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palit seamen BET eee Ss PeAjeses }UBIUAdOOS Rhododendron nebrites, Balf. f. et Forrest. Netee (24. Hi, x11 (1720) 53 Frutex ad 1 m. altus. Rami tenues eglandulosi vestigiis indumenti floccosi albidis plus minusve notati. Perulae per annum unum persistentes. Folia petiolata ad 6 cm. longa; lamina elongato-obovalis deorsum subattenuata, apice rotundata vel late obtusa nunc retusa mucronata, margine exigue recurva, basi obtusa ; supra perviridis glabra laevis costa media angusta sulcata venisque primariis utrinsecus circ. 8 vix conspicuis ; subtus subcervina (costa media et venis primariis elevatis flavido-griseis) indumento bistrato e pilis crasse stipitatis longe ramosis intricatim intertextis et pilis rosulatis brevi-ramosis constructo superficiem opacam sublanatam subalveolarem fingente vestita ; petiolus brevis ad 5 mm. longus nunc subnullus ut rami vestitus. Umbella ad 6-flora; pedicelli ad 3 cm. longi sebacei-floccosi eglandulosi. Calyx parvus circ. 1.5 mm. longus carnosulus ; cupula undulatim 5-loba ; lobi semilunati vel late ovati margine floccoso-ciliati dorso puberuli. Corolla campanu- lata pallide citrina ad 3.5 cm. longa 5-loba; lobi rotundati emarginati. Stamina 10 inaequalia longiora stylum aequantia ; filamenta sparsim glanduloso-puberula. Discus glaber. Gynae- ceum corolla paullo brevius; ovarium pilis longis fasciatis glutinosis vestitum eglandulosum ; stylus glaber. Species Seriei Sanguinei. S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. Salween—Kiu-chiang divide. Forrest. 19,153. July 1919. Points - Indumentum is exactly that of RH. CHLANIDOTUM only have not mycelicid - but here there is no tomentum or stem like that in Rh. chlanidotum and then the pedicels have no glands here whilst in Rh. chlanidotum we have setulose glands. M4... ache - y fe ISOTYPE Mater ag baud fotihi. ce. ie SS (1426) = ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN uN E00001435 Mi
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