Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 16: 192 (1931).
Verified by:
Shrub or small tree, 2-5m; young shoots with a dense covering of stout gland-tipped bristles. Leaves broadly obovate to elliptic, 11 — 13.5 x 6-7.5cm, 1.6—2.2 x as long as broad, apex and base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface of lamina with stout gland-tipped setae that intergrade with longer gland-tipped bristles on the midrib; petioles 5- 10mm, with long bristles. Inflorescence dense, 10-15-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.l5mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular. Calyx 4-6mm, reddish, glabrous, lobes broad and rounded. Corolla tubular-campanulate, brick-red, with depressed nectar pouches, 35—45mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style glabrous.
NE India (Arunachal Pradesh), ne Upper Burma, China (SE Xizang)
Abies forest, etc.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):382