220 lxxxi. ERICACEAE. [Rhododendron. 
hardly visible; i in. long, *5 in. wide; petioles *05 to ’i in. long. 
Flowers solitary, terminal; pedicels ‘4 in. long, pubescent. Bracts 
ovate, blunt, glabrous. Calyx pubescent. Corolla cylindric, 
campanulate, very broad, ‘6 in. long, nearly as wide, deep red, 
white-hairy inside and out. Stamens and ovary silky, not exsert. 
Hab. Mountains at 4800 to 5000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Gunong 
Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). 
This latter plant differs slightly in having flowers in pairs, glabrous and 
slightly smaller. 
(17) R. elegans Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 3, p. 4. 
Slender epiphyte. Leaves opposite or whorled, coriaceous, 
elliptic-lanceolate blunt, base cuneate; nerves invisible; 75 to 
1 in. long, *5 in. wide; petioles ’i in. long. Flowers solitary, 
terminal, *5 in. long, '4 in. across, bright red; pedicels as long, 
pubescent. Bracts numerous, acuminate. Corolla pubescent, 
cylindric *3 in. long, lobes short, round. Stamens 8; filaments 
pubescent. Ovary hairy. Capsule - 25 in. long, valves lanceolate 
acute, 'i in. wide. Hab . Mountains 5000 ft. altitude. Local. 
Pahang, on trees in dense woods, Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
(18) R. spathulatum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 6i, p. 25. 
Slender shrub. Leaves coriaceous, 4 to 8 in a whorl, obovate 
to spathulate, tip round, base cuneate, nerves invisible, closely 
gland-dotted, *5 in. long, -25 in. wide, petioles *12 in. long. 
