Rhododendron Society Notes 3, 5: 284 (1932).
Verified by:
Dwarf shrub, 1-1.5m; young shoots glandular-setose. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-7 x l-2cm, 3-3.5 x as long as broad, apex blunt, base cuneate, margins not ciliate, strongly inrolled, upper surface rough when mature from the bases of glandular setuiae; lower surface with a dense cinnamon tomentum composed of ramiform hairs; petioles 1 —1.5cm, setulose. Inflorescence 4-7-flowered; rhachis minute; pedicels c.l5mm, glandular-setulose. Calyx8-10mm, glandular, lobes rounded. Corolla campanulate, white flushed pink to rose, lacking a basal blotch though with crimson spots, c.30mm. Ovary densely glandular-setulose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
NE Upper Burma (only known from the type)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):288