Acta Phytotax. Sinica 6: 167, t.39 (1957).
Verified by:
Small tree, 4-7m; young shoots glandular-setose. Leaves elliptic, 8.5—12 x 2.5-4cm, 2.4—4.3 x as long as broad, apex bluntly acuminate, base cuneate, lower surface glabrous though with numerous red sessile punctate glands; petioles l-3cm, glabrous at maturity. Inflorescence 2-3-flowered; rhachis c.3mm; pedicels 10-25mm, densely stipitate- to setose-glandular. Calyx 2-3.5mm, lobes rounded, stipitate-glandular, especially on margins. Corolla campanulate, purple, 35-40mm. Ovary densely long-stipitate-glandular; style glandular in lower half. Capsule 12-20 x 6-8mm.
China (Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong)
Forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):292