Acta Phytotax. Sin. 6: 168, t. 40, f. 1 (1957).
Verified by:
Small tree, 4m; young shoots setulose-glandular, also with a loose tomentum. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 19-23 x 5-7cm, 4-4.5 x as long as broad, apex rounded, base rounded to sub-cordate, margin with minute deciduous setulae below, lower surface with an evanescent pubescence; petioles 1.5-2cm, glandular-setulose. Inflorescence c. 8-flowered; rhachis c. 20mm; pedicels c. 10mm, brown-pilose, eglandular. Calyx c. 2mm, fimbriate. Corolla 7-lobed, broadly infundibular-campanulate, colour unknown, c. 40mm. Stamens c. 15. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style glandular to tip. Capsule not known.
China (Guangxi)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):241