Rhododendron elliottii Watt in Brandis

Indian Trees 410 (1906).

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Description

Small straggling shrub; young shoots stellate-tomentose and stipitate-glandular. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, 8.5-10 x 3.5-4.2cm,c.2.5 x aslongas broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, glabrous when mature on both surfaces; petioles 1.5-2.5cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 6—10-flowered; rhachis c.20mm; pedicels c.lOmm, shortly stipitate-glandular. Calyx 3—4mm, glandular, lobes rounded, glandular-ciliate. Corolla funnel-campanulate, rose-purple, with darker flecks, 40-50mm. Ovary densely rufous stellate-tomentose, intermixed with stipitate glands; style tomentose and glandular to tip. Capsule c.15 x 5-6mm.

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NE India (Nagaland)

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):379