Herbarium catalogue

HERB. HORT. EDINB. MQ00589 Cultivated Plants Ericaceae (93.01) Rhododendron aff. Pachytrichum Franch. Cult. info.: Acc. num.: 19911757*A. Stems and petioles glandul;ar setulose; ovaries glandular and hairy. Collected 22 Mar 2000. Verified by David F. Chamberlain as Rhododendron aff. Pachytrichum Franch. on 23 Mar 2000 (verif. level 3). Garden location: E11. Source/donor: Howick Trustees 5 o ral ® r ? Ca r= 2 5, roy ° 3) " Wild info.: China: Sichuan, Sw: Xichang City: Near W bank of Shiniton River on the bottom of a SE/Nw valley on the nN side of Mt. Luoji, 30 km S of Xicang [xt chang |) uns pure stand of primary Abies forrestii forest with Rododendron underneath, very wet with much lichen. 3570 m. A leaning evergreen shrub to 10 m, covered with lichen, oval leaf to 13 cm x 4 cm, midgreen above and paler below, without indumentum, densely pubescent midrib on vein below, pubescent buds and first year shoots with hairs to 4 mm, large oval green seed pods. Sep 1999 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN | | WN II Howick, C. & McNamara, A. No 1448 E