70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48304 to 48426— Continued. 



ovate, tliickish leaves. L. pileata is a much-branched, low% evergreen 

 shrub from central and western China, about 1 foot high, with slender 

 branches, oblong-lanceolate dark-green leaves, half an inch to an inch 

 long, and pale-yellow flowers in almost sessile pairs. (Adapted from 

 Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 8060.) 



48312. LoRANTHUS sp. Loranthacere. Mistletoe. 

 " A 720." 



48313. :\Iecoxopsis eximia Praia. Papaveraceje. 



" A 735. Forrest No. 15089." 



A very handsome biennial with nodding, deep blue-purple flowers which 

 have grayish yellow anthers. It is found in open stony pasture lands 

 in southeastern China at altitudes ranging from 12,000 to 14,000 feet. 

 (Adapted from Ketv Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 191.5, p. 159.) 



48314. Meconopsis henrici Bur. and Franch. Papaveracese. 

 •'A 733. Forrest No. 14234." 



An annual or biennial low poppylike plant from western China- with 

 numerous scapes which bear large pui^ple-violet flowers about 3 inches 

 across, with orange anthers. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- 

 pedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, P- 2019.) 



48315 to 48318. Mecoxopsis integrifolia (Maxim.) Franch. Papav- 



erace;e. 

 A hardy stout-stemmed biennial, from 1^ to 3 feet high, native to 

 Yunnan and the northwestern part of Kansu, China, where it ascends to 

 an altitude of 13,000 feet. The plant is densely clothed with long, silky, 

 yellowish brown hairs. The numerous linear-lanceolate leaves are 6 

 inches to a foot long, and the beautiful yellow flowers are 5 or 6, or 

 sometimes even 10, inches in diameter. (Adapted from Curtis's Botani- 

 cal Magazine, pi. 8027. ) 



48315. "A 723. From the Mekong-Salwin Divide." 



48316. "A 730. Type." 



48317. "A 731. From Tali Shan." 



48318. "A 734. Forrest No. 14678." 



48319. Mecokopsis pseudointegritolia Prain. Papaverace*. 



■■A 14." 



A biennial Chinese poppy, from 1 to 3 feet in height, with 1-flowered 

 scapes bearing very large, bright-yellow flowers from 4 to 8 inches across. 

 It comes originally from southwestern Tibet. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. Jf, p. 2018.) 



48320. Meconopsis rudis Prain. Papaveracese. 



"A 727." 



One of the so-called hhie poppies which impart a curious chanxi to the 

 stony alpine tracts in southwestern China at altitudes ranging from 

 11.000 to 16,000 feet. The plant reaches a height of 1 to 3 feet and has 

 prickly leaves and stems ; the attractive flowers, in racemelike cymes, are 

 bright blue or purplish blue, and over 2 inches wide. (Adapted from 

 Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 8568.) 



