Herbarium catalogue

HERB. HORT. EDINB. MQ0e0589 Re eee. az ) pe y van henuctab um /V hey . Det. D. F. Chamberlain ~ S Py rel BO Cultivated Plants Ericaceae (93.01) Rhododendron floribundum Franch. xo. co = i co) n 2 a now (o) os ) a ° oO Cult. info.: Ace. num.: 19911779*a. Flowers pale pink, with a purple basal blotch; leaf indumentum pale brownish-buff. Collected a Apr 2000. Garden location: PDO. Source/donor: Howick Trustees Wild info.: China: Sichuan, Sw: Xichang City: N side of Mt. Luoji, 30 km § of Xicang {Xichang]. On medium soil over limestone on a very steep SE-facing mountainside of dense broadleaf trees and shrubs in a deep valley decending the N side of Mt. Luoji. 2860 m. An evergreen shrub to 8 m with brown/grey bark covered in moss, elliptic leaf to Das cm x 4.3 cm (larger ones seen on other plants nearby), mid-green above and fawn or sometimes pale grey below, leathery, pronounced raised venation, small conical bud, green seed capsules to 3 cm the only ones in the area, all others having openeq ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN ogg I Howick, C. & Mctlanara, a. No. 1497 P3990