Herbarium catalogue

oO 0 A g g g = Vernay-Cutting Expedition to North Burma Ericaceae Rhododendron microphyton Franch. Myanmar (Burma). Ngawchang Valley near Kang-fang. 5000-6000 ft. On pine-oak wooded slopes (stunted) in evergreen forest in the gullies. Common. A shrub or small tree with several stems much branched bushy habit. Shoots, petioles, midrib and margin of leaf, peduncle, calyx and ovary bristly hairy, with golden bristles. Truss about 6 flowered, compact. Flowers pale pink with darker spots on the upper lobe. Corolla glabrous. Anthers pink, filaments slightly pubescent at the base; styles glabrous. Seeds straw yellow, fusiform, finely striated, no wing or tail. Stamens 5. Leaves narrow oval acute approximate at the ends of the branches. A very free flowering shrub, must be a gay sight in early spring. A few flowers opening now. Use: Horticulture. copyright reserved 01 Dec 1938 F. Kingdon-Ward 62 NYdb HERBARIUM OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN PLANTS OF BURMA ; New York Botanical Garden NO. 62 This specimen was collected as part of the Vernay and Cutting Expedition to North Burma in 1938-1939. It was not collected in 1935 as the original label suggests. New, corrected labels were created for these duplicates in 2019 by Lance Jones. Other. duplicates sent circa 1940-1941 to: NY, AAH. For more information on this expedition . consult, Brittonia: Vol. 4, No. 1, Dec. 1941. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH 7 ° : 9 UTI soueevco wv Vernay & Cutting 93 E00973854