Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 15:103 (1926)
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Tree, 5-8m (in the wild). Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 14-20 x 5-6.2cm, 2.6—3.3 X as long as broad, apex ± obtuse, apiculate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous, smooth, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the lower layer whitish and compacted, the upper dense, cinnamon, composed of strongly fimbriate, narrowly cup-shaped hairs; petioles 2—3.5mm, terete, tomentose. Inflorescence 9—15-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 50—55mm, sparsely tomentose. Calyx c.lmm, tomentose, teeth triangular. Corolla 7-lobed, campanulate, pale rose with a crimson basal blotch, (30—)40—50mm. Stamens 14. Ovary glabrous or with a few rufous hairs. Capsule not known.
China (C Sichuan)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):257