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38991 to 39101— Continued. 



39068. Rhododendron wightii Hook. f. Ericaceae. Rhododendron. 

 " This species has very handsome trusses of large, pale yellow flowers. 



It is very rare in collections, although it has been in cultivation in this 

 country for many years. It is found growing abundantly in woody 

 valleys in the Himalayas and on the spurs of all the mountains at an 

 elevation of 12,000 to 14,000 feet." (Gardener's Chronicle, May 31, 1913.) 



"An evergreen shrub of bushy habit, and up to 10 feet high, with very 

 leathery, dark-green leaves, 6 to 8 inches, sometimes more, long, 2$ to 

 3 inches wide, covered beneath with a reddish brown felt. Flowers bell 

 shaped, pale yellow, blotched on the upper side with crimson, about 1* 

 inches across, the five lobes shallow, notched, and reflexed. Calyx lobes 

 five, shallow, broadly triangular, and, like the flower stalk, which is 1$ 

 inches long, hairy ; stamens 10, shorter than the corolla, downy at the 

 base; ovary clothed with a white felt; style smooth, much longer than 

 the stamens. 



" Native of the Himalayas up to 14,000 feet ; very rare in cultivation, 

 but existing in the open ground in Miss A. Mangles's collection at Little- 

 worth, near Farnham, also at Kew (under glass). It is a rhododendron 

 of great beauty and distinctness in its pale yellow flowers, which are 

 borne as many as 20 together in rather loose heads." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 385-386.) 



39069. Rubus sp. Rosacea*. 



39070. Salix tetraspekma Roxburgh. Salicaceae. Willow. 



" This species is found in the mountains of India growing at altitudes 

 of 2,000 to 7,000 feet. This thick-stemmed willow is worthy of a place 

 on banks of watercourses. The twigs can be worked into baskets, the 

 wood serves for gunpowder, and the foliage for cattle fodder." (Mueller, 

 Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. JfS8.) 



39071. Salix sp. Salicacese. Willow. 



39072. Saussueea deltoidea (DC.) C. B. Clarke. Asteraceae. 

 Distribution. — A composite growing 8 feet tall with panicles of large, 



purple flowers, found in the central and eastern Himalayas from Gar- 

 whal to Bhutan, in northern India, at an altitude of 0,000 to 11,000 

 feet. 



39073. Saussurea sp. Asteraceae. 



39074. Saxifraga purpurascens Hook. f. and Thorns. Saxifragacese. 



Saxifrage. 

 " This beautiful and hardy species comes from the temperate regions 

 of the Sikkim Himalayas, where it was discovered growing in wet places 

 at an elevation of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. Though closely allied to the 

 Himalayan S. ligulata and the Siberian S. crassifolia, it is extremely 

 different from and far more beautiful than any of these species. Noth- 

 ing, indeed, can exceed the bright glossy green of the leaves, which are 

 elegantly margined with red, or the deep, bright, vinous red-purple of 

 its scape and inflorescence." (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 5066.) 



39075. Sedum asiaticum (Dou) Sprengel. Crassulacese. 



"This species of Sedum, which is a native of the Himalayas, is culti- 

 vated in Europe and possibly in America. It reaches a height of to 12 



