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length ; it then develops stems 3 feet long the first season and reaches 

 a height of 10 feet in the third year. It speedily covers the wall space 

 allotted to it. In the first spring it will make lateral growths, each 

 terminated by a raceme of yellow flowers that in shape closely re- 

 sembles a bunch of grapes; the individual flowers bear a close re- 

 semblance to those of the English gorse (Vlex europaeus). The deep 

 green, glabrous, trifoliolate leaves are large and of similar shape to 

 those of well-grown broad beans (,Vicia faba). (Adapted from Garden- 

 ers' Chronicle, 3d ser., vol. Jf3, p. 178.) 



49646. PoLYGALA AEiLLATA Buch.-Ham. Polygalacese. 



A large shrub from the mountains of Nepal, with dark-green leaves 

 5 to 7 inches long and nodding yellow-flowered racemes equaling the 

 leaves in length. The large 3-petaled flowers are irregular; two petals 

 are spreading, and the center one is 3-lobed with the innermost lobe keel 

 shaped. The purple coriaceous capsule is kidney shaped, and the solitary 

 globose seeds are suspended from the center of the capsule in large 

 fleshy, golden yellow arils. (Adapted from Wallich, Plantae Asiaticae 

 Rariores, vol. 1, p. 84.) 



49647. Prunus cerasoides D. Don. Amygdalacefe. Himalayan cherry. 

 (P. puddum Roxb.) 



A large tree of brilliant appearance when in flower, from altitudes of 

 3.000 to 8,000 feet in the temperate Himalayas. The cymes of rose-red 

 or white flowers are followed by oblong drupes with acid yellowish red 

 flesh. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. SlJf.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48276. 



49648. Rhododendron anthopogon Don. Ericacete. Rhododendron, 



A small shrub, 1 foot high, with rough, densely scaly branches and 

 leaves which are 1^ inches long, cinnamon brown beneath and, as it 

 were, tomentose from the layer of glands. The yellow flowers are in 

 numerous short terminal fascicles. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of 

 British India, vol. 3, p. .'f72.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39051. 



49649. Rhododendron lepidotum Wall. Ericacete. Rhododendron, 



"This is a very distinct evergi-een from the Himalayas and westei"n 

 China, It grows about 1^ feet high, forming compact bushes which bear 

 curious flat purple or reddish blossoms freely during May," (Gardening 

 Illustrated, vol. JfO, p. 303.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39066. 



49650. Rhododendron setosum Don. Ericaceae, Rhododendron, 

 A neat little shrublet about a foot in height, native of the moorland 



and rocky slopes of the loftier passes leading across the eastern Hima- 

 layas into Tibet, reaching its uppermost limit within a few miles of the 

 summit. Here the brilliant red-purple flowers render this species a 

 charming object, and after hot sunshine the air is filled with a heavy 

 aroma due to a copious resinous secretion which testifies to the com- 

 paratively dry climate it enjoys. It is a typical high alpine species with 

 its late flowering and early fruiting, its dwarf habit, and slow growth. 

 The twigs are beset with deciduous spreading hairs. The tiny coriace- 



