OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1932 



101225 to 101238— Continued 



campanulate flowers, 1 inch long, borne in racemes 

 of 12 to 15, are white or cream with a pink flush on 

 the median lines of the petals and spotted inside 

 with numerous green spots. 



101229. Rhododendron griersonianum Balf. 

 and Forr. 



A shrub 5 to 10 feet high, native to western 

 Yunnan. The narrowly lanceolate leaves, 4 to 8 

 inches long, are green above and covered beneath 

 with a loose whitish to buff woolly tomentum. 

 The funnel-campanulate flowers, in clusters of 5 

 to 12, are 2 to 3 inches long and are bright gera- 

 nium-scarlet dappled inside with darker spots. 



For previous introduction see 100892. 



101230. Rhododendron hyperythrum Hayata. 



A shrub with stout glabrous branches, native to 

 Taiwan. The oblong to lanceolate leathery 

 leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, are smooth above and 

 dotted beneath with reddish punctulations. The 

 funnel-campanulate flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 are purple spotted and are borne in racemose 

 umbels of about 10. 



101231. Rhododendron pulchrum maxwellii 

 x pulchrum calycinum. 



101232. Rhododendron microphyton Franch. 



An upright much-branched shrub, 1 to 6 feet 

 high, the branchlets densely clothed with ap- 

 pressed flattened red-brown hairs. The crowded 

 elliptic to lanceolate leaves, about 1 inch long, are 

 dark green above and pale beneath, with scattered 

 red-brown hairs. The funnelform flowers, nearly 

 1 inch across, are rose color to white, flushed pink, 

 with carmine or crimson dots on the three upper 

 lobes. It is native to Yunnan, China. 



101233. Rhododendron microphyton X old- 

 hamh. 



101234. Rhododendron scabrum X pulchrum 



CALYCINUM. 



101235. Rhododendron sp. 



This plant is a hybrid between a hybrid result- 

 ing from R. scabrum and the variety Snowflake 

 of R. obtusum japonicum, crossed with R. old- 

 hamii. 



101236. Rhododendron sp. 



A hybrid between R. scabrum and the variety 

 Scarlet Prince of R. obtusum japonicum. 



101237. Rhododendron sp. 



A hybrid between R. scabrum and the variety 

 Snowflake of R. obtusum japonicum. 



PULCHRUM TEBOTAN 



101238. Rhododendron 

 (Komatsu) Rehd. 



A form with double rose-red flowers having 

 small green leaves in the center. 



101239. Degttelia elliptica (Roxb.) 

 Taub. (Derris elliptica Be nth.). 

 Fabaceae. 



From Straits Settlements. Seeds presented by the 

 director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 

 Received October 19, 1932. 



A large handsome climbing vine native to south- 

 eastern Asia. The compound leaves, 1 foot long, 

 are made up of 9 to 12 thin leathery obovate leaflets 

 4 to 6 inches long, and the bright-red pea-shaped 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in lax racemes a foot 

 in length. It yields the commercial tuba root used 

 in the manufacture of insecticides. The plant is 

 extensively cultivated in the Malay Archipelago. 



For previous introduction see 98918. 



101240. Cinchona calisaya Wedd. 

 Rubiaceae. 



From the Netherland E ast Indies . Seeds presented 

 by the director of the Government Cinchona 

 Plantations, Tjinjiroean. Received October 24, 

 1932. 



A tropical shrub with opposite oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate shining green leaves and terminal panicles 

 of small white and pink flowers. One of the sources 

 of quinine. Native to Bolivia. 



For previous introduction see 101064. 



101241. SCLERACHNE PUNCTATA R. 



Br. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Java. Seeds presented by the director of the 

 Botanical Garden, Buitenzorg. Received Octo- 

 ber 24, 1932. 



A tropical grass about 2 feet high with a fibrous 

 root and numerous branched stems. The narrow 

 linear-lanceolate leaves vary from 3 to 18 inches in 

 length. Native to Java. 



101242. Calandrinia balonensis 

 Lindl. Portulacaceae. Parakeelya. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Dr. Darnell- 

 Smith, director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 

 through J. B. Cleland, the University, Adelaide, 

 South Australia. Received October 27, 1932. 



A perennial herb about a foot high, native to 

 Queensland, Australia. The thick fleshy oblong- 

 spatulate leaves are less than 1 inch long at the base 

 of the plant while the upper ones are 2 inches long 

 and linear-lanceolate. The large purple flowers, 1 

 to 2 inches across, are borne in loose terminal ra- 

 cemes. 



101243 to 101252. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, 

 superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. 

 Walsingham. Received October 21, 1932. 



101243. Antidesma montanum Blume. Euphor- 

 biaceae. 



A tree up to 40 feet high with softly tomentose 

 branchlets, native to the Malay Peninsula. The 

 oblong to elliptic-lanceolate leaves are 4 to 6 inches 

 long, and the inconspicuous flowers are followed 

 by subglobose red fruits, one tenth of an inch long, 

 borne in spikes 3 inches long. 



101244. Antidesma platyphyllum H. Mann. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



A tree 20 to 30 feet high, native to the Hawaiian 

 Islands. The subcoriaceous, ovate to obovate 

 leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and the small flowers 

 are followed by compressed suboblique red fruits 

 about one half inch long. 



101245. Citharexylum caudatum L. Verbe- 

 naceae. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 101159. 



101246. Exostemma 

 Roem. and Schult. 



longiflorum 

 Rubiaceae. 



(Lamb.) 



A small tropical tree, native to northeastern 

 South America, with smooth linear-lanceolate 

 leaves over 2 inches long and fragrant white and 

 pink flowers on stems 4 to 5 inches long. 



paniculata (Juss.) Radlk. 



101247. Exothea 

 Sapindaceae. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, native to the West 

 Indies. The abruptly pinnate leaves have two 

 oblong leaflets 4 inches long, and the small flowers 



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