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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101923 to 101962— Continued. 



toplitillum pracvox. No doubt the two 

 species, both of which ^row in Yun- 

 nan, hybridize freely, and this probably 

 explains the confusion between them 

 in gardens. 



For previous introduction see 98461. 



101959. Rhododendron galactinum 

 Balf. f. 



A tree 15 to 20 feet high, native to 

 Szcchwan, China. The oblong to lan- 

 ceolate leaves, 5 to 8 inches long, are 

 glabrous and dark green above and 

 covered beneath with buff-gray or pale- 

 cinnamon indumentum. The bell- 

 shaped flowers, over an inch long, are 

 in clusters of about 15 and are pale 

 rose with deep-crimson blotches inside. 



For previous introduction see 97624. 



101960. Rhododendron longistylum 

 Rehd. and Wils. 



A shrub up to 7 feet high, native to 

 western Szechwan, China. The nar- 

 rowly oblanceolate coriaceous leaves, 1 

 to 2 inches long, are glabrous with 

 markedly impressed veins above and 

 are sparsely scaly beneath. The small 

 pink, funnel-shaped flowers, less than 

 an inch long, are borne in racemose 

 umbels of 10 to 20. 



101961. Rhododendron pbntaphyllum 

 Maxim. Fiveleaf azalea. 



A deciduous shrub of the section 

 Rhodora, up to 25 feet high, with us- 

 ually five elliptic-lanceolate leaves at 

 the ends of the branches. The rose- 

 pink flowers, 1 to 2 inches across, are 

 solitary or in twos, appearing before 

 or with the leaves which turn orange 

 or crimson in the autumn. Native to 

 Japan. 



For previous introduction see 97626. 



101962. Rhododendron smirnowii 

 Trautv. Smirnow rhododendron. 



A shrub or small tree about 20 feet 

 high, with dark-green leaves, gray- 

 hairy beneath, and compact heads of 

 rose-red flowers each about 3 inches 

 across. Native to the Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see. 98476. 



101963 and 101964. 



From France. Seeds presented by A. Ger- 

 ard, Loir et Cher. Received February 

 7, 1933. 



101963. D A v i D I a involucrata Baill. 

 Cornaceae. Dovetree. 



A handsome tree native to central and 

 western China, where it reaches a height 

 of 60 to 70 feet. In habit and foliage 

 it resembles a linden. The bright-green 

 oval leaves, 3 to 6 inches long, are 

 sharply toothed and slender stalked, and 

 the globular heads of small flowers, borne 

 on slender nodding stalks about 2 inches 

 long, are made unusually striking b rcaus. 

 of the 2 or 3 large white bracts of un- 

 equal length. 



For previous introduction see 99159. 



101964. Keteleeria davidiana (Bert- 

 rand) Beissn. Pinaceae. 



A coniferous tree, native to western 

 China, which is closely allied to the firs. 

 It sometimes becomes 100 feet tall, i 

 of pyramidal habit, and has handsome 

 green glossy firlike foliage. The tree is 



101963 and 101964— Continued. 



said to be somewhat tender to frost and r 

 therefore, probably is adapted for grow- 

 ing only in the southern half of the 

 United States. 



For previous introduction see 100571. 



101965 to 101967. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos. Received February 6, 1933. 



101965. Erythroxylon coca Lam. Ery- 

 throxylaceae. Cocaine-tree. 



A tropical shrub, native to Peru, 5 to 

 6 feet high, with slender rust-brown 

 branches bearing clusters of obovate 

 leaves at their tips. The yellowish flow- 

 ers are borne in clusters of 3 to 5 in the 

 axils of small scales which line the 

 branchlets. It is grown commercially 

 on a large scale throughout South Amer- 

 ica, also in Java and Ceylon, for the 

 production of cocaine which is extracted 

 from the dried leaves. 



For previous introduction see 99779. 



101966. Erythroxylon novogranatense 

 (Morris) Hieron. Erythroxylaceae. 



A tropical shrub about 10 feet hiirb 

 with lanceolate-oblong deep-green mu- 

 cronate membranous 'eaves about 2 inches 

 long and small axillary solitary wj, 

 flowers tinged with green. Native to 

 Colombia. 



101967. Poeppigia procera Presl. Cae- 

 salpiniaceae. 



A large tropical tree with bipinnate 

 leaves and small yellow flowers in termi- 

 nal panicles. Native to rather dry woods 

 in Cuba. 



101968. Erythea loretensis M. E. 

 Jones. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From California. Seeds collected by Mar- 

 cus E. Jones, of Pomona College, and pre- 

 sented through Frank A. Thackery, Indio. 

 Received February 6, 1933. 



A fan palm up to 25 feet high, native to 

 Baja California, closely related to E. edulis. 

 The edible black fruits have flesh one-fourth 

 of an inch thick, and the shiny black single 

 seed is lozenge-shaped. 



101969 to 101975. Triticum spp. 

 Poaceae. 



From Tndia. Seeds presented by the Office 

 of Crop Botanist to the Government of 

 Bombay, Karjat, Kolaba. Received Feb- 

 ruary 9, 1933. 



101969 to 101971. Triticum dicoccum 

 Schrank. Emmer. 



101969. No. KK 568. 



101970. No. 808. 



101971. Khapli (ordinary). 



101972 to 101975. Trittcdm durum Desf. 

 Durum wheat. 



101974. No. 807. 



101975. No. 809. 



101972. No. 168. 



101973. No. 806. 



101976 to 101980. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Kasiev, direc- 

 teur de lTnstitut de Nourriture des Ani- 

 maux, Ashkhabad, Turkmen. Received 

 February 8, 1933. 



