OCR text
HERB. HORT. EDINB. Oo) oo un 2 © © = all oO o ps © Plants of the Gaoligong Shan Region, Yunnan, China FA a Ericaceae t= 2 Rhododendron melcongense Pelee: > Fugong Xian, Lumadeng Xiang. Yaping Cun, S of Yaping ro) Yakou in the second cirque with two small lakes in the o bottom, just below the border with Myanmar, E side of Gaoligong Shan. Elev. 3650 m 27-1158" NS O8er4l 39" E E facing 30-60° slope. Meadow. Undisturbed. Meadow around lake with steep boulder covered hillside covered mostly with perennial herbs leading up to the ridge. Shrub ca. 0.5 m tall. Sepals green flushed yellow. oe Corolla yellow. Filaments pale yellow, anthers brown. I Occasional. I = Growing along trail in sun. a In loam on granite. Gaoligong Shan Biodiversity Survey 28683, 17 August 2005 ROYAL BoTANNC GARDEN mI Participants: Li Heng, Dao Zhiling, Ji Yunheng, Liu Benxi | | | & Tang Anjun (KUN); B. Bartholomew & Lihua Zhou (CAS); E00320958 Approbavit Jin-Hyub Paik & S. A. Crutchley (E) I D. F. CHAMBERLAIN
Thumbnail image of a herbarium sheet