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99823 to 100103— Continued. 



100071 and 100072. Primula sonchifolia 

 Franch. 



A primrose with obovate-oblong, doubly 

 sinuate, papery leaves 6 to 8 inches long, native 

 to southwestern China. The simple umbel of 

 short-campanula te violet flowers is borne on a 

 pilose scape as long as the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 95390. 



100071. F. 30279. 100072. [No data.] 



100073 and 100074. Primula soulei Franch. 



A Chinese primula, native to Szechwan, with 

 long-stemmed, ovate-obtuse, crenulate leaves 

 about an inch long and purple-violet flowers 

 less than an inch long, on a scape 3 to 5 inches 

 high. 



100073. F. 30341. 



100074. F. 30342. 



100075 to 100077. Primula szechuanica Pax. 



A glabrous perennial herb, native to central 

 China, with thin ovate-oblong slightly dentate 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches long. The stout scape, 8 

 inches high, bears an umbel of 5 to 10 nodding 

 yellow flowers about half an inch across with 

 reflexed lobes. 



100075. [No data.] 



100076. F. 30267. 



100077. F. 30285. 



100078. Primula vinciflora Franch. 



F. 30334. A perennial primrose, native to 

 China, and found in moist shady rreadows at 

 12,000 feet altitude. The thin papery oblong 

 dull-green leaves, covered with reddish glands, 

 are all erect, or nearly so, forming a narrow erect 

 crown. The scapes, up to 15 inches high, bear 

 solitary purple-violet, vincalike flowers, 1 to 2 

 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 93933. 



100079. Primula vittata Bur. and Franch. 



F. 30240. A Chinese herbaceous perennial 

 primrose with narrow leaves 6 inches long and 

 purple flowers borne on a stout scape 8 inches 

 high. 



100080. Primula wilsoni Dunn. 



F. 30191. An aromatic perennial herb native 

 to Yunnan. The bright-green lanceolate leaves, 

 6 to 8 inches long, are recurved, and the small 

 rosy flowers have short rounded crenulate lobes. 



100081 to 100084. Primula yargongensis 

 Petitm. 



A primrose from eastern Tibet, with ovate- 

 oblong obtuse leaves 1 to 2 inches long and 1 to 3 

 deep-lilac flowers on a thick scape 4 inches high. 



For previous introduction see 



100081. F. 30238. 100083. F. 30282. 



1C0082. F. 30261. 



100084. F. 30306. 



100085. Primula yunnanensis Franch. 



F. 30210. A dwarf alpine primrose native to 

 Yunnan. The obovate leaves are less than 

 one-half inch long, and the 1 or 2 purple flowers, 

 an inch across, are borne on a scape only 2 or 3 

 inches high. 



100086. Primula sp. 



F. 30665. A primrose near P. malvacea. 



100087 to 100089. Rhododendron spp. Eri- 

 caceae. 



100087. Rhododendron chryseum Balf. and 

 Ward. 



F. 30942. A small shrub, 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 densely scaly branchlets, native to Yunnan. 

 The ovate-elliptic leaves, one-half inch long, are 

 scaly on both sides and are aromatic. The 



99823 to 100103 — Continued. 



bright-yellow openly campanulate flowers ara 

 one-half inch across and are borne in terminal 

 clusters of 4 or 5. 



Rhododendron sp. 



F. 30941. Series Lapponicum. 



100089. Rhododendron mollicomum Balf. 

 and Smith. 



F. 30940. A small shrub with softly pubescent 

 branchlets, native to Yunnan. The narrowly 

 lanceolate leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, are softly 

 pubescent on both sides, and the narrowly 

 tubular crimson flowers are in small axillary 

 clusters near the ends of the branchlets. 



100090. Roettlera forresth Diels. Gesner- 

 iaceae. 



F. 30617. An alpine plant with a basal rosette of 

 densely hairy narrow ovate leaves 3 to 5 inches 

 long, and small canary-yellow flowers, one-third 

 inch across, on scapes 3 to 9 inches high. Native 

 to mossy boulders in very shady places in Yun- 

 nan. 



100091 to 100093. Sorbus spp. 

 100091. Sorbus sp. 



Malaceae. 



Mountain-ash. 



F. 30492. A mountain-ash near S. vestita . 



100092. Sorbus sp. 

 F. 30509. 



100093. Sorbus sp. 



F. 30635. 



100094. Spiraea canescens glaucophylla 

 Franch. Rosaceae. 



F. 30620. A white-flowered shrub, native to 

 Yunnan, with broadly obovate leaves and many- 

 flowered corymbs. 



100095. Symplocos paniculata Miquel. 

 locaceae. 



Symp- 



F. 30458. A shrub or small tree up to 35 feet high, 

 native to China and Japan. The obovate sharply 

 serrulate leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, the fragrant 

 white flowers are in panicles 2 to 4 inches in length, 

 and the bright-blue ellipsoid fruits are nearly 

 half an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 93963 



YUNNANENSIS 



100096. Syringa 

 ceae. 



Franch. Olea- 

 Yunnan lilac. 



F. 30486. A handsome shrub of open spreading 

 growth, related to Syringa wilsonii, but with pale- 

 pink flowers in large panicles. The downy leaves 

 have a distinct red midrib, the color being con- 

 tinued through the leafstalk. It is native to 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 91834. 



100097. Tetracentron sinense Oliver. Mag- 

 noliaceae. 



F. 30489. A tree up to 100 feet high, native to 

 western and central China. The elliptic-ovate 

 leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, are subcordate with 

 closely serrulate margins, and the minute yellow- 

 ish flowers are in racemes 4 to 8 inches long. 



100098. Thermopsis sp. Fabaceae. 

 F. 30630. A form near T. inflata. 



100099 to 100101. Trollius spp. Ranunculaceae. 



100099. Trollius pumilus D. Don. 



Dwarf globefiower. 



F. 30647. An alpine herbaceous perennial 

 1 foot high, native to the Himalayas in India. 

 The thick orbicular leaves, 1 to 2 inches across, 

 are five-parted into broadly three-lobed seg- 

 ments, and the solitary yellow flowers are 1 

 inch across. 





