Herbarium catalogue

HERB. HORT. EDINB. ” ie _é“ — dA ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH ou Flora of Nepal Rhododendron setosum D. Don Ericaceae copyright reserved Nepal: Eastern Development Region: Sagarmatha: Solu Khumbu: Chhule: East facing slope just above the flat ground on the W side of Bhote Koshi river Latitude: 27° 56' 24" N Longitude: 86° 36' 28" E Altitude: 4500 m East facing steep slope Straggling shrub to 15 cm. Stem hairy. Much glands on the above, hairy on the below of leaf. Calyx cilitate at margin, glabrous and glandular in both surface. Calyx persistent in _the fruit, reddish brown, size 5mm. In the close association with Juniper recurva, Rhododendron anthopogon, Cassiope sp., Eragrostisetc Collector No. DNEP3 BY97 Collection Date: 19 September 2005 Third Darwin Nepal Fieldwork Training Expedition M.F.Watson, K.R.Rajbhandari, K.K.Shrestha, D.Knott, C.A.Pendry, , S.K.Acharya, U.Koirala, L.N. Mandar, N.McCheyne, R.C.Poudel, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN ® S.Rajbhandary, S.Vaidya. EDINBURGH Z ; #e Building Capacity for Plant Biodiversity, Inventory and \ Conservation in Nepal. Darwin Initiative Project (162/12/030) BAM 00250232 Dyke a ; INITIATIVE