10628, lephospermum flagescens Sm, Surly and 
Crookedly branche trees in moses covered Yeods a} 7250 
feet of mount Colelen, soetly on ridges end in exposed 
piltses; stems euberest, 25 feet high; branches very 
rigid, making ® f1at topped cre’n; brenchiete erect, 
numerous Gnd forming dense bushes; leSves erect, coria. 
Seous, fist, simileriy green on both sides; ealyx tipe 
in the bud state bright red, the base of the o@lyx green; 
petals rottely spreading deciduous; ovary green; ¢& 
filamente Whitish, anthers brorn; fruite flattened; 
bark dull gray, deeply checked 4nd sc’ling in longitud~ 
inSl plates; Wood herd, heavy, reddich, oderiess 8nd 
tasteless; "Finikeran,”  Yoedays, way, 1909, : 
ae 40629, Rapane® Spoensis Glm, nm, ep, Slender 
tee 16 feet high With & to 5 inches thiek atem, in — 
moss covered forested or Weoded ridge ®t 7600 feet of 
mount Coleln; Wood hard, the sapYocd Whitish gradually 
turning reddish towards the center, odorless snd taste- 
lees; b8rk smooth, brown, dotted With large yellgiah 
wrown tubercles; limbs epreading, numerous; letves 
coriaceous, dorker green sbove, recurved; berries. 
globese, P%le blue: flere minute reddish; "uargitok, a 
Wood hard reddish, Todaya, way, 1909, 
10630, Rhododendron Spolnum Stein, in weode 
ne@r the cummit of kt, Caolelan, sad Sesumed & scandent 
habit, Todays, Kay, 1909, 
10630, Khodedendren Sposnws Stein, Spiphytes 
in sioss covered Weode of 4 ary ridge at 7800 of sount 
Colelan; stems several from the game root, spreading, 
helf drooping, emooth, bron; leaves ascending, fiat, 
subehartaceeus, very dark dull green on the upper side, 
urovn lepidate bene@th; pedicels bran Lepidate, agcend- 
_ ingly apresding; eorell® similarly spreading, 3/4 inch 
ieng, shiny bright red; stasene and pietile reddish; 
“w@l®gostebuas,* Yodaya, May, 1909, — 
20632, Rhododendron speetabile merr, An epiphyte 
in moss @mx covered dry Woode on & ridge 4+ 4500 feet. 
of mount Colelen; etems fer, spresding, eubdefiexed, 
the tips suberect and green; igs rather Guwly, tahy 
Grey; letves thickly coriaceous, dull dark green on 
the upper eide, gradueily Fecurved, much lighter green 
®nd punctate benesth; florers odorless, 3-5 clustered; 
pedicela thick, terete, %se ending, Peddigh; corellse 
hetvy °nd som@?het fleshy, 2 to 3 inches ieng, red, 
the rotate lobes Se Widely spreading ae the flower is 
long; stamens and pietils pale red; ovary @xa® gi®brous, 
Yeddish brovn; Snthers creamy yellow; flo¥ers divaricate 
and very shovyi “Malages," Todays, May, 1909, 


