, stigmate terminali. 



Hab. Kusukusu, leg. C. Owataei, Mart. 1898. 



