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axillaiT, 3 to (i in eacli axil, tlie pedicels pul)escciit, about 4 mm. long, 
2-l)racteolate at the a]>ex, the Ijracteoles 1 mm. long, broader than long, 
ciliate. Cal}'x teeth broad, ovate, obtuse, about 1 mm. long, ciliate. 
Corolla white, about 5 mm. long, 3.5 niiu. in diameter, the lobes broadly 
ovate, acute, reflexed, nearly 2 mm. long. Stamens 10 ; filaments 2 mm. 
long, not dilated l)elow, glaljrons; anthers al)ont 1.2 mm. long, not 
liorned. Ovary superior, glabrous, globose, 5-celled, cells many ovuled ; 
style al)out 2.2 luin. long. 
Luzon, District of Lepaiito, Mount Data (4507 Merrill) November 4, 1005. 
I’seudo-epipliytic on mossy tree trunks in ravines, mossy forest at about 2,250 ni. 
Tlie first sjjecies of the genus to be reported from the Philippines, unless 
(Umltlisria (Diplycosia) luzonica A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5 (1802) 324, proves 
to he a true Diplycosia. Gray’s description is so shoit that I have been unable 
to locate his species, the type being from the collections made hy members of 
the Wilke’s U. S. Exploring Expedition from “Luzon, in the Majaijai Mountains” 
(Mount Banajao). Dr. B. L. Robinson informs me that the type is not in the 
Gray Herbarium. A second, apparently closely related but glabrous species, is 
represented by No. 5932 Elmer, Province of Benguet, Luzon, the specimens with 
fruit onlj'. 
RHODODENDRON Linn. 
Rhododendron nortoniae IMerrill sp. nov. 
An epiphytic slirnt) with lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 
acuminate leaves which are densely brown lepidote lieneath, and terminal 
nml)ellate-like fascicles of tubular crimson flowers al.)ont 4.5 cm. long. 
Branches terete, brown, the Ijranchlets densely covered with round, dark- 
brown scales. Leaves !) to 15 cm. long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. wide, narrowed 
below to the acute base and above to the rather long slender a])ex, entire, 
tire margins slightly recurved, glabrous and shining above, densely 
covered with small round dark-brown scales beneath ; lateral nerves 5 to 
(5 on each side of the midrib, distant, indistinct; petioles densely lepidote, 
stout, 1 cm. long or less. Umbels terminal, about 12 flowered, the 
bud bracts coriaceous, glabrous except the slightly ]jubescent margins, 
ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, 1 to 1.7 cm. long. Pedicels 1.3 cm. long, 
glalrrous, the Irracts oblong to spatulate, the bracteoles filiform, caducous. 
Calyx a disk alrout 3 mm. in diameter, olrscurely 3-toothed, the teetli 
rounded, small. Corolla 4.5 cm. long, scarlet, the tube cylindrical, about 
3.5 cm. long, scarcely inflated" or enlarged al)ove, slightly cuirved, G to 7 
mm. in diameter, the limb 5-lol)ed, the lobes broadly ovate to oljovate, 
rounded, 1 cm. long. Stamens 10; anthers oblong, 3.5 mm. long. Ovai'y 
nai-rowly ol)long, the style elongated filiform, densely l)rown lepidote. 
Mindanao, Lake Lauao, Camp Kcithley (500 Mrs. Clemens) April, 190(1. 
Altitude about 800 m. Ejupliytic on a large tree, associated with an epiphytic 
Vacominm . 
At the collector’s request this distinct species is named in honor of Miss Norton, 
of the Pacific Grove (Calif.) Museum, the collector’s interest in botanical work 
having been largely inspired by her. 
