Herbarium catalogue

peniesal 1yBiuAdoo 4fia Zp Type Specimen EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW. ru | =. foul Gy Approbavit D. F. CHAMBERLAIN a 4x. fo! full Rhododendron Ririei, Hemsl. et E. H. Wils. 3 species distincta /G/0 fp UW. esquamosa, ramis elongatis viridibus, foliis sparsis supra viridibus opacis subtus pallidioribus et floribus racemosis.—W. B. H. Bush, about 6 m. high ; branches long, straight, with greyish- green bark when young. Leaves scattered, lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, very rarely broadest above the middle, excluding petiole 10-15 em. long, 3-5°5 cm. broad, shortly acuminate, base narrowed, cuneate, pale green glabrous above, grey below, midrib slightly immersed above, prominent below ; petioles 1:5-2 cm. long, glabrous. Buds ovoid, acute ; scales broadly-ovate, some ciliolate, lower acute, upper rounded. Flowers about ten in short corymbose . racemes, white, about 5 cm. across; pedicels spreading, very stout, 15-2 em. long, sparsely pubescent. Calyx oblique, annular, obscurely 5-toothed. Corolla widely campanulate, 5-lobed ; lobes erect-spreading, broad. Stamens included ; filaments filiform, glabrous? Pistil reaching to. corolla-mouth ; ovary about 1 cm. long, densely clothed with short grey felt; style very stout, cylindric, reddish. Capsule large, cylindric, about 3 em. long, 1 em. broad, with shallow channels, greyish, Szecuuan. Mount Omi, Wilson, 5139. ‘Our materigl consists of two sheets ; one with one old flower and very young fruit ; the other with ripe fruit. The very large fruits afford a marked distinction from other members of the group to which this belongs, and in consequence we do not hesitate to describe it. Named in compliment to the Rev. B. Ririe, of the China Inland Mission, Kiating, Western Szechuan, who rendered me considerable assistance during my second journey in China.—E. H. W. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN ng 0 E00010377