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99707 to 99759— Continued. 



99718. Arisaema speciosum (Wall.) Mart. 

 Araceae. 



A perennial herb with an oblique creeping root- 

 stock often 5 inches in diameter, native to the 

 temperate slopes of the Himalayas up to 10,000 

 feet altitude. The single leaf has a stout green 

 petiole marbled with brown or purple and three 

 slightly cordate leaflets, 16 to 19 inches long, edged 

 with red or purple. The tube of the spathe, 2 to 

 4 inches long, is striped with purple, and the limb, 

 2 to 6 inches long, is banded with white and pur- 

 ple. The pink spadix has a threadlike purple tip 

 12 to 18 inches long. 



99719. Aster diplostephioides (DC.) Benth. 

 Aster aceae. 



A perennial herb 2 to 3 feet high, native to the 

 alpine slopes of the Indian Himalayas up to 16,000 

 feet altitude. The entire lanceolate leaves are 2 

 to 3 inches long, and the blue to pale-purple flower 

 heads are 1 to 3 inches across and are borne singly. 



99720. Aster himalaicus C. B. Clarke. Aster - 



A low perennial herb, 12 to 18 inches high, native 

 to the Indian Himalayas up to 15,000 feet altitude. 

 The obovate-spatulate leaves are 1 to 2 inches 

 long, and the lilac-blue flower heads, borne singly 

 at the tips of the stems, are 1 to 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 47642. 



99721. Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. Saxi- 

 fragaceae. 



A perennial herb with tawny hairy stems, 3 to 

 5 feet high, native to Nepal and western China. 

 The biternate leaves have dentate ovate leaflets 

 1 to 3 inches long, and the creamy white flowers 

 with pure-white stamens are borne in spikes 

 gathered into large panicles at the top of the 

 stems. 



For previous introduction see 73147. 



99722. Bupleurum candollii Wall. Apiaceae. 



A perennial herb 1 to 3 feet high, native to the 

 Himalayas up to 12,000 feet altitude. The linear 

 to ovate leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are entire, and 

 the small yellow flowers are borne in compound 

 umbels. 



99723. Calamagrostis emodensis Griseb. Po- 

 aceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass, 3 to 5 feet high, native to 

 northern India up to 8,000 feet altitude. The pale 

 glaucous-green leaves, 12 to 18 inches long, are 

 somewhat leathery, and the soft silky pale-gray 

 nodding panicles are 6 to 10 inches long. 



99724. Callicarpa rubella Lindl. Verbena- 

 ceae. Beautyberry. 



A shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, native to 

 India and China. The ovate tomentose leaves 

 are 5 inches long, and the small pink flowers in 

 axillary cymes are followed by purple berries. 

 Collected at 3,000 feet altitude. 



99725. Caryota urens L. Phoenicaceae. 



Toddy palm. 



A palm up to 80 feet high and 18 inches in diam- 

 eter, with twice pinnately divided leaves 20 feet 

 long by 12 feet wide. The segments are curved 

 and drooping. It is native to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. 



For previous introduction see 91777. 



99726. Cinnamomum impressinervium Meisn. 

 Laur aceae. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree with slender 

 branches and silky branchlets, native to the 

 Himalayas up to 6,000 feet altitude. The elliptic- 

 lanceolate leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, have deeply 

 impressed nerves, and the inconspicuous flowers 

 are followed by dark-brown globular fruits less 

 than one-half inch in diameter. 



99707 to 99759— Continued. 



99727. Clematis grewiaeflora DC. ftanuncu- 

 laceae. 



A woody climbing vine with densely tomentose, 

 simply pinnate leaves, native to India. The 3 to 

 5 broadly cordate leaflets have serrate margins, 

 and the tubular-campanulate tawny yellow 

 flowers are 1 to 2 inches long. 



99728. Clerodendrum colebrookianum Walp. 

 Verbenaceae. 



A low shrub, 4 to 8 feet high, with rose-purple 

 or white flowers about an inch long and small 

 blue fruits less than an inch in diameter. It is 

 native to Sikkim and Assam, India, at rather low 

 altitudes and will therefore probably not endure 

 much cold. 



For previous introduction see 61600. 



99729. Cortia hookeri C. B. Clarke. Apiaceae. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 99659. 



99730. Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze 

 (C. recurvata Ait.). Amaryllidaceae. 



A stemless tuberous-rooted perennial, native 

 to tropical Asia. The lanceolate plaited leaves, 

 1 to 3 feet long, are recurved, and the star-shaped 

 drooping yellow flowers, about 1 inch across, are 

 borne in dense heads on recurved stalks 3 inches 

 long, covered with soft brown hairs. 



99731. HlEROCHLOE FLEXTJOSA Hook. f. 



Poaceae. 

 Grass. 



An erect very slender sweet-scented perennial 

 grass, 2 to 3 feet high, native to the Himalayas in 

 Sikkim, India. The leaves are narrowly linear 

 and the lax panicles, 2 to 3 inches long and broad, 

 are made up of much-compressed brown spikelets. 



99732. Hypericum oblongifolium Choisy (H. 

 cernuum Roxb.). Hypericaceae. St. Johnswort. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to the temperate 

 slopes of the Himalayas in India. The sessile 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, and 

 the nodding flowers, 2 inches across, are white on 

 opening, turning light yellow with age. 



99733. Impatiens urtictfolia Wall. Impatienta- 

 ceae. 



A slender herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native to the 

 temperate slopes of the Himalayas up to 12,000 

 feet altitude in Sikkim, India. The alternate 

 membranous leaves, 4 to 6 inches long, are elliptic- 

 ovate with a long point and have crenate margins. 

 The flowers, nearly an inch in diameter, are 

 yellow with white to purple streaks and are 

 borne in small axillary clusters on slender 

 pedicels. 



99734. Indigofera dosua Buch.-Ham. Faba- 

 ceae. Indigo. 



A low shrub with woody branches, covered with 

 short gray or brownish pubescence. The leaves, 

 1 to 3 inches long, bear leaflets less than an inch 

 long, which are dull green above and glaucous 

 below. The racemes of bright-red flowers are 1 

 to 3 inches long with lanceolate-cuspidate silky 

 bracts. 



For previous introduction see 86679. 



99735. Iris clarkei Baker. Iridaceae. 



Clarke iris. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 99665. 



99736. Juniperus recurva Buch.-Ham. Pina- 

 ceae. Himalayan juniper. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 99666. 



