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99576 to 99650— Continued. 



99642. Zephyranthes cardinalis C. H. Wright 

 (Atamosco cardinalis Britton). Amaryllidaceae. 



Zephyrlily. 



No. 2583. Plants from Nassau, New Providence 

 Island, January 12, 1932. A low herbaceous peren- 

 nial from a truncated bulb with shining green 

 strap-shaped leaves 6 inches long. The cardinal- 

 red, funnel-shaped flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, are 

 borne on cylindrical scapes which are red at the 

 base and green above. 



99643. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2555a. Plants from Nassau, New Providence 

 Island, January 1, 1932. A dwarf palm with a 

 curious bottle-shaped trunk and large heavy 

 pinnate leaves, said to have been introduced from 

 India. 



99644. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2700. Seedling of an undetermined wild 

 palm, native to St. Kitts Island; presented by 

 R. E. Kelsick, superintendent, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Basseterre, January 23, 1932. 



99645. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2947. Plant collected on Tobago Island, 

 February 20, 1932. A large and very vigorous 

 vine with coriaceous heart-shaped leaves on long 

 petioles and a habit which suggests its value as a 

 porch or pergola vine. 



99646. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3778. Plants collected at the Union Experi- 

 ment Station, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, 

 March 8, 1932. A vigorous vine with many aerial 

 roots, growing over a mango tree. 



99647. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2695. From Dominica, January 29, 1932. 

 Plant presented by F. G. Harcourt, who collected 

 it in Trinidad. 



99648. (Undetermined.) 



99649. (Undetermined.) 



99650. (Undetermined.) 



99651 to 99670. 



From India. 

 Town-end, 



Seeds presented by G. Ghose & Co., 

 Darjeeling. Received May 6, 1932. 



99651. Aconitum palmatum Don. Ranuncula- 

 ceae. Monkshood. 



A leafy -stemmed perennial, 2 to 3 feet high, na- 

 tive to the temperate slopes of the Himalayas in 

 India. The deeply five-lobed reniform leaves are 

 4 to 6 inches across, and the rather large green-blue 

 flowers, on long pedicels, are borne in a sparse 

 panicle. 



99652. Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. 



A silky pubescent ornamental from 1 to 3 feet 

 high, with three-parted basal leaves up to 6 inches 

 in diameter and white or bluish flowers, over an 

 inch long, in compound cymes. It is found in the 

 Himalayan region at 5,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 93183. 



Aster tricephalus C. B. Clarke. As- 

 teraceae. 



A small vigorous subtropical herbaceous peren- 

 nial with reddish flower heads. Native to Sikkim, 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 73146. 



99654. Betula uttlis D. Don. Betulaceae. 



Birch. 



A tree 40 to 60 feet high with red-brown trunk 

 and branches and bark which peels off in papery 

 flakes. It is native to the subtropical regions of 

 the Himalayas. The oval, coarsely toothed, 



99651 to 99670— Continued. 



sharp-pointed leaves, 3 inches long, are dark green 

 above and paler beneath. In winter the orange- 

 chocolate color of the twigs is very striking. 



For previous introduction see 73149. 



Cathcartia villosa Hook. f. Papavera- 



ceae. 



A hardy annual or biennial found in the Sikkim 

 Himalayas. The abundance of long shaggy ful- 

 vous hairs and the bright-yellow glabrous flowers 

 give it a handsome appearance. The cordate 

 radical leaves are long-petioled and palmately 

 five-lobed; the stem leaves are sessile and the 

 uppermost pinnatifid . The large nodding flowers 

 have golden anthers and a green fleshy stigma. 



For previous introduction see 49624. 



99656. Chrysanthemum atkinsoni C. B. Clarke 

 Asteraceae. 



A tuberous-rooted herbaceous perennial with 

 woolly stems 6 to 12 inches high, native to the 

 Sikkim Himalayas in India. The oblong leaves, 

 4 to 6 inches long, are deeply pinnately divided 

 into linear segments, and the purple flower heads, 

 1 to 2 inches across, are usually solitary at the 

 thickened top of the stem. 



99657. Cirsium involucratum DC. Asteraceae. 



Thistle. 



A stout herb, 2 to 6 feet high, native to India. 

 The deeply pinnatifid leaves, 6 to 12 inches long, 

 are white tomentose beneath, and the yellow- 

 white to purple flower heads are 2 to 3 inches 

 across. 



99658. Clintonia alpina (Royle) Kunth. Con- 

 vallariaceae. 



A low perennial native to the temperate slopes 

 of the Himalayas in India. The lanceolate sub- 

 radical leaves are 4 to 9 inches long, and the small 

 white funnel-shaped flowers are borne in a loose 

 raceme on a scape 1 to 2 feet high. 



99659. Cortia hookeri C.B.Clarke. Apiaceae. 



A stemless herbaceous perennial with a rosette 

 of 3- to 4-times pinnate leaves, the ultimate seg- 

 ments being linear and about one fourth inch 

 long. The white or purplish flowers are borne 

 in sessile umbels which are up to 8 inches long and 

 form a dense mass over the crown of the plant. 

 It is native to the Sikkim region in India. 



For previous introduction see 93189. 





. Cremanthodium oblongatum C. B. 

 Clarke. Asteraceae. 



A perennial herb, 4 to 8 inches high, native to 

 the Himalayas on the border between India and 

 Tibet. The coriaceous pinnately nerved radical 

 leaves are reniform and 2 to 3 inches broad, the 

 leaves on the scape are reduced to oblong bracts, 

 and the yellow flower heads are 1 to 2 inches 

 across. Received as C. elongatum, which appears 

 to be an error for C. oblongatum, with which the 

 seeds agree. 



99661. Cyananthus lobatus Wall. Campanu- 

 laceae. 



A perennialFherb with more or less prostrate 

 shoots up to 2 feet high, with ovate-oblong lobed 

 leaves an inch long and single blue flowers, some- 

 what like a periwinkle, sometimes an inch across, 

 appearing in late summer. Native to the Hima- 

 layas. 



For previous introduction see 78880. 



99662. Gaultheria pyroloides Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Ericaceae. 



A low evergreen shrub less than a foot high, 

 with narrow-elliptic leaves 1 to 2 inches long and 

 large blue-black berries. Native to the Hima- 

 layas. 



For previous introduction see 78354. 



