JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 31, 1919, 69 



48304 to 48426— Continupd. 



48305. BuDDLEiA CAKYOPTERiDiFOLiA W. W. Smith. I^^i^aniacese. 

 "A 841." 



A shrub, 5 to 6 feet high, native to western China. The foliage Is 

 remarkable because of the large irregular crenations of the leaves; the 

 attractive flowers are pale lavender. (A<lapte(l from Notes from the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinhuroh, vol. S, p. 179.) 



48306. BuDDLEiA GLABRESCENs W. W. Smith. Loganiacea?. 

 "A 843." 



A robust shrub, 4 to 9 feet high, with fragrant deep blue-lavender 

 flowers with rose-tinged tubes and throats. It is a native of Yunnan. 

 China, where it grows in open situation.s at altitudes of S.OOO to 9.000 

 feet. (Adapted from Notes from the R'nini Hotmiii- ihinUvi, l'-lini)ur>/li. 

 vol. 9, p. 85.) 



48307. Clematis stanleyi Hook. Ranunculaoe£B. Clematis. 

 An erect shrubby clematis from the Tran.svaal, with very variable 



foliage and flowers. In the native state the flower .stems are 2 to 3 

 inches long, while in cultivation they reach a length of 8 to 10 inches; 

 the flowers vary from 1 to uearly 3 inches in diameter, and In color from 

 white to pinkish purple. The roots are fleshy. (Adapted from Curtis' 8 

 Botanical Magazine, pi. 7166.) 



48308. Daphne papyracea Wall. Thymelseaceffi. 

 "A 10. Forrest No. 13769." 



A shrub 4 to 8 feet high, growing with scrub in side valleys on the 

 eastern flank of the Tali Range at altitudes between 9,000 and 10.000 

 feet, western Yunnan, China. (Adapted from Notes from the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, vol. 7, p. 25S.) 



48309. Gatjltheria fragrantissima Wall. Ericacea?. 

 " A 844. Forrest No. 16622." 



A very fragrant evergreen shrub or small tree, found in the mountains 

 of India from Nepal eastward to Bhutan. In summer it is covered 

 with white or pinkish flowers which are followed by beautiful racemes 

 of blue-purple fruits. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 

 5984.) 



48310. Loniceba henryi Hemsl. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 



" A 716. Forrest No. 14955." 



" Lonicera henryi is a native of western China and is valuable and 

 interesting, for, with the exception of Euonymus radicaii-i and Vinca 

 minor, it is the only vine with evergreen leaves which is hardy in 

 this climate. It has long dark-green pointed leaves and axillary clus- 

 ters of flowers which are rose colored when they first open, but soon 

 become orange-red; they are without odor. On the slopes of its native 

 mountains this plant clambers over rocks and bushes; and, like other 

 clinging honeysuckles, it will do best when allowed to grow natu- 

 rally in this way." (Arnold Arioretum Bulletin of Popular Information, 

 July, 1916.) 



48311. Loniceba pileata Oliver. Caprifoliace». Honeysuckle. 

 " A 713. Lonicera ligustrina yunnan-ensis. Forrest No. 15327." 



This form is now referred to L. pileata, differing from the species, 

 according to Mr. Rehder, only in the very small suborbicular to broadly 



