Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 27: 189 (1917).
Verified by:
Shrub or small tree, 1.5—6.5m. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic to oblanceolate, 5.5-13 x 1.8-3.2cm, 3-5 x as long as broad, apex acute to cuspidate, base cuneate, margin plane to slightly undulate, upper and lower surfaces glabrous when mature, punctate hair-bases apparently lacking; petioles 0.7-1.5cm, fioccose-tomentose. Inflorescence lax, 5—10-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 15-20mm, slender, smooth to minutely hairy. Calyx l-2mm, lobes rounded, glabrous to sparsely ciliate. Corolla open-campanulate, nectar pouches lacking, glabrous within, white flushed rose, with a basal blotch, sometimes also with purple flecks, 28-35mm. Ovary with a sparse covering of short white simple hairs; style glabrous. Capsule 10—16 x 3—4mm.
China (Mid W Yunnan), ne Upper Burma
Mixed forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):294