APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1932 



98364 to 98387. 



From China. Seeds presented by H. K. Fu, direc- 

 tor, Botanic Garden, Dr. Sun Yat Sen's memorial 

 park, Nanking. Received March 28, 1932. 

 Numbered in April 1932. 



98364 to 98366. Abies spp. Pinaceae. Fir. 



Collected in Szechwan Province. 



98364. Abies beissneriana Rehd. and Wils. 



A fine tree up to 60 feet in height, with a trunk 

 2 to 3 feet in diameter, which grows along stream 

 beds at about 11,000 feet altitude. The needles 

 are not silvery beneath, and the erect cones are 

 greenish white. 



For previous introduction see 58499. 



98365. Abies delavayi Franch. 



A tall tree, often over 100 feet high, native to 

 western China. The slightly grooved branch- 

 lets are lustrous red-brown and the emarginate 

 linear leaves, about 1 inch long, are revolute on 

 the margin, dark green above and with two 

 white bands beneath. The violet-black cylin- 

 dric to ovoid cones are 2 to 4 inches long, and the 

 scales are nearly 1 inch wide. 



98366. Abies recurvata Masters. 



A tall tree up to 125 feet high, native to west- 

 ern China. The rough bark is dark gray or red 

 brown, the lustrous branchlets are pale yellow- 

 gray, and the sharp-pointed recurved linear 

 leaves, more than 1 inch long, are shining blue- 

 green above and paler beneath. The ovoid 

 cones, 2 to 4 inches long, are violet-purple, 

 finally becoming gray-brown. 



Buddleia lindleyana Fortune. Logan- 

 iaceae. lindley butterflybush. 



An upright shrub 6 to 8 feet high, collected in 

 Chekiang Province, where it is native. The 

 branchlets are four angled and slightly winged, 

 and the ovate to oblong-lanceolate leaves are 

 2 to 4 inches long and have remotely denticulate 

 margins. The pur pie- violet flowers are borne 

 in rather dense upright spikes 6 to 8 inches long. 



Castanopsis hystrix A. DC. Fagaceae. 

 Evergreen chinquapin. 



A lofty tree 80 to 100 feet high, with trunks 3 

 feet in diameter, found in pine forests in Szechwan 

 Province at 6,000 feet altitude. The smooth fawn- 

 colored bark is flaky, and the straight ascending 

 branches give the tree an oblong appearance. 

 The burs are in long densely packed spikes, and 

 the involucres are covered with long soft green 

 spines. The small nuts are borne singly or in 

 twos. This is one of the finest forest trees of the 

 region. According to the natives, the wood is 

 very durable and is not attacked by insects. 



For previous introduction see 65759. 



98369. Croton tiglium L. Euphorbiaceae. 



Croton-oil plant. 



Collected in Szechwan Province. A small or- 

 namental tree with ovate leaves varying in color 

 from metallic green to bronze and orange. The 

 powerful purgative, croton oil, is obtained from 

 the seeds by crushing. 



For previous introduction see 45196. 



98370. Eucommia ulmoides Oliver. Trochoden- 

 draceae. Tu-chung. 



Shih mien shu, stone cotton tree, in reference to 

 the asbestoslike threads of shining whitish color 

 which appear when the pieces of bark or leaf are 

 snapped across. A tree which reaches a height of 

 80 feet and seems to grow best when sheltered by 

 other trees. It is native to the southwestern part 

 of China. 



For previous introduction see 46119. 



98364 to 98387— Continued. 



98371. Exochordia racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder. 

 Rosaceae. Common pearlbush. 



A slender spreading shrub 9 to 12 feet high, 

 native to eastern China. The elliptic to obovate 

 leaves are 2 to 5 inches long and whitish beneath, 

 and the white flowers, nearly 2 inches across, are 

 borne in 6- to 10-flowered racemes. 



98372. Grewia biloba Don. Tiliaceae. 



A shrub 6 to 9 feet high, with tomentose branch- 

 lets, native to northern China, and collected in 

 Chekiang Province. The rhombic-ovate leaves, 2 

 to 5 inches long, are unequally and doubly serrate, 

 sometimes three-lobed, and are densely stellate 

 pubescent beneath. The creamy-yellow flowers, 

 about one half inch across, are borne in 5- to 8-flow- 

 ered umbels and are followed by orange-red 2- to 

 4-lobed fruits. 



98373. Gymnocladus chinensis Baill. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



Closely resembling the Kentucky coffeetree (O. 

 dioica), but the oblong-obtuse leaflets are smaller 

 and are pubescent on both sides. The lilac-purple 

 flowers are borne in large panicles and appear 

 before the leaves. 



apelta (Lour.) Muell. Arg. 



98374. Mallotus 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



Collected in Chekiang Province. A large tropi- 

 cal shrubby perennial, native to southeastern 

 China, closely related to the castor-bean (Ricinus 

 communis). The leaves are alternate, broadly 

 oval, and the fruit is a prickly capsule. 



98375 to 98380. Collected in Szechwan Province. 



98375. Ormosia hosiei Hemsl. and Wils. 



Hung-tou Mu, red bean tree, so-called because 

 the seeds are red and in a beanlike pod. The 

 heavy wood is a rich-red color, beautifully 

 marked, and is used for the very best furniture 

 and high-grade cabinetwork. In the spring the 

 tree is covered with large panicles of white and 

 pink pea-shaped flowers, and at all seasons it is 

 striking in appearance. 



For previous introduction see 54033'. 



98376. Picea purpurea Masters. Pinaceae. 



Spruce. 



A large forest tree often over 100 feet high, 

 native to China. It is closely related to P. 

 likiangensis, from which it differs in having pur- 

 ple cones about 2 inches long. The shoots are 

 usually densely covered with pale-gray spread- 

 ing villose pubescence; the leaves are narrowly 

 lanceolate, about one half inch long, and vary 

 from deep green to glaucous. The trees vary in 

 habit from pyramidal to spreading, and some- 

 times the branchlets are drooping. 



98377. Pinus tabulaeformis densata (Mas- 

 ters) Rehd. Pinaceae. Pine. 



A tree up to 75 feet high, native to China. The 

 stiff leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and the oblique- 

 ly ovoid cones, 2 to 3 inches long, have the ends 

 of the outer scales conspicuously swollen. 



98378. Pinus yunnanensis Franch. Pinaceae. 



Yunnan pine. 



A large forest tree, native to Yunann, China. 

 The long slender drooping leaves are up to 10 

 inches long, and the cones, 2 to 4 inches long, 

 have flat scales. 



Pyracantha crenato-serrata (Hance) 

 Rehd. Malaceae. Firethorn. 



An evergreen shrub up to 10 feet high, native 

 to central and western China. The branchlets 

 are rusty pubescent, and the elliptic to obovate 

 leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, are entire or crenate, 

 dark green and lustrous above and paler be- 

 neath. The umbels of small white flowers are 

 followed by coral-red fruits. 



