Herbarium catalogue

7 lb 128 1(e) himertum comb. nov. . g Rh, himertum Balf. f. et Forrest in Notes R.B.G. Edin. xiii (1920), 48. Rh. nebrites Balf. f. et Forrest in Notes R.B.G. Edin. xiii (1920), 53- Rh. himertum Balf. f. et Forrest subspecies nebrites in The Species of Rhododendron (1930), 553. Rh. poltopeplum Balf. f. et Forrest in Notes R.B.G. Edin. xiii (1920), 56. Rh. himertum Balf. f. et Forrest subspecies poliopeplum in The Species of Rhododendron (1930), ——— : ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Ing 9 J copyright reserved ISOTYPE Cotype Mabe by bat. Mend, Cdn brea, Bh 1928) Rhododendron himertum, Balt. f. et Forrest. 4. ete M124. DL .xin(/420) 48 Frutex parvus. Rami nodulati vestigiis indumenti tenuis floccosi adpressis griseis notati. Perulae fugitivae. Folia petiolata ad 6 cm. longa; lamina coriacea anguste obovalis vel subovalis saepe curvata ad 5.5 cm. longa 2 cm. lata obtusa breviter apiculatim mucronata, margine paullo recurva, deorsum subattenuata, basi obtusa plerumque obliqua ;' supra olivacea, adulta glabra; subtus albida subtiliter roseo-suffusa (costa media elevata rubescente, venis primariis circ. 8-10 basim versus paullo elevatis et rubescentibus sursum occultis) indumento bistrato albido alveolato obtecta pilis rosulatis strati superi laxi longiramosis plus minusve detersilibus inferi breviramosis ; petiolus circ. 5 mm. longus ut rami vestitus. Umbella plerumque 4-flora; pedicelli ad 1.5 cm. longi dense floccoso-tomentosi eglandulosi. Calyx ad 4 cm. longus lanato-tomentosus: lobi semilunati virides circ. 2 cm. longi floccoso-ciliati. Corolla campanulata vix 3 cm. longa lutea 5-loba; lobi rotundati emarginati. Stamina 10 inaequalia corolla et gynaeceo multo breviora ; filamenta glabra. Discus glaber. Gynaeceum corolla paullo brevius ; ovarium dense floccoso-tomentosum eglandu- losum ; stylus glaber. Species Seriei Sanguinei. S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. Forrest. 16,728. July 1918. Points:- Small obovate leaves erubescent below, under indumentum ‘ bistrate:rosulate upper stratum detersile; pedicels floccose not glandular, small flowers, calyx lanately tomentose lobes semi- lunate green and ciliate. Stemens very short. Ovary floecose- ciliate eglandular. Mie RH. CLOIOPHORUM which it is like has membranous calyx spar- ingly floccose-ciliate and red corolla, alse-persistent—perniee..