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J. J. SMITH. ERICACEAE. 
Rhododendron Franssenianum J. J. S. in Mededeel. Herb. Leid. n. 25 (1915), 5. 
Tab. CCII. 
Frutex ramosus, innovationibus c. 3.25 — 14 cm. longis, inferne folia rudimentaria c. 2 — 3 
subulata dense lepidota ramentis similia caduca c. 0.3 — 0.8 cm. longa gerentibus, ramulis 
tenuibus, teretibus, lepidibus adpressis peltatis ambitu suborbicularibus angulatis plus minusve 
irregulariter dentatis vel lobulatis c. 0.025 — 0.05 cm. diam. dense vestitis. Folia c. 3 — 5 in 
pseudoverticillos disposita, valde inaequimagna, brevissime petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, sensim 
longe acute acuminata, basi rotundata, margine in sicco recurva, novella utrinque initio dense 
deinde sparse lepidota, supra glabrescentia, subtus impresse punctata, in utraque parte costae 
mediae supra sulcatae subtus obtuse prominentis nervis lateralibus c. 4 — 9 patentibus vel sub- 
patentissimis satis irregularibus curvatis intra marginem anastomosantibus, reticulato-venosa, 
nervis venisque sicco supra subtusque prominentibus, coriacea, c. 1.4 — 7.7 cm. longa, 0.425 — 
2.5 cm. lata; petiolus supra sulcatus, dense lepidotus, c. 0.05 — 0.35 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae 
terminales, c. 2-florae. Flores médiocres, pedicello tenui, tereti, villosulo, c. 1.6 — 2.5 cm. longo. 
Calyx discoideus, oblique subangulato-orbicularis, villosulus, c. 0.35 cm. diam. CoroUa oblique 
hypocrateriformis, alte 5-loba, explanata c. 4.5 cm. longa et limbo aequilata, tubo cylindrico, 
curvulo, basi obtuso, utrinque villosulo, inferne c. 0.7 cm. diam., explanato c. 1.8 — 2.9 cm. 
longo, basi 1.85 cm., apice 2.3 cm. lato, lobis obovatis, late rotundato-bilobulis, intus glabris, 
extus margine angusto glabro excepto villosulis, c. 1.6 — 1.7 cm. longis, 1.2 — -1.3 cm. latis. 
Stamina 10, c. 3.1 — 3.6 cm. longa; filamentum lineare, inferne longitudine c. 0.8 — i cm. 
patentissime puberulum, c. 2.95 — 3.45 cm. longum; anthera incurvula, ovalis, basi obtusissima 
retusaque, apice oblique introrsum truncata retusaque, c. 0.25 — 0.27 cm. longa, thecis antice 
sulco separatis, poro oblique suborbiculari introrso hiantibus. Ovarium conicum, villosum, 
c. 0.7 cm. longum, 0.3 cm. diam.; stylus teres, villosulus, apice obconico-incrassatus, cum stig- 
mate manicato deinde alte 5-lobo c. 1.35 cm. deinde ad 2.5 cm. longus. Discus annularis, 
lo-dentatus, partim puberulus, c. 0.3 cm. diam. 
Niederl.-Neu-Guinea: Schlucht zwischen dem Wichmann- und dem Hubrecht-Gebirge in 2800 — 
3000 m. û. d. M., epiphytisch? (A. Pulle n. 2424, leg. G. M. Versteeg, bl. im Februar 1913). 
In der Blattform erinnert dièse Art an Rh. Wentianinn Kds. und Rh. sacailatnm J. J. S., 
ist in den Blùtenmerkmalen aber sehr verschieden. 
Die Bluten sind nach Versteeg rot. 
Beschreibung nach Herbar. 
Rhododendron Wentianum Kds.! in Nova Guinea VIII (1909), 188. 
Tab. CCIII. 
Ramuli teretes, initio lepidibus adpressis peltatis ambitu plus minusve orbicularibus 
angulatis irregulariter dentatis c. 0.017 — 0.025 cm. diam. densius vestiti ; innovationes c. 8.5 — 21 cm. 
longae. Folia c. 3 — 4 in pseudoverticillos disposita, valde approximata, brevissime petiolata, 
ovata, sensim longe angustata et acuminata vel caudata, apice angustissime obtusa, basi late 
rotundata vel subcordata, subtus sparse lepidota, supra glabrescentia, in utraque parte costae 
mediae in sicco supra tenuiter sulcatae subtus obtuse prominentis nervis lateralibus c. 9 — 11 
patentibus vel subpatentissimis superioribus reversis tenuibus longe intra marginem arcuato- 
