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99810 to 99818— Continued. 



99810. A small red bean blotched with light gray. 



99811. A gray bean three-fourths inch long, 

 heavily blotched with black around the edge. 



99812. A small bean mottled tan gray and black. 



99813. A medium-sized gray and light-brown 

 bean, slightly mottled with black. 



99814. A small light-gray bean with a black line 

 around the hilum. 



99815. A red bean blotched with light gray, very 

 similar to 99810, but smaller. 



99816. A medium-sized gray and tan bean slightly 

 mottled with black. 



99817. A medium-sized gray and black bean 

 slightly mottled with brown. 



99818. A gray bean, three-fourths inch long, with 

 a black blotch around the hilum and marked 

 with black and brown around the edge. 



99819 to 99822. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by D. C. Edwards, 

 Scott Agricultural Laboratories, Department of 

 Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya. Received June 6, 

 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department forage-crop 

 specialists. 



Fa- 



Crotalaria agatiflora Schweinf. 

 Fabaceae. 



For previous introduction see 66039. 



dilloniana Baker. 



99820. Crotalaria 

 baceae. 



For previous introduction see 64535. 



99821. Lupinus mutabilis Sweet. Fabaceae. 



South American lupine. 



For previous introduction see 88274. 



99822. Lupinus luteus L. Fabaceae. 



European yellow lupine. 



For previous introduction see 88271. 

 99823 to 100103. 



From China. Seeds collected by the sixth Forrest 

 expedition, 1930-32, to southwestern China and 

 presented by Maj. Lionel de Rothschild, London, 

 England. Received June 9, 1932. 



99823. Abies georgei Hort. Pinaceae. Fir. 



A name for which a place of publication and a 

 description have not been found. 



99824 to 99827. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 

 99824. Acer francheti Pax. 



Maple. 



F. 30491. A small tree about 15 feet high, 

 native to central China. The light-green 

 leaves, 3 to 4 inches long, have three broadly 

 ovate remotely toothed lobes, and the small 

 flowers, in short pubescent racemes appearing 

 with the leaves, are followed by winged fruits, 

 spreading at nearly right angles and having 

 hairy nutlets. 



99825. Acer laxiflorum Pax. 



F. 30462. Received as A. Jorrestii, which is 

 now considered the same as A. laxiflorum. 



99826. Acer laxiflorum Pax. 



F. 30631. A tree up to 50 feet high, with cor- 

 date-oblong leaves 4 inches long, having 2 to 4 

 short lobes near the base and serrate margins. 

 The yellowish flowers are borne in slender 

 pendulous racemes and are followed by fruits 

 spreading at right angles. It is native to 

 western China. 



For previous introduction see 93873. 



25842—34 5 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



99827. Acer sp. 



F. 30462. 



99828. Allium sp. Liliaceae. Onion. 



F. 30944. Related to A. prattii. 



99829 to 99834. Androsace spp. Primulaceae. 

 Rock jasmine, 



99829. Androsace delavayi Franch. 



G. F. 55. A cespitose perennial native to 

 Yunnan, where it grows at an altitude of 13,000 

 feet near the zone of perpetual snow. The 

 leaves are broadly cuneate-obovate, about one 

 eighth of an inch long, and the white or rosy 

 flowers are one third of an inch across. 



to 99833. Androsace spinulifera 

 (Franch.) Kunth. 



A low, densely hairy perennial herb with 

 primroselike flower*, native to China. The 

 linear-obovate leaves. 3 inches long, are in 

 rosettes, and the numerous purple flowers ar8 

 in dense clusters on scapes 10 inches high. 



99830. G. F. 40. 99832. G. F. 30323. 



99831. G-. F. 385. 99833. G. F. 30329. 



99834. Androsace sp. 



G. F. 44. Related to A. chamaejasmr, 

 99835 to 99840. Aster spp. Asteraceae. 



99835. Aster staticefolius Franch. 



F. 30625. An aster from high altitudes in 

 southwestern China. The stems, about a foot 

 long, are often decumbent, and the oblong- 

 spatulate leaves are more or less basal. The 

 flower heads have yellow disk flowers and vio- 

 let-blue rays. 



Aster sp. 

 F. 30627. 



99837. Aster sp. 

 F. 30636. 



99838. Aster sp. 

 F. 30637. 



99339. Aster sp. 



F. 30644. 

 99840. Aster sp. 



F. 30659. 



Astilbe rubra Hook. 

 Saxifragaceae. 



and Thorns. 



F. 30438. A perennial herb 4 to 6 feet high, 

 native to India, with stems and leaves covered 

 with long fulvous hairs. The biternate leaves 

 have obliquely cordate-ovate leaflets 1 to 3 inches 

 long, and the small rose-red flowers are borne in 

 robust panicles. 



99842. Canna indica L. Cannaceaa. 



F. 30949. 



99843. Cassiope fastigiata (Wall.) D. Don. 

 Ericaceae. 



F. 30488. A beautiful free-flowering alpine 

 shrub about 9 inches high, found in shady situa- 

 tions in moist, peatv, well-drained soil between 

 11,000 and 13,0C0 feet altitude. The tiny leaves 

 are imbricated in four rows, giving the stem a 

 four-sided appearance, and have white mem- 

 branous ciliated margins. The solitary, white, 

 bell-shaped flowers have the corolla segments 

 recurved, showing the pink center and curious 

 awned stamens like those of the arbutus. 



For previous introduction see 49623. 



