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59000 to 59268 — Continued. 



59214. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11303 (fruit), 9494 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A very small shrub 1 foot high found in 

 rocky regions of Mount Kintze, at about 13,000 

 feet altitude. The minute elliptical leaves are 

 brown tomentose beneath, and the small 

 flowers are pale blue. 



59215. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11304 (fruit), 9492 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A very small plant 6 to 8 inches high 

 found in the rocky alpine regions of Mount 

 Kintze, at about 13,000 feet altitude. The 

 minute elliptical leaves are brown beneath, and 

 the flowers vary from purplish pink to red. 



59216. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11305 (fruit), 9482 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A plant a few inches high found on the 

 alpine slopes of Mount Kintze, at about 13,000 

 feet altitude. The small oval, acute leaves are 

 glabrous beneath, and the crimson flowers are 

 on long erect peduncles. 



59217. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11306 (fruit), 9490 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A scaly prostrate shrub growing on the 

 summit of Mount Kintze, at 13,000 feet altitude. 

 The spatulate leaves are densely covered with 

 cottony brown tomentum, and the flowers are 

 white. 



59218. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11307. October, 1923. A shrub 8 feet 

 high found near the summit of Mount Kintze, 

 at 13,000 feet altitude. The elliptical leaves are 

 densely woolly beneath, and the flowers are 

 white. 



59219. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11308. October, 1923. A shrub 5 feet 

 high found at 12,000 feet altitude on Mount 

 Kintze. The leaves are elliptical, oblong, 

 glabrous, and the flowers are yellow. 



59220. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11310 (fruit), 8455 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A small plant 1 foot high found on the 

 mountains in Luruako Labako, at 12,000 feet 

 altitude. The oblong-acute leaves are ellip- 

 tical and pale green on both sides; the flowers 

 are pale pink. 



59221. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11311 (fruit), 8461 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A shrub 5 to 6 feet high found on the 

 mountains of Luruako at 12,000 feet altitude. 

 The linear needle-shaped leaves have revolute 

 margins and are densely rufous beneath; the 

 white flowers grow in dense umbels. 



59222. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11312 (fruit), 8465 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A low shrub 3 to 4 feet high found on the 

 rocky slopes of the mountains of Luruako, at 

 12,000 feet altitude. The long linear-lanceolate 

 leaves are a glossy dark green above and red 

 rufous woolly beneath; the flowers are white. 



59223. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11313 (fruit), 8462 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A small shrub 4 feet high found in the 

 high mountains of Luruako at 12,000 feet alti- 

 tude. The leaves are oval, acute, subcordate, 

 and pale yellow to brown tomentose beneath. 

 The flowers are pink. 



59224. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11314 (fruit), 8464 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A shrub 4 to 5 feet high found in the high 



59000 to 59268— Continued. 



mountains of Luruako, at 13,000 feet altitude. 

 The oblong-acute leaves are dark green and 

 reticulate above and from pale yellow to brown 

 tomentose beneath. The flowers are pink. 



59225. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11315. October, 1923. A plant 2 feet 

 high found in swampy situations or on slopes 

 along streams on the mountains of Luruako at 

 10,000 feet altitude. The small, linear-elliptical 

 leaves are pale brown dotted beneath, and the 

 flowers are blue. 



59226. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11316 (fruit), 9168 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A shrub 5 feet high found at the foot of 

 the mountains of Litiping. It is a beautiful 

 species with pale-green elliptical leaves and 

 very fragrant large yellow flowers. 



59227. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11321 (fruit), 9070 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A shrub 7 to 8 feet high found in alpine 

 meadows on the slopes of the Litiping Moun- 

 tains at 12,000 feet altitude. The oval-acute 

 leaves are subcordate at the base and pale 

 green glabrous beneath; the yellow flowers have 

 a pinkish tinge. 



59228. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11322. October, 1923. A shrub 6 to 8 

 feet high found in the mountains of Yetche at 

 12,000 feet altitude. The leaves are oblong, 

 acute at both ends, and covered with soft brown 

 tomentum beneath. Flowers unknown. 



59229. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11325. November, 1923. A shrub 5 to 

 6 feet high found in the Peima Mountains at 

 14,000 feet altitude. The broadly oval leaves 

 are coriaceous With deciduous tomentum. 



59230. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11335. November, 1923. A shrub 6 feet 

 high found on the Moting Mountains at about 

 14,000 feet altitude. The leaves are oval, ob- 

 long, acute, subcordate, and brown tomentose 

 beneath. Flowers not seen. 



59231. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11341. November, 1923. A shrub 5 to 6 

 feet high found on the high alpine slopes of the 

 Peima Mountains between 14,000 and 15,000 

 feet altitude. The acute, obovate-oblong leaves 

 are covered beneath with a faintly appressed 

 brown silky tomentum. Flowers not seen. 



59232. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11342. November, 1923. A shrub from 

 5 to 8 feet high, found on the alpine slopes of 

 the Moting Mountains between 14,000 and 

 15,000 feet altitude. The oblong-acute leaves 

 are covered with rufous-brown tomentum 

 beneath. 



59233. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11344. November, 1923. A shrub 6 to 

 8 feet high found on the alpine slopes of the 

 Moting Mountains at from 14,000 to 15,000 feet 

 altitude. The leaves are elliptical, oblong, 

 acute, and rich brown tomentose beneath. 



59234. Rhododendron sino-grande Balf. f. 

 and Smith. 



No. 11348. A tree from 20 to 25 feet high, 

 with spreading branches, found below Shund- 

 sungla, Mekong-Salwin Divide, at 11,500 feet 

 altitude. The very large oblong leaves are 

 broadest at the tip and are 2 feet long, dark 

 green above, and silvery beneath. The large 

 flowers are cream colored. 



