Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 13: 282 (1922).
Verified by:
Shrub or small tree, 2-5m. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblanceolate to oblong, 9-14 x 3-5cm, c.3 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base rounded to cuneate, margin not undulate, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower surface usually with conspicuous veins and a papillate cuticle, with a thin, persistent or detersile stellate indumentum, red punctate hair-bases lacking; petioles 1.5-2cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 5-10-flowered; rhachis c.20mm; pedicels c. 20mm, densely dendroid-tomentose. Calyx c.2mm, tomentose, lobes rounded. Corolla campanulate, glabrous within, pale cream to pink, with purple flecks and a basal blotch, 40-55mm. Ovary densely dendroid-tomentose, with stipitate glands; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
Bhutan, ne India (Arunachal Pradesh)
Under Abies, etc.
R. epapillatum Balfour f. & Cooper, ibid. 13: 257 (1922). Type: Bhutan, Timpu, 6000ft, 24 v 1915, Cooper 3818 (holo. E)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):304