188 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 164 



235303. Excoecaria crenulata Wight Euphorbia ceae. 



From Japan. Plant obtained by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts ville, Md. 

 Received Nov. 5, 1956. 



Purchased from the Shinto-En Nursery, Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Originally 

 from Java. 



235304 to 235334. 



From Japan. Plant material collected by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Nov. 6, 1956. 



Collected Oct., 1956. 



Plants and cutting from Ashizuri, on Shikoku Island, and from locations on 

 Kii Peninsula. 



235304. Alsophila hancockii Nakai Polypodiaceae. 



Col. No. 500. In damp woods near Cape Ashizuri, Nakamura, Shikoku. 

 Evergreen fern; fronds finely divided. 



235305. Angiopteris suboppositifolia de Vries Marrattiaceae. 



Col. No. 507. In damp woods, Ashizuri- zaki, Nakamura, Shikoku. Large 

 evergreen fern ; frond supra-decompound, 9 feet long. 



235306. Peucedanum japonicum Thunb. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. 502. On sea cliffs, in full sun. Ashizuri-zaki. Perennial; leaves 

 ternately compound, to 18 inches long; flowers white, in compound head. 

 Frequently used in flower arrangements. 



235307. Ardisia sieboldii Miq. Myrsinaceae. 



Col. No. 506. In deep shady forest glen, Ashizuri-zaki. Shrub evergreen 

 to 3 feet; leaves elliptic, serrate; flowers white; fruits red. 



235308. Ardisia pusilla A. DC. 



Col. No. 536. In damp woods of Shrine Forest, Shirahama, Wakayama-ken. 

 Small, wild, prostrate evergreen; stem rooting; leaves ovate, serrate, dark green. 

 Possibly a good ground cover. 



235309. Arisaema sp. Araceae. 



Col. No. 560. In damp woods, along streambed, Gegu Shrine Forest, Ise 

 City, Mie Prefecture, Wild, herbaceous perennial; leaflets broadly lanceolate; 

 fruits red. 



235310. Asarum sp. Aristolochiaceae. 



Col. No. 542. Along mountain path, Nachi-san, Kii, Wakayama-ken. 

 Herbaceous perennial; leaves green, heart shaped. 



235311. Asarum sp. 



Col. No. 557. In damps woods, Gegu Shrine Forest, Ise City, Mie Prefecture. 

 Wild, herbaceous perennial; leaves longly ovate, cordate, variegated gray green. 



235312. Asplenium wrightii Eat. Polypodiaceae. 



Col. No. 540. In damp woods of mountain forest, Nachi-san, Kii, 

 Wakayama-ken. Large evergreen fern; leaves pinnate, dark shining. 



235313. Bauhinia japonica Maxim. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Col. No. 523. Koshima Island, Tanabe Bay, Kii, Wakayama. Wild 

 deciduous liana at northern limit; leaves ovate, sometimes deeply lobed; 

 flowers not seen. 



235314. Camellia japonica L. Theaceae. Common camellia. 



Col. No. 534. In Kyoto University Experiment Forest, Oshima Island, 

 Kushimoto, Wakayama. 'Shiro-tama'. Early variety; flowers large, double, 

 cupshaped; color pink. 



