Rhododendron .] lxxxi. ericace^e. 221 
Flowers terminal with 2 or 3 ovate eiliate, coriaceous bracts; 
pedicels ’12 in. long. Corolla 75 in. long, tubular, lobes short 
glabrous, glandular -5 in. across, dark red. Stamens exsert. 
Capsule conic, glandular, *12 in. long. Hab. Mountains, Perak, 
Gunong Kerbau at 7000 ft. altitude (Haniff, Robinson). 
(19) R. dubium King and Gamble, l.c. 78. 
Shrub or small tree. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, sub¬ 
acute, narrowed to acute or round base; nerves 15 to 18 pairs; 
3-5 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles 75 to x in. long, stout. 
Umbels 3- to 8-flowered; pedicels 1*35 in. long, glabrous. Flowers 
unknown. Ovarv red-pubescent. Capsule *4 to 7 in. long, red- 
pubescent, not twisted. Hab. Perak at 3400 ft. altitude (Wray). 
X have not seen any specimen. 
5 . PERNETTYOPSIS, King and Gamble. 
Stiff epiphytes. Leaves coriaceous on hispid petioles, sub- 
crenulate. Flowers solitary or in pairs, or more numerous, axillary. 
Bracts 2 or 3 forming an involucre. Calyx larger than corolla, 
deeply 5-lobed, persistent. Corolla urceolate or ovoid, glabrous; 
teeth short, reflexed. Stamens 10; filaments attached to base 
of corolla; anthers with 2 long tubes. Ovary 5-celled, very globose, 
5-celled. Seeds minute. Species 3, Malay Peninsula. 
Leaves 2 in. long; peduncles '5 in. long, red-tomentose (1) P. malayana 
Leaves 1-5 in. long or less; peduncle -i in. long. 
Calyx tip and edges hairy, -3 in. long . . . (2) P. sub-glabra 
Calyx all hairy, -i in. long . . . . . (3) P. breviflora 
(1) P. malayana King and Gamble, l.c. 79. 
Bush 1 ft. tall. Branches bristly at tip. Leaves round to 
elliptic, base narrow, apiculate, edge crenulate with small appressed 
bristles, sub-terminal; nerves and midrib deep, depressed above, 
pitted with short bristles beneath, 1*25 to 2 in. long, 75 to 1-35 in. 
wide; petioles -2 in. long, bristly. Flowers -5 in. long. Peduncles 
•5 in. long. Bracts red, woolly. Calyx red, woolly outside 
(eventually sub-glabrous). Corolla glabrous ovoid. Fruit blue. 
Seeds red. Hab. Mountains Selangor, Mengkuang Lebah (Robin¬ 
son) ; Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 6000 ft. altitude (Robinson) ; 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). 
(2) P. sub-glabra King and Gamble, l.c. 80. 
A small, rigid epiphyte. Stems slender, glabrous except a few 
bristles near the tips. Leaves sub-rotund to elliptic-rotund, 
glabrous above, a few small hairs beneath, edges serrate eiliate; 
nerves 3 to 4 pairs, depressed above; *8 to 1*5 in. long, 75 to 1*25 in. 
wide; petioles *15 to *25 in. long, bristly. Bracts below flower 
2 or 3, broad, rusty-pubescent as is pedicel. Calyx rotate, lobes 5, 
long, lanceolate, tips rusty-pubescent. Corolla, stamens and pistil 
as in P. malayana. Hab. Mountains at 5000 ft. altitude. Perak 
(Scortechini and Kunstler). 
