Bull. Bot. Res. N.E. Forest. Inst. 2(2): 88 (1982)
Verified by:
Small shrub, to 1.5m; young shoots covered with adpressed flattened brown hairs. Leaves monomorphic, persistent, coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, 0.6-0.8 x 0.3-0.5cm, 1.6-2 x as long as broad, apex acute, base cuneate, margin obscurely crenate, both surfaces glabrescent, lower surface paler, with a few hairs on midrib; petiole l-2mm, indumentum as for shoots. Inflorescence 2-3-flowered; pedicels c.4mm long, densely brownish-setose. Corolla campanulate, purple, c.lOmm; tube c.4mm long, 2mm wide, glabrous. Stamens 5, exserted, filaments glabrous. Ovary strigose; style setose below. Capsule not known.
China (Guangxi)
R. caespitulum P.X.Tan, Survey Gen. Rhododendron S. China 110, f.26 (1983). Type as for R. myrsinifolium.
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):135