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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99651 to 99670— Continued. 



99663. Gentiana stylophora C. B. Clarke. 

 Gentianaceae. Gentian. 



A stout herbaceous perennial, native to the 

 slopes of the Himalayas between 11,000 and 14,000 

 feet altitude in Sikkim, India. The simple stems 

 are 3 to 6 feet high, the lower leaves are elliptic 

 and 12 inches long, and the upper leaves are ses- 

 sile, about 5 inches long. The widely funnel- 

 shaped solitary flowers are borne on axillary pe- 

 duncles up to 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 93897. 



99664. Heracleum wallichii DC. Apiaceae. 



A coarse herb, native to northern India, with 

 stems 3 to 4 feet high, white-hirsute beneath the 

 nodes. The lower leaves are serrate, the upper 

 three-parted, and the small flowers, in compound 

 umbels, are followed by flat brown thin-winged 

 fruits one quarter inch long. 



99665. Iris clarkei Baker. Iridaceae. 



Clarke iris. 



A curiously local Himalayan iris, native to a 

 circumscribed area in the Sikkim and Bhutan 

 regions at altitudes between 6,000 and 11,000 feet, 

 in ground that is swampy half the year and frozen 

 hard under snow during most of the remaining 

 months. The narrow leaves, 2 feet long, droop at 

 the tips, the upper surface is polished and shiny, 

 and the under side is glaucescent. The solid stem 

 is 2 feet long and bears 1 or 2 lateral heads. The 

 falls are blue-purple blotched with white and are 

 reflexed laterally. The upper part of the haft is 

 marked with yellow, and the red-purple lance- 

 olate standards are poised horizontally. The 

 styles form the highest point of the flower; they 

 are keeled, very convex, and 1 to 2 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 92316. 



99666. Juniperus recurva Buch.-Ham. Pin- 

 aceae. Himalayan juniper. 



A prostrate or erect shrub, or sometimes an erect 

 tree up to 30 feet high, native to the temperate 

 and alpine slopes of the Himalayas in India. The 

 fastigiate branches are decurved and then ascend- 

 ing with pendulous branchlets. 



99667. Lactuca dubyaea C. B. Clarke. Cichor- 

 iaceae. 



A low herbaceous perennial, 6 to 18 inches high, 

 native to the slopes of the central Himalayas in 

 northern India. The ovate-hastate hispid leaves, 

 3 to 6 inches long, vary from simple to pinnatifid, 

 and the nodding yellow flower heads, 1 inch 

 across, are clothed with black glandular hairs. 



Silenaceae. 

 Campion. 



99668. Lychnis nigrescens Edgew. 



A low herb less than a foot high, native to the 

 alpine slopes of the Sikkim Himalayas in northern 

 India. The simple glandular-pubescent stems 

 are one-flowered, the leaves are lanceolate to 

 spatulate, and the nodding purple flowers have 

 the calyx inflated to nearly 1 inch in diameter 

 and lined with broad purple-brown nerves. 



99669. Meconopsis napatjlensis DC. Papaver- 



A stout perennial herb, 3 to 5 feet high, with the 

 young parts clothed in softly villous golden hairs, 

 native to the temperate slopes of the Sikkim 

 Himalayas in India. The sinuate-lobed or pin- 

 natifid leaves are 10 to 16 inches long, and the 

 golden yellow flowers, 2 to 4 inches across, are in 

 elongated racemes. 



99670. Myriactis nepalensis Less. Asteraceae. 



An erect annual, 2 to 3 feet high, native to t 

 temperate slopes of the Himalayas in northe 

 India. The lanceolate to ovate leaves, 1 to 

 inches long, are coarsely serrate, and the sm 

 daisylike white flower heads are in panicles. 



99671 and 99672. 



From India. Seeds presented by R. N. Parker, 

 forest botanist, Forest Research Institute, New 

 Forest, Dehra Dun. Received May 31, 1932. 



99671. Evodia meliaefolia (Hance) Benth. 

 Rutaceae. 



A small much-branched tree, native to India. 

 The pinnately compound leaves are made up of 

 3 to 5 pairs of obliquely lanceolate leaflets 3 to 4 

 inches long, and the small white flowers are in 

 cymes 8 inches across. 



99672. Mundulea suberosa (Roxb.) Benth. 



A stout erect shrub with thick corky bark, 

 native to India and Ceylon. The coriaceous 

 leaves are made up of 6 to 10 pairs of oblong- 

 lanceolate leaflets 1 to 2 inches long, and the red 

 pea-shaped thinly silvery flowers, 1 inch long, are 

 in dense terminal racemes. 



99673 to 99675. Capsicum annuum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common redpepper. 



From Spain. Seeds presented by the Granja 

 Escuela de Capataces Agricolas y Estaciones 

 Especiales de Valencia, through Sehor Miguel de 

 Echegary, agricultural attach^, Spanish Em- 

 bassy, Washington, D.C. Received May 31, 

 1932. 



A collection of the best commercial varieties of 

 mild-flavored sweet redpeppers grown in Spain. 



99673. Dulce de Bola. 



99674. Agridulce Temprano. 



99675. Picante Leren. 



99676 to 99682. 



From Likiang, China. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Joseph F. Rock. Received May 11, 1932. 



Collected on the slopes of the Likiang Snow 

 Range, Yunnan Province, in November and 

 December 1931. 



99676. Berberis sp. Berberidaceae. -Barberry. 



From Taitzutung at 8,000 feet altitude in a pine 

 forest. An attractive shrub 1 to 2 feet high, with 

 small leaves and globose pruinose fruits. 



99677. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. Hawthorn. 



From the forests of Youngming at 10,000 feet 

 altitude. A very handsome tree with brilliant 

 red fruits. 



99678. Ephedra likiangensis Florin. Gnetaceae. 



Jointfir. 



A stout erect shrub, sometimes 4 feet high, with 

 elongated rigid, thick green branches. The 

 minute scalelike leaves are one fifth of an inch long. 

 The fleshy ovoid fruit, nearly one half inch in 

 diameter, is yellowish carmine. Native to 

 Yunnan, China. 



99679. Euonymus sp. Celastraceae. 



From open forest on the eastern slopes of the 

 mountains at 11,000 feet altitude. A tree 30 feet 

 high with round spreading crown and very attrac- 

 tive pink fruits. 



Hemerocallis forrestii Diels. Lilia- 

 ceae. Day lily. 



A very handsome plant about 2 feet high, with 

 a thick rootstock, narrow lanceolate leaves, and 

 golden-yellow flowers 2 to 3 inches long borne in 

 many-flowered corymbs. Found in limestone 

 meadows at 11,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 58135. 



99681. Incarvillea grandiflora Bur. and 

 Franch. Bignoniaceae. 



A very handsome bush, 2 to 3 feet high, found 

 among limestone rocks between 10,000 and 11,000 



