Herbarium catalogue

Vernay-Cutting Expedition to North Burma Ericaceae » iff 2H Rhododendron eclecteum Balf.f. & Forrest Myanmar (Burma). Nyetmo Pass, N. face. 9500 ft. Along the river bank, Abies forest. Common. A good sized shrub. Leaves oblong- curled up. Flowers crimson or red. Bud scales sticky, and lepidote flowers quite glabrous. Anthers crimson. Flowers 5-6 in a truss. Leaves with fine pubescence on underside of leaf, pale (probably due to minute rods of wax). The leaves are variable in shape, from oblong to rounded. The flower bud is sharply pointed instead of rounded - unusual. 19 Jan 1939 F. Kingdon-Ward 228 NYdb CARGELL ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN BO = sv E00973859 MQQQ589 copyright reserved : New York Botanical Garden 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. HERBARIUM OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN BURMA PLANTS OF 00228 NO. 2) ; [\hodecteactrn Cottecteo BY Vernay & Cutting 1935