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angustissime sulcatis subtus prominentibus, venis utraque pagine vix 

 conspicuis, supra sub microscopio minute reticulata, areolis intra reticulum 

 elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis tenuissimis supra tenuiter impressis rectis 

 subtus tenuissime elevatis, petiolis 1| cm. longis supra sulcatis tomentosis. 

 Gemma foKorum ovoideo-cylindrica 3 cm. longa 7 mm. lata, perulis inferioribus 

 cuspidiformibus, superioribus elongatis acutis. Flores ad apicem ramorum 10- 

 20-fasciculati (sed in sensu stricto in racemis brevissimis, rhachidibus 1-2 cm. 

 longis multo brevioribus quam pedicellis) perulis multis involuclati, perulis 

 extimis minutis late triangularibus longe cuspidatis 3 mm. latis, mediocribus 

 majoribus rotundatis 2 cm. longis apice obtusis valde concavis, intimis (vel 

 bracteis) spathulatis 3 cm. longis sursum 1 cm. latis deorsum angustatis 

 attenuatis basi 2 mm. latis sursum latissimis alabastram florum amplectantibus 

 apice emarginatis ad centrum breve cuspidatis extus dense intus laxe sericeo- 

 Mrsutis, bracteolis filiformi-linearibus 1 cm. longis pubescentibus, pediceUis 2|- 

 cm. longis glanduloso-pubescentibus. Calyx brevissimus late 5-dentato-lobatus, 

 lobis late triangularibus acutis margine glanduloso-ciliolatis (ciliolis brevissimis 

 obtusis) extus basin glanduloso-liirsutis. Corolla late campanulata 4 cm. longa 

 totiusque in diametro, tubo late campanulato 2 cm. longo latere dense maculato- 

 punctato, (parte superiore tubi punctata obovata H cm. longa 8 mm. lata), 

 Umbo 5-lobato, lobis tubum in longitudine sequantibus rotundatis apice it: 

 emarginatis utrinque glabris. Stamina 10, filamentis in longitudine insequalibus 

 basi dilatatis, partibus dilatatis 4 mm. longis Hrsutis cseterum glabris, antheris 

 ellipsoideis apice truncatis basi obtusis emarginatis non apiculatis. Ovarium 

 cyKndricum 5 mm. longum 2 mm. latum ipilis brevissimis glandulosis dense 

 obtectum,' stylo toto glabro 2 J cm. longo apice vix dilatato, stigmate terminali 

 brevissime 5-6-lobato. Capsula dense pilis brevissimis obtecta cylindrica 

 1^ cm. longa J cm. lata. 



Has. In montibus centralibus, leg. U. MoEi, 1911, Aprili. Fl. 



Near R. Morii Hayata ; but differs from it by the quite glabrous style, 

 and in its leaves which are densely tomentose beneath, and are so impres- 

 singly reticulated on the upper surface that intra-reticular areoles are elevated. 



Rhododendron {Eurliododendrm) rubropunctatum Hayata sp. nov. 



