PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



100500 to 100618— Continued. 



long. The small white flowers, in compound 

 terminal corymbs 6 to 8 inches across, are fol- 

 lowed by ovoid fruits a quarter of an inch in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see 93951. 



100602. Sorbus sp. 

 F. 30970. 



100603. Sorbus sp. 



F. 30991. 



100604 to 100606. Spiraea spp. Rosaceae. 



Spirea. 



100604. Spiraea sp. 



G. F. 80. Closely related to S. canescens 

 glaucophylta. 



100605. Spiraea sp. 



F. 30863. Closely related to S. sinobrahuka. 



100606. Spiraea sp. 



F. 31001. Closely related to S. arcuata. 



100607. Stachyurus himalaicus Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Stachyuraceae. 



F. 29930. A small tree native to the eastern 

 temperate slopes of the Himalayas in India. The 

 ovate membranous leaves, 6 inches long, have ser- 

 rate margins, and the small flowers in erect spikes, 

 2 to 3 inches long, are followed by fleshy berries 

 the size of a small pea. 



For previous introduction see 100364. 



100608. Syringa sp. Oleaceae. Lilac. 

 F. 30898. Closely related to 8. yunnanensis. 



100609. Tilia chinensis Maxim. Tiliaceae. 



Linden. 



F. 30558. A Chinese linden with long-stemmed 

 roundish serrate leaves, ashy pubescent beneath, 

 and oblong-linear bracts about as long as the 

 petioles. Native to Kansu, western China 



100610. Tripterygium forrestii Loesner. Cel- 

 astraceae. 



F. 30971. A shrub about 3 feet high, with oval 

 crenulate serrate papery leaves 2 to 3 inches long 

 and terminal panicles of small green-brown flowers. 

 Native to open situations in the Tali Range, 

 Yunnan. 



Pinaceae. 



Hemlock. 



100611 to 100614. Tsuga spp. 



100811. Tsuga chinensis (Franch.) Pritz. 

 Chinese hemlock. 



G. F. 87. A large forest tree up to 150 feet high, 

 native to western China. The branchlets are 

 yellowish at first, later turning pale yellow- 

 gray. The linear leaves, 1 inch long, are glossy, 

 dark green above and have broad whitish bands 

 beneath which later become inconspicuous. 

 The ovoid cones, 1 inch long, have lustrous 

 yellow-brown scales. 



For previous introduction see 98384. 



Tsuga yunnanensis 

 Yunnan hemlock. 



100612 and 100613. 



(Franch.) Masters. 



A forest tree up to 150 feet high, with trunks 

 6 to 7 feet in diameter. The branchlets are 

 covered with a rufous-gray pubescence, and the 

 leaves, up to an inch long, are rounded at the 

 apex and have white lines beneath. The small 

 dull cones, 1 inch long, have fewer scales than 

 those of T. chinensis. Native to western China 

 at 11,000 feet altitude. 



100612. G. F. 78. 



100613. F. 30976. 



100500 to 100618— Continued. 



100614. Tsuga sp. 

 G. F. 83. 



100615. Vaccinium delavayi Franch. Vaccini- 

 aceae. Blueberry. 



F. 30986. A bushy shrub with grayish bark, 

 leathery, shining-green, obovate leaves half an 

 inch long, very small white flowers in small 

 racemes, and small globose capsules. Native to 

 Yunnan. 



100616. Vaccinium sp. Vacciniaceae. Blueberry. 

 F. 30688. Closely related to V. fragile. 



100617. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae. 

 F. 30727. 



100618. (Undetermined.) 

 F. 29882. 



100619 to 100632. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Edwin Ashby, 

 Wittunga, Blackwood, South Australia. Re- 

 ceived June 28, 1932. Numbered in July 1932. 



100819. Alyogyne hakeaefolia (Giordano) 

 Alefeld. Malvaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub, native to Australia, 

 with narrow-lobed or deeply serrate leaves and 

 large purple-lilac flowers with dark centers. It is 

 closely related to cotton. 



For previous introduction see 93829. 



100620 to 100622. Cassia spp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



100620. Cassia artemisioides Gaud. 



Wormwood senna. 



An erect bushy shrub covered with silky 

 white tomentum. The leaves are made up of 

 3 to 6 pairs of linear-terete leaflets 1 inch long, 

 and the yellow flowers are in short dense ra- 

 cemes. It is native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 90850. 



100621. Cassia pleurocarpa F. Muell. 



A tall, erect Australian shrub with 4 or 5 

 rather distinct pairs of thick, oblong leaflets and 

 loose racemes of yellow flowers. 



100622. Cassia sp. 



100623. Chorizema ilicifolium Labill. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A showy, graceful shrub from Western Aus- 

 tralia, from 3 to 4 feet high, with brilliant orange- 

 red, pea-shaped flowers. It blooms for many 

 months in winter and spring. 



100624. Chorizema nervosum T. Moore. Fa- 

 baceae. 



An erect rigid shrub 12 inches high with pubes- 

 cent branchlets, native to Western Australia. 

 The broadly cordate leaves, one-half inch long, 

 have undulate margins, and the small, orange-red, 

 pea-shaped flowers are in loose racemes. 



100625. Clianthus puniceus (Don) Soland. 

 Fabaceae. Red parrotbeak. 



A drooping undershrub, native to New Zealand, 

 with dark-green pinnate leaves and long, pendu- 

 lous racemes of bright-scarlet flowers. 



100626 to 100628. Grevillea spp. Proteaceae. 



Grevillea bipinnatifida R. Br. 



A prostrate or diffuse evergreen shrub 3 to 4 

 feet high, native to Western Australia. The 

 broadly ovate leaves, 4 inches long and 3 inches 

 wide, are twice divided into wedge-shaped 

 segments. The silky pubescent, red flowers 

 are in loose racemes 4 inches long or gathered 

 together in a large terminal panicle. 



