60 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99683 to 99701— Continued. 99707 to 99759— Continued. 



99701. Wigandia kunthii Choisy. Hydrophyl- 

 laceae. 



A shrub or tree up to 15 feet high, native to 

 Mexico and Central America, the stems being 

 hispid with stinging hairs. The coarsely crenate 

 cordate leaves, 10 inches long, are tomentose 

 beneath, and the small blue and white bell-shaped 

 flowers are in 1-sided cymes. 



99702. Ulmus pumila 



L. Ulmaceae. 

 Chinese elm. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by the 

 College of Agriculture and Forestry, University 

 of Nanking. Received June 1, 1932. 



A hardy rapid-growing Chinese elm which is 

 cold- and drought-resistant and thrives in poor soil. 



For previous introduction see 93750. 



99703 to 99706. 



From Cluj, Rumania. Seeds presented by Dr. Al. 

 Borza, directeur du Jardin Botanique de l'Uni- 

 versite de Cluj. Received May 31, 1932. 



99703. Elaeagnus macropuylla Thunb. El- 

 aeagnaceae. Broadleaf elaeagnus. 



An evergreen shrub, up to 10 feet high, with 

 silver-white branchlets, native to Japan. The 

 broadly ovate leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are densely 

 silvery scaly beneath, and the small fragrant nod- 

 ding flowers, in clusters of 4 to 6, are covered out- 

 side with silvery and brown scales. The red 

 ellipsoidal fruits are about one-half inch long and 

 covered with silvery scales. 



99704 to 99706. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



99704. RUBUS LACINIATUS Willd. 



Cutleaf blackberry. 



A blackberry, native to Europe, with angled 

 arching stems armed with hooked prickles. 

 The 3 to 5 pinnately lobed and incisely toothed 

 leaflets are pubescent beneath, the light-pink 

 flowers are in large prickly panicles, and the 

 sweet black fruits are about one-half inch long. 



99705. Rubus lasiostylus Focke. 



Woolly raspberry. 



A wild raspberry from western China, with 

 blue-white bristly stems, small pinnate leaves, 

 silvery beneath, magenta flowers, and rose- 

 colored woolly fruits which are sweet but said 

 to be of little use for eating. 



For previous introduction see 66607. 



99706. Rubus rosaefolius J. E. Smith. 



Roseleaf raspberry. 



A raspberry, native to southeastern Asia and 

 evergreen in the Tropics. The hairy stems are 

 3 to 6 feet high, the pinnately compound leaves 

 are made up of 2 to 7 pairs of ovate sharply ser- 

 rate leaflets, and the white flowers, 1 to 2 inches 

 across, are in small clusters and are followed by 

 erect bright-red, thimble-shaped fruits nearly 

 2 inches long, edible but insipid. 



99707 to 99759. 



From India. Seeds presented by the curator, Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. Received May 6, 

 1932. 



99707. Abies spectabilis Lambert. Pinaceae. 

 Himalayan fir. 



A tree sometimes 150 feet high, native to the 

 Himalayas. The dark-green leaves are arranged in 

 two opposite series, so as to leave a V-shaped open- 

 ing along the top; the individual leaves are 1 to 2 

 inches long. The cones, about 5 inches long, are 

 Violet purple at first, becoming brown. 



For previous introduction see 73140. 





99708 to 99712. Acer spp. Aceraceae. Maple. 



99708. Acer campbellii Hook. f. and Thorns. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, native to India. 

 The bright-green 5- to 7-lobed leaves are 4 to 7 

 inches across and contrast sharply with the red 

 petioles, 1 to 3 inches long. The small green and 

 white flowers are borne in cymes 2 to 6 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 68327. 



99709. Acer caudatum Wall. 



A large tree with dark-gray bark and 5-lobed, 

 red-stemmed leaves from 2 to 5 inches long. 

 The shiny compact moderately hard wood is 

 white with a faint pink tinge. The maple is 

 found in the temperate Himalayas between 

 7,000 and 11,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 65752. 



99710. Acer hookeri Miquel. 



A handsome tree 40 to 50 feet high, with deeply 

 fissured brown bark, native to the Sikkim Him- 

 alayas at altitudes between 8,000 and 10,000 feet. 

 The oval leaves, though usually green, are some- 

 times copper colored. The wood is gray, with 

 small pores and very numerous fine red medul- 

 lary rays. 



For previous introduction see 68328. 



99711. Acer laevigatum Wall. 



A large tree, up to 40 feet high and 3 to 4 feet 

 in diameter, native to the temperate slopes of 

 the Himalayas in India. The oblong to entire 

 leaves are 2 to 6 inches long, ovate, deeply retic- 

 ulated, and the panicled cymes of small white 

 flowers appear with the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 58903. 



99712. Acer thomsoni Miquel. 



A large handsome tree with thin gray bark 

 and very large, shallow-lobed leaves up to 10 

 inches long. Native to Sikkim and Bhutan, 

 India, at about 8,000 feet altitude. , 



For previous introduction see 62809. 



99713. Aconitum luridum Hook. f. and Thorns. 

 Ranunculaceae. Monkshood. 



A perennial herb with simple erect stems 2 to 3 

 feet high, native to the alpine slopes of the Himal- 

 ayas in India. The palmately five-lobed leaves, 

 2 to 3 inches across, have coarsely crenate margins, 

 and the dull-red flowers, borne in a simple raceme, 

 have a long straight beak and a broad domelike 

 dorsal prominence. 



99714. Aconitum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Monkshood. 



Collected at 12,000 feet altitude. 



99715. Allium wallichianum Steud. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



A tall eastern onion, native to Asia, with narrow 

 flat leaves about 3 feet long and purple flower 

 heads. 



For previous introduction see 97583. 



99716. Anaphalis royleana DC. Asteraceae. 



A perennial herb, 4 to 6 inches high, slightly 

 woody at the base, native to the alpine slopes of 

 the Himalayas up to 15,000 feet altitude. The 

 sessile linear to oblong leaves are about 1 inch long 

 and woolly beneath, and the small flower heads 

 are densely white tomentose. 



99717. Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 99652. 



