22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



46080 to 46110— Continued. 



46086. LiLiUM NEPAXENSE D. Don. Liliaeeas. Lily. 



The beautiful reflexed flowers are very striking in appearance, being cit- 

 ron yellow toward tbe edge and deep maroon-purple or almost black 

 within. If L. nepalcnse were only a little hardier it would doubtless be 

 the most popular of all the oriental lilies. It is a native to the Himalayan 

 region. (Adapted from The Garden, vol. 78, p. 159.) 



46087. MicHBiLiA CATHCAETii Hook. f. and Thoms. Magnoliacese. 



" This is a large tree which is found in the temperate forests of the Sik- 

 kim Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to G,000 feet. The sapwood is large and 

 white in color, while the heartwood, which is moderately hard, is a dark 

 olive brown. The wood of this species is used for planking and would 

 do well for tea boxes." {Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of 

 India, vol. 5, p. 2^1.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41814. 



46088. MicHELiA EXCELSA Blume. Magnoliaceaa. 



A tall tree found at an altitude of 5,000 feet on the Himalayas and in the 

 Khasi Hills in India. Tlie twigs, the under sides of the leaves, and 

 the flower buds are covered with soft, silky, brown pubescence. The 

 leaves are oblong and acute, and the white flowers are 5 inches across, 

 with about 12 segments to the perianth. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of 

 British India, vol. 1, p. J^S.) 



46089. MicHELiA LANUGINOSA Wall. Magnoliacese. 



A medium-sized tree with grayish white, tomentose twigs, native to India 

 on the temperate slopes of the Himalayas up to an altitude of 7,000 feet. 

 The oblong or lanceolate leaves, 10 inches long and 3 inches wide, on short 

 petioles, are glabrous above and white tomentose underneath. The white 

 flowers, 4 inches across, have about IS perianth segments varying from 

 obovate and obtuse outside to lanceolate and acute near the center. The 

 fruit is densely woolly. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, 

 vol. 1, p. JiS.) 



46090. MucuNA MACROCABPA Wall. Fabacefe. 



A woody climber found on the lower slopes of the Himalayas and in the 

 Khasi Hills up to an altitude of 6,000 feet. The leaves are made up of 

 three subcoriaceous, ovate leaflets, 6 to 8 inches long. The fascicled 

 racemes of purple flowers, 3 inches long and 2 inches wide, are followed 

 by pods li feet long by 2 inches wide, containing 8 to 12 flattened-orbicular 

 seeds. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 1S6.) 



46091. Nyssa sessiliflora Hook. f. and Thoms. Cornacese. 



This is a large tree found in the forests of the Sikkim Himalayas 

 above 5,000 feet; also in Martaban between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. The 

 wood is gray, soft, and even grained, and is used for house building and 

 other purposes about Darjiling. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India, vol. 5, p. J/SS.) 



46092. Podophyllum emodi Wall. Berberidacese. May-apple. 

 This plant is herbaceous, about a foot in height, with only two leaves, 



which are alternate on long stalks, palmately three to five lobed, purple 

 spotted, and glabrous. The flower is solitary, axillary, or raised above 

 the axil, nodding, cup shaped, white or pale rose colored. The berry is 



