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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99707 to 99759— Continued. 



99737. Lactuca lessertiana C. B. Clarke. Ci- 

 choriaceae. 



A perennial herb, native to the temperate 

 alpine slopes of the Himalayas up to 16,000 feet 

 altitude in India. The stems, less than a foot 

 high, are simple and slender or stout with many 

 lateral branches. The membranous leaves, 1 to 

 8 inches long, vary from nearly entire to deeply 

 pinnatifid, and the blue flower heads, nearly 1 

 inch long, are in 12- to 24-flowered panicles. 



99738. Lobelia rosea Wall. Campanulaceae. 



A stout herb up to 12 feet high, with horizontal 

 branches drooping at the tips, native to the sub- 

 tropical slopes of the Himalayas in India. The 

 narrowly lanceolate leaves, 6 inches long, are 

 velvety above, and the rosy white flowers, nearly 

 an inch long, are in crowded racemes. 



99739. Lonicera glabrata Wall. Caprifolia- 

 ceae. Honeysuckle. 



A shrubby climber, native to the temperate 

 Himalayas up to 8,000 feet altitude. The cor- 

 date-oblong leathery leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, 

 and the yellow flowers, an inch long, are tinged 

 with purple outside and are followed by black 

 fruits. 



9974D. Lonicera tomentella Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



A white-flowered honeysuckle, native to the 

 interior valleys of the mountain region of north- 

 eastern India, where it forms a shrub 10 to 12 feet 

 high. The leaves are dark dull green, and the 

 paired flowers hang from the axils of the leaves. 

 The blue-black berries are about the size of peas. 



For previous introduction see 47709. 



99741 to 99743. Meibomia spp. Fabaceae. 



93741. Meibomia gyroides (DC.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium gyroides DC). 



A shrubby leguminous plant 8 to 10 feet high, 

 native to the warmer parts of the central and 

 eastern Himalayas. It has pubescent leaves and 

 terminal racemes of red-purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see 77297. 



99742. Meibomia heterocarpa (L.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium polycarpum DC). 



An erect or suberect undershrub found 

 throughout the Himalayas and Burma. All of 

 the bushy species of this genus are said to con- 

 tain good fibers, used in some cases for paper 

 making. 



For previous introduction see 94078. 



99743. Meibomia tiliaefolia (D. Don.) 

 Kuntze (Desmodium tiliaefolium Don.). 



A hardy and more or less ornamental decid- 

 uous shrub with slender terete branches, thick 

 green trifoliolate leaves about 4 inches long, and 

 red flowers in lax racemes often a foot long. 

 The bark yields an excellent fiber which is used 

 in rope making, the leaves are good fodder, and 

 the roots are used medicinally as a tonic and 

 diuretic. It is native to the Himalayas from 

 3,000 to 9,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 93194. 



99744. Ophiopogon intermedius D. Don. Lili- 

 aceae. 



A hardy perennial, indigenous to Ceylon, 

 with grasslike leaves and white flowers. It 

 reaches a height of about 1 foot and is suited to 

 moist shady places. 



For previous introduction see 91823. 



99707 to 99759— Continued. 



99745. Oxyspora paniculata (D. Don.) DC. 



Melastomaceae. 



A large spreading Himalayan shrub with oppo- 

 site ovate leaves 5 inches long and large loose 

 panicles of rose-purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see 76907. 



99746. Paederia foetida L. Rubiaceae 



A slender attractive-looking climbing vine with 

 glabrous ovate or lanceolate leaves on long peti- 

 oles. The small pink flowers are in branching 

 cymes. Native to India and the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. The leaves or any part of the plant when 

 bruised emit a most offensive odor. 



For previous introduction see 41876. 



99747. Parnassia nubicola Wall. Saxifragaceae. 



A perennial herb, 4 to 19 inches high, native to 

 temperate and alpine slopes of the Himalayas up 

 to 12,000 feet altitude. The 1 to 3 leaves are cor- 

 date-oblong, and the white flowers, an inch across, 

 are borne singly. 



99743. Phoenix rupicola T. Anders. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Cliff date palm. 



A Himalayan palm with a solitary slender 

 naked stem 15 to 20 feet high, bright-green leaves 

 10 feet long, and shining yellow oblong fruits. 



For previous introduction see 76412. 



99749. Phyllanthus emblica L. Euphorbia- 

 ceae. Nelli. 



A small tree with slender branches bearing 

 numerous linear 2-ranked leaves about one half 

 inch long. The globose fruits are used as a purga- 

 tive when raw or are cooked to make an acid 

 sauce. Native to tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see 92925. 



99750. Phyllanthus wightianus Muell. Arg. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



A shrub with long spreading upcurved branches, 

 native to India. The membranous oblique leaves 

 are pale green above and glaucous beneath, and 

 the solitary inconspicuous flowers are followed by 

 small globular capsules covered with rusty 

 bristles. 



99751. Primula sp. Primulaceae. Primrose. 

 Collected at 6,000 feet altitude. 



99752. Saxifraga purpurascens Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Saxifragaceae. Saxifrage. 



A beautiful herbaceous rock plant, native to 

 the temperate regions of the Sikkim Himalayas 

 between 10,000 and 14,000 feet altitude. The 

 bright glossy green leaves are elegantly margined 

 with red, and the scape and inflorescence are deep 

 bright vinous red-purple. 



For previous introduction see 63662. 



99753. Spiraea micrantha Hook. f. Rosaceae. 



A very attractive shrub of rather lax habit found 

 in the eastern temperate Himalayas between 6,000 

 and 10,000 feet altitude. The narrowly ovate, 

 doubly toothed leaves are sometimes 7 inches 

 long, and the small pale-pink flowers are borne 

 in very long spreading panicles. 



For previous introduction see 55705. 



99754. Styrax hookeri C B. Clarke. Styra- 



Snowbell. 



A tree often 40 feet high, native to Sikkim and 

 Bhutan, between 6,000 and 7,000 feet altitude. 

 The white flowers, 1 inch long, are tomentose 



