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47629 to 47830— Continued. 



47668. Cbotalaria tetkagona Roxb. Fabacese. 



A stiff, very handsome shrub, often 6 to 8 feet in height, native to the 

 lower altitudes of the Himalayas from Kumaon to Assam, India. The 

 slender, silky branches and the long racemes of lemon-yellow flowers 

 make this a very attractive shrub. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of 

 British India, vol. 2, p. 78. ) 



47669. Cbyptolepis eleqans Wall. Asclepiadacese. 



A slender, yellow-flowered climber, with oblong or linear-oblong leaves 

 up to 2i inches long. The fragrant flowers appear in axillary and 

 terminal cymes. The plant is a native of eastern and northeastern India. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. J,, p. 6.) 



47670. Cynoglossum wallichii Don. Boraginacese. 



An erect, hairy, herbaceous plant, with ovate or lanceolate leaves and 

 elongated racemes of very small bluish or purplish flowers. It is very 

 common in the western part of the temperate Himalayas. (Adapted 

 from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 4, p. 157.) 



47671. Datura fastuosa L. Solanaceae. 



An ornamental herbaceous annual, common throughout India and the- 

 East Indies, which varies in height from 2 to 6 feet. It has entire or 

 deeply toothed leaves about 6 inches long and flowers 7 inches or more In 

 length, varying in color from white to lavender or rose. Propagation is 

 by cuttings. (Adapted from The Garden, vol. Jf&, p. 225.) 



47672. Deeeingia baccata (Retz.) Moq. Amaranthacese. 

 (D. celosioides R. Br.) 



A smooth, somewhat woody climber from Australia, with large, ovate, 

 thin, dark-green leaves, long spikes of greenish white flowers, and 

 bright-red fruits about three-eighths of an inch in diameter. (Adapted 

 from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 2717.) 



47673. DicELLOSTYLEs JUJUBEFOLiA f Griffith) Benth. Malvaceae. 



(Kydia jujuiifolia Grifiith.) 

 A tree, more or less hairy throughout, with ovate leaves about 3 inches 

 long and white flowers 1^ inches in diameter, in panicles. It is a native 

 of the eastern tropical Himalayas. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of 

 British India, vol. 1, p. 333.) 



47674. DiCENTKA THALiCTKiFOLiA (Wall.) Hook. f. and Thorns. Papav- 



eracese. 

 A slender, climbing plant with a perennial root, native to the temperate 

 regions of the Himalayas. It has decompound loaves and yellow or 

 purple flowers, up to an inch in length. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora 

 of British India, vol. 1, p. 121.) 



47675. DicHROA febbifuga Lour. Hydrangeaceae. 



A tall shrub, abundant in the temperate Himalayas from 5,000 to 8,000 

 feet. It has narrow leaves 3 to S inches long, terminal panicles of blue 

 or purplish flowers, and berries of an intense blue. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 406.) 



47676. Elaeocabpus sikkimensis Masters. Elaeocarpacese. 



A tree with elliptic-acuminate serrate leaves about 8 inches long, small 

 inconspicuous flowers in erect racemes, and tubercled ellipsoid drupes 2 



