PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



100500 to 100618— Continued. 



100541. Enkianthus deflexus (Griffith) C. 

 Schneid. Ericaceae. 



F. 29710. The whorled branches of this Him- 

 alayan shrub are characteristic of the entire genus 

 and give the plant a peculiar appearance. The 

 branchlets are red, and the margins and petioles 

 of the obovate leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, are red 

 when the leaves are young. The flowers, pro- 

 duced in dense drooping racemes, have yellow 

 corollas, striped dark red, with darker lobes. 



For previous introduction see 99862. 



100542. Enkianthus sp. Ericaceae. 



G. F. 300. 



100543. Epilobium sp. Onagraceae. 

 G.F. 346. 



0544. Etjonymus sp. Celastraceae. 

 G. F. 42. 

 00545. Etjonymus sp. Celastraceae. 

 G. F. 337. 



Caprifoliaceae. 



100546. Viburnum sp. 

 F. 29497. 



100547. Euonymus sp. Celastraceae. 



F. 30716. Closely related to E. cresbia. 



100548. Euptelea pleiosperma Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Trochodendraceae. 



G. F. 73. A tree 30 to 40 feet high, native to 

 Tibet, with ovate-crenate leaves which are glau- 

 cescent beneath and have very long acuminate 

 tips. The slender -stalked red flowers, in axillary 

 fascicles, appear before the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 99864. 



100549. Fraxinussp. Oleaceae. Ash. 

 F. 30563. 



100550 to 100552. Gaultheria spp. Ericaceae. 



100550 and 100551. Gaultheria trichophylla 

 Royle. 



A low evergreen shrub of densely tufted habit, 

 3 to 6 inches high, spreading by means of under- 

 ground shoots; the slender, wiry, bristly stems 

 are covered with small leaves, 12 or more to the 

 inch. The narrow-oblong stalkless leaves, one 

 fourth inch long and about one eighth inch wide, 

 are smooth on both surfaces but bristly on the 

 margins, glossy dark green above and pale 

 beneath. The solitary bell-shaped pink 

 flowers are borne in the leaf axils and are fol- 

 lowed by blue-black fruits. Native to the 

 Himalayas up to 13,000 feet altitude. 



100550. F. 30556. 



100551. F. 30879. 



100552. Gaultheria sp. 

 F. 29803. 



100553 to 100555. Gordonia spp. Theaceae. 

 Closely related to O. chrysandra. 



100553. G. F. 98. 



100554. G. F. 103. 



100555. F. 30964. 



100556 to 100558. Hydrangea spp. Hydrange- 



100558 and 100557. Hydrangea yunnanensis 

 Rehder. 



A shrub about 3 feet high, with membranous 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate dentate light-green 

 leaves 3 to 5 inches long. The white sterile 

 flowers are over an inch across, and the blue 

 fertile flowers are in nearly flat cymes. It is 



100500 to 100618— Continued. 



closely related to H. davidii and is native to 

 Yunnan. 



100556. F. 29755. 



100557. F. 29842. 

 100558. Hydrangea sp. 



F. 29624. 



100559. Hypericum patulum henryi Veitch. 

 Hypericaceae. Henry hypericum. 



F. 30989. This variety is hardier than the 

 typical form and sturdier in habit. The ovate 

 dark-green leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, and the 

 rich yellow flowers are about 2 inches wide. 

 Native to Yunnan. 



100560. Hypericum sp. Hypericaceae. 

 F. 29674. Closely related to H. hookeri. 



100561. Ilex micrococca Maxim. Aquifoliaceae. 



Holly. 



F. 29908. A holly with oblong papery leaves 

 3 to 4 inches long and very small red berries one 

 sixth inch in length. Native to Japan and China. 



100562. Ilex sp. Aquifoliaceae. Holly. 



F. 30561. Closely related to I. corallina. 

 100583. Illicium sp. Magnoliaceae. 



G. F. 76. Closely related to /. yunnanensis. 



100564 to 100570. Juniperus spp. Pinaceae. 



Juniper. 



100564. Juniperus recurva Buch.-Ham. 



Himalayan juniper. 



F. 29591. A prostrate or erect shrub, or some- 

 times an erect tree up to 30 feet high, native to 

 the temperate and alpine slopes of the Hima- 

 layas in India. The fastigiate branches are 

 decurved and then ascending with pendulous 

 branchlets. 



For previous introduction see 99736. 



100565. Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham. 



F. 30847. A decumbent shrub, native to the 

 eastern Himalayas and western China. The 

 thick branchlets are ascending at the tip and 

 bear crowded blue-green leaves with two gray- 

 white bands above. The globose-ovoid, blue- 

 black fruits are one-fourth to one-third inch 

 across. 



100566 and 100567. Juniperus squamata far- 



gesii Rehd. and Wils. 



A tree up to 70 feet high with longer, narrower, 

 and more spreading leaves than the usual shrub 

 form, F. 30847 (No. 100565), and the fruits are 

 ovoid. It is native to the China-Tibet border. 



100566. F. 30560. 



100567. F. 30972. 



100568. Juniperus squamata wilsonu Rehder. 



F. 30918. An upright shrub up to 6 feet high, 

 native to western China. The short branchlets 

 are recurved at the tip, and the broadly lanceo- 

 late leaves, about one sixth inch long, are 

 broader, shorter, and more crowded than those 

 of the usual form. 



Juniperus wallichiana 



100569 and 100570. 

 Hook. f. 



Varying from a shrub up to a tree 60 feet high, 

 this juniper is native to the eastern Himalayas 

 and western China. The slender branchlets 

 bear bright-green scalelike leaves, and the blue- 

 black ovoid erect fruits are nearly one half inch 

 long. 



100589. F. 30554. 

 100570. F. 30855. 



