TABÜLA CCCXXIII. 



Rhododendron Nieuwenhuisii J. J. S. n. sp. 



Ericaceae. 



Fig. 1. Ramulus i. — Fig. 2. Folium \. — Fig. 3. Lepides 3 T °. — Fig. 4. Flos — 

 Fig. 5. Stamen y. — Fig. 6. Pistillum \. — Fig. 7. Stigma f.. — 



Frutex stella/to-lepidotus. Folia subverticillata, minuscula, 

 lanceolata, acuminata, utrinque lepidota, nervis lateralibus c. 

 7 — 11 utrinque, subtus bullata; petiolus lepidoto-tomentosus. 

 Inflorescentiae 1 — 2-florae. Flores mediocres, pedicello cum 

 calyce et tubo corollae stellato-lepidoto. Corolla ultra medium 

 5-partita, inferne subcylindrico-tubulosa, laciniis obovatis. Fila- 

 mentorum pars media villosa; antherae lineari-oblongae. Ovarium 

 villosulum; stylus glaber. 



Frutex ramulis tenuibus, teretibus dense in sicco obscure 

 rufo-stellato-tomentosis, innovationibus ad basin squamas con- 

 fertas subulatas stellato-lepidotas ad c. 0.7 cm. longas gerentibus. 

 Folia quasi in verticillos c. 4 — 6-meris disposita, petiolata, 

 lanceolata, sensim longe vel longiuscule acuminata, anguste 

 obtusa, basi acutiuscula, integerrima, margine in sicco recurva, 

 supra subtusque stellato-lepidota, supra demum plus minusve 

 glabrescentia, lepidibus c. 0.03 cm. diam., in utraque parte costae 

 mediae supra altius sulcatae subtus valde prominentis nervis 

 lateralibus c. 7 — 11 subpatentissimis intra marginem anastomo- 

 santibus tenuissimis supra plus minusve prominentibus subtus 

 impressis, intra nervos deorsum plus minusve bullata, tenuius- 

 cule coriacea, c. 2,5— 5. 5 cm. longa, 0.65 — 1.75 cm. lata ; petiolus 

 supra sulcatus, lepidibus stellaribus obscure rufis dense tomen- 

 tosus, c. 0.3— 0.55 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae terminales, sessiles, 

 1 — 2-florae. Gemmae floriferae ovoideae, ramentis imbricatis, 



