JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1932 



100500 to 100618— Continued. 



100509 to 100511. Amygdalus spp. Amygdala- 

 ceae. 



100509. Amygdalus kansuensis (Rehder) 

 Skeels. 



G. F. 85-a. A thorny shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, 

 with black stems and pink flowers which appear 

 before the leaves. The small fruits, the size of a 

 marble or larger, contain no flesh. This species 

 occurs on dry arid loess slopes and endures tem- 

 peratures of -10° to —20° F. It is an early 

 flowering shrub, blooming at an altitude of 

 8,500 to 9,000 feet when the country is still cov- 

 ered with snow and the streams are frozen. 



100510. Amygdalus peesica L. Peach. 

 G. F. 85. 



100511. Amygdalus sp. 

 G. F. 316. 



100512. Berberis sp. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 

 G. F. 75. Closely related to B. yunnanensis. 



100513. Berberis sp. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 

 F. 30717. 



100514. Betula sp. Betulaceae. Birch. 

 F. 29410. 



100515. Betula sp. Betulaceae. Birch. 

 F. 30831. 



100516. Buddleia fallowiana Balf. and Smith. 

 Loganiaceae. 



F. 30932. A graceful shrubby plant with silvery 

 woolly foliage and small, white, fragrant flowers, 

 with orange centers, in dense cylindrical spikes. 



100517. Caragana sp. Fabaceae. 



G. F. 95. Flowers yellow. 



100518. Carpinus sp. Betulaceae. Hornbeam. 



F. 29607. 



100519. Carpinus sp. Betulaceae. Hornbeam. 



G. F. 74. 



100520. Catalpa duclouxh Dode. Bignoniaceae. 



G.F. 324. A small tree, native to central and 

 western China, with ovate-cordate leaves 4 to 8 

 inches long. The rose-pink flowers, more than an 

 inch long, are borne in corymbose clusters. 



100521. Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook. Tax- 

 aceae. Chinese plum-yew. 



G. F. 88. A small tree up to 30 feet high, native 

 to central China. The linear leaves, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, spread nearly horizontally and are glossy 

 green above with two pale bands beneath, and the 

 ovoid purple fruits are 1 inch long. 



100522 to 100525. Clematis spp. Ranunculaceae. 



100522 and 100523 

 Ham. 



Clematis Montana Buch.- 

 Anemone clematis. 



An ornamental vigorous climber, 30 feet or 

 more in length, with solitary, pure-white flow- 

 ers. It is native to the Himalayas. 



100522. F. 30725. A variety with large flowers. 



100523. F. 30S05. A variety with small flow- 

 ers. 



100524. Clematis ranunculoides Franch. 



G. F. 91. A clematis from southwestern 

 China, with a'short thick woody rhizome and 

 an erect simple flowerim? stem 1 to 2 feet high. 

 The prominently nerved leathery leaves are 

 trifid or trilobed and from 1 to 2 inches long, 

 and the 1 to 3 nodding flowers are rose colored. 

 The plant strongly suggests a ranunculus. 



100500 to 100618— Continued. 



100525. Clematis sp. 



F. 30743. 



100526 to 100528. Clethra spp. Clethraceae. 



100526 and 100527. Clethra delavayi Franch. 



A Chinese shrub or small tree up to 50 feet 

 high, with red branchlets and oblanceolate 

 leaves which are pubescent beneath. The 

 fragrant white flowers differ from those of the 

 sweet pepperbush, Clethra alnifolia, in having 

 red calyxes and in being in solitary racemes, 

 while the sweet pepperbush has the racemes 

 grouped together to form a panicle. 



100526. F. 30956. The typical form. 



100527. F. 30974. 

 100528. Clethra sp. 



F. 29866. 

 100529. Corylopsis sp. Hamamelidaceae. 



F. 30968. 

 100530 to 100533. Cotoneaster spp. Malaceae. 



100530. Cotoneaster sp. 



F. 30553. Closely related to C. acuminata. 



100531. Cotoneaster sp. 



F. 30598. 



100532. Cotoneaster sp. 



G. F. 77. Closely related to C. pannosa. 



100533. Cotoneaster sp. 



G. F. 94. Closely related to C. pannosa. 



100534. Crataegus henryi Dunn. Malaceae. 



Hawthorn. 



F. 30713. A handsome hawthorn from south- 

 western China, 10 to 20 feet high, with unarmed 

 branches, leathery toothed but not lobed ovate 

 leaves 1 to 3 inches long. The white flowers are 

 followed by globose red fruits half an inch in 

 diameter. 



100535to 100537. Daphniphyllum spp. Euphor- 

 biaceae. 



100535. Daphniphyllum sp. 



F. 30409. 



100536. Daphniphyllum sp. 



G. F. 90. Closely related to D. beddomei. 



100537. Daphniphyllum sp. 

 G. F. 332. 



100538. Decaisnea fargesii Franch. Lardiza 

 balaceae. 



F. 30466. A handsome deciduous shrub up to 

 15 feet high, with large drooping pinnate leaves 3 

 feet long, greenish flowers in pendulous racemes 

 a foot or more long, and deep-blue fruits 3 to 4 in- 

 ches long. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see 99160. 



100539. Diapensia purpurea Diels. Diapen- 

 siaceae. 



F. 30806. Forma rosea; a pink-flowered form of 

 this low cespitose bushy evergreen shrub with 

 leathery glabrous oblong-spatulate leaves less 

 than an inch long. N ative to western China. 



For previous introduction see 99857. 



100540. Dichotomanthes tristaniaecarpa 

 Kurz. Amygdalaceae. 



F. 30966. A shrubby plant with oblong-obo- 

 vate strongly serrate mucronate leaves an inch 

 long, smooth above and woolly beneath, and 

 flowers in terminal cymes. Native to south- 

 western China. 



