PI. Wilsonianae 1:535(1913).
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Shrub or small tree, 2—6m. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblanceolate, 7—15 x 1.6-2.8cm, 4-4.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the lower layer compacted, whitish, the upper loose, white to yellow, detersile or persistent, tomentose, hairs ramiform, intermixed with scattered glands that are more evident on the midrib; petioles l-2cm, puberulous when young, later glabrescent. Inflorescence lax, 6-10-flowered; rhachis 10-15mm; pedicels c.20mm, sparsely tomentose and shortly stipitate-glandular. Calyx c.lmm, glandular-ciliate, lobes minute. Corolla widely campanulate, white to pale rose or purple, with purple flecks, 40-50mm. Ovary densely and coarsely yellowish-tomentose. Capsule 20-25 x 8-10mm, cylindrical. ** * Rhododendron hunnewellianum * var. * hunnewellianum * ** ** * Rhododendron hunnewellianum * var. * rockii * **
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):322