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Rhododendron .] 
bracts ciliate on edge. Flowers bright yellow, -35 to -4 in. long. 
Corolla narrow, campanulate, lobes broad, slightly spreading. Cap¬ 
sule -3 in. long not twisted. Hah. Perak at 7000 ft. altitude (Wray). 
I have seen no specimen. 
(5) R. orion Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 39. 
Small shrub. Leaves coriaceous in whorls of 6 or 7, obovate 
refuse, base narrowed; nerves 4 pairs indistinct; 1-5 to 1*75 in. 
long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Umbels of 6 or more 
flowers on a short peduncle covered with lanceolate acute bracts; 
pedicels slender, 1 in. long. Corolla funnel-shaped, scaly, lobes 
oblong-ovate, 1 in. long and nearly as wide, pale yellow tinged 
apricot. Stamens exsert, glabrous. Ovary scurfy; style glabrous. 
Capsule fusiform not twisted, *5 in. long, scaly. Hab. Mountains 
in shady gullies at 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Menuang 
Gasing (Kloss). 
var. aurantiacum Ridl. Leaves short blunt, acuminate; nerves 
quite invisible. Pistil silky-pubescent all over. Flowers orange. 
Hab. Selangor, Klang Gates, Quartzite ridge 1500 ft. altitude 
(F. T. Brooks). 
(6) R. Wrayi King and Gamble, lx. 75. 
Terrestrial bush 4 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves very coriaceous, elliptic 
sub-acute, base round, underside glaucous; nerves 6 to 12 pairs; 
3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. across; petioles *25 to -5 in. long. Umbels 
8- to 12-flowered; pedicels ’5 in. long, pubescent. Bracts coria¬ 
ceous, sub-orbicular, 5 in. long, inner ones pubescent. Corolla 
wide campanulate, 1*25 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, lobes broad, ovate, 
white, tinged and spotted red in throat. Ovary tomentose. 
Capsule *5 in. long, -25 in. wide, tomentose. Hab. Mountains at 
4000 to 6000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Semangkok Mountain (Ridley). 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). 
var. elliptica Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 42. Large shrub 
or small tree 15 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic coriaceous longer and 
narrower, pale beneath. Flowers pure white, Selangor, Ulu 
Semangkok (Burn-Murdoch). Pahang, Telom and Gunong Tahan 
(Ridley). 
(7) R. coruscum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 37. 
A small lanky tree 25 ft. tall. Leaves stiff coriaceous oblanceo- 
late or oblong, blunt or shortly acute, base blunt narrowed, minutely 
reticulate; nerves 12 pairs; 6 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide; 
petioles 1*5 in. long. Umbel of 10 to 12 flowers ; pedicels 1*5 in. 
long, pubescent. Bracts coriaceous, basal ones lanceolate, upper 
obovate round silvery silky hairy. Calyx hairy. Corolla campanu¬ 
late, 175 in. long, nearly 2 in. across, white, tube speckled dark 
purple. Stamens hairy at base. Pistil red-tomentose. Capsule 
broad 75 in. long. Hab. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah 
(Robinson). A very fine species near R. Wrayi. 
