Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 8: 216, t.141 (1914).
Verified by:
Shrub, 3-9m; young shoots densely stellate-tomentose and glandular-setose. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 9-22(-30) x 4-9(-10)cm, 2.2-2.5(-3) x as long as broad, apex rounded, sometimes ± acuminate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous above, lower surface with a cinnamon stellate tomentum intermixed with a few glands, to ± glabrescent; petioles (1—)2.5—4cm, stellate-tomentose and glandular-setose, at least at first. Inflorescence 10-15-flowered; rhachis up to 40mm; pedicels 20-30mm, predominantly glandular-setose, usually also sparsely floccose. Calyx 1—2mm, glandular-setose, lobes broad and rounded. Corolla tubular-campanulate, bright crimson to scarlet, without flecks, 45—60mm. Ovary densely stellate-tomentose with an admixture of setose glands; style stipitate-glandular and floccose, at least in the lower half. Capsule 25-40 x 5-8mm, slightly curved.
NE Upper Burma, China (W Yunnan)
Thickets
R. agapetum Balfour f. & Kingdon-Ward, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 13: 58 (1920). Type:
E Upper Burma, Hpimaw, 6000-7000ft, 31 vii 1914, Kingdon-Ward 1851 (holo. E). R. prophantum
Balfour f. & Forrest, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 13: 58 (1920). Type: NE Upper Burma,
N’Maikha/Salween divide, v 1918 Forrest 17928 (holo. E)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):376