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HERB. HORT. EDINB. MQQ0589 f The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Flora of China Ericaceae Rhododendron orbiculare Decne. China: Sichuan, Jiulong County, Tributary valley SW of Jiulong - Wuxuhai road 28° 58’ 32.5" N 101° 24’ 28.4" E (WGS84) Waypoint No.87 Alt.: 4000m Vegetation: /ris, Abies, Rhododendron Habitat: Abies, forest on steep slope on roadside Description: Shrub to 2m, leaves ovate, seed capsules sticky Associated material collected: Seed Kunming & Edinburgh Expedition 17 SEP 2010 to Sichuan No. 352 copyright reserved & ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH ’ | | E00428608

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HERB. HORT. EDINB. oD 00 wn eg 2 g =~ ROYAL BOTA copyright reserved Sino-Scottish Expedition to Sichuan, China - May/June 1989 Rhododendron orbiculare Decaisne ssp. orbiculare China, Sichuan, Wolong, Wuyi Peng. Clitt[top knoll; 2600 m." Shrub, to 5 m- flowers in open trusses, rose with deep rose lines. 1989/05/27 i CCH 4016 1485:Ericaceae:092:004 | ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH Collected by D. Chamberlain, P. Cox & | WINN . HubGhieon E01428484

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<2. Tatigfblat tuo Let. fark. ener ure: eu intuin Boblan Rhododendron eardiobasis Sleumer sp. nov. e serie Fortunei Ms. ef (1935) HOP LL - subserie orbiculare, Rh. orbiculari Decne proximum, a quo foliis maioribus subovato-orbicularibus basi haud auriculatis, rhachi pedicellisque glaberrimis, stylo denique per totam longitudinem imprimis apicem versus + dense glandulis substipitatis recedit. Arbor parva cire. 3m alta vel paullo altior, trunco 10—12 cm diam., ramis robustis glabris laxe foliatis; folia magna elliptico-vel suborbiculari-ovata, manifeste petiolata (petiolo glabro valde crasso et rigido circ. 3—4,5 cm longo et + 3mm diam.), apice sub- rotundata haud vel vix mucronulato-emarginata, basi manifeste vel interdum parum tantum cordata (haud imbricato-auriculata, inter- dum fere subrotundata), rigide subcoriacea, glabra, supra in statu sicco olivaceo-castanea, subtus pallidiora diluteque brunnea, 8—12 em longa, 5,5—9 cm lata, plerumque in tertio inferiore latissima, subtus laxe minimeque punctulata, costa supra plana subtus valde elevata atque versus laminae basin parum dilatata, apicem versus autem angustissima, nervis utroque latere 7—8 (9) utrinque parum visibilibus, venis + obscuris; inflorescentia terminalis corymbosa laxe 6—7-flora ; rhachis crassa glaberrima 2—3 (5) cm longa; pedicelli valde incrassati subrigidi glaberrimi, sub anthesi 3—4 cm longi; calyx parvus sub- earnosus breviter 5-lobatus, lobis ipsis late deltoideis subobtusis circ. 2mm longis, margine tantum laxissime glandulis substipitatis praeditis ceterum sicut calycis basis glabris; corolla late infundi- buliformi-campanulata, extus intusque glabra et elepidota, 7-loba, circ. 5,5 em longa, tubo 3,5°em longo, lobis apice rotundatis, patulis, + 2cm longis usque ad 1,8 cm latissimis; stamina 14 inaequalia, 1,7—2,7 cm longa, filamentis glabris infima basi parum dilatatis, antheris oblongis -+ 2,5 mm longis; ovarium conicum dense glandulis subsessilibus in statu sicco flavidis obtectum; stylus circ. 4 cm longus corolla haud exsertus, ubique imprimis apicem versus -+ dense glandulis substipitatis ornatus; stigma capitato-discoideum magnum. Siid-China: Prov. Kwangsi, Yao Shan, Ku chen, fl. 11. Mai 1929 (S.S. Sin n. 8979, Typus in Herb. Berlin und Sun Yat Sen-Uni- versity-Kanton). : Ex Museo botanico Berolinensi. Sige Ame candrobare, Jou rtle Qu. a ae ithe 670) 4 hoy Sur B9FG | Aa. 2G 10 A. w Urore , epee are te ved copyright reserved ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN COG Bes, en ee Ee Py ae Tete eee ee ae

rr ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN \ win E01428490 HERB. HORT. EDINB. Chengdu Edinburgh Expedition 1991 Rhododendron orbiculare Decaisne ssp. orbiculare China, W Sichuan, Tianchuan Xian, side of Erlang Shan, above Xinggou Recently vegetated landslip, 2650m Shrub; 0-5-1. Om. 18 Sept. 1991 ChEy230 ACC. NUM: 91998326 D.Chamberlain, D.Knott, Pu Fating & Wang Pingli xo] o Pa Po co) no 2 ad co — = 4) fo} ° iS) MQ@Q0589