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102191 to 102213— Continued. 



A half-evergreen or, in mild cli- 

 mates, evergreen shrub up to 15 feet 

 high, with slender spreading branches, 

 ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, cuneate leaves uo to over an 

 inch long, white tomentose beneath, 

 and bright-red roundish berries one- 

 fifth of an inch in diameter, in densely 

 woolly corymbs 1 to 2 inches across. 

 Native to western China. 



102210. COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA 



floccosa Rehd. and Wils. 



A variety with narrower leaves, 

 floccose tomentose beneath, and berries 

 of a brighter red. 



102211. COTONEASTEE SALICIFOLIA RU- 



gosa (E. Prits.) Rehd. and Wils. 



A variety which differs from the type 

 in having smaller, broader, duller 

 green leaves, shaggy pubescent be- 

 neath, and larger fruits. 



102212. COTONEASTER TOMENTOSA (Ait.) 



Lindl. 



A bushy deciduous shrub 6 to 10 feet 

 high, with elliptic to broadly oval, ob- 

 tuse, dull-green leaves 1 to nearly 3 

 inches long, white or grayish tomentose 

 beneath, and pinkish flowers in small 

 nodding cymes with bright-red, sub- 

 globose fruits one-third of an inch in 

 diameter. Native to southeastern 

 Europe and western Asia. 



102213. COTONEASTER WARDII W. W. 



Smith. 



A deciduous shrub 5 to 8 feet high, 

 with ovate, acute, mucronate leaves 

 over an inch long, densely silvery to- 

 mentose beneath. The white flowers, 

 in small corymbs, are followed by fruits 

 of a bright sealing-wax red. 



102214. Amerimnon sp. Fabaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by Dr. H. H. 

 Chung, Department of Biology, National 

 Wu-IIan University, Wuchang, Hupeh. 

 Received March 11, 1933. 



A good timber tree, becoming over 60 

 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 12 

 inches, which fruits abundantly in Hupeh. 



102215 to 102238. 



From France. Seeds presented by L. Parde\ 

 directeur des Ecoles Forestieres de Bar- 

 res, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret. Re- 

 ceived March 2, 1933. 



102215 to 102217. Betula spp. Betula- 

 ceae. Birch. 



102215. Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. 



A tree up to 60 feet high, native to 

 northern India and southwestern China 

 between 3,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. 

 The oblong-ovate leaves, 3 to 6 inches 

 long, have appressed teeth on the mar- 

 gins and are nearly glabrous. The 

 slender pendulous fruiting spikes are 

 3 to 5 inches long and are borne in 

 fascicles. 



102216. Betula japonica szechuanica 

 C. Schneid. Japanese white birch. 



A tree up to 60 feet high, native to 

 . western China. The rhombic-ovate 

 ' leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, are unequal- 

 ly dentate-serrate and are densely 

 glandular-punctate beneath. The 

 dark dull-green color of the leaves per- 

 sists until late autumn. 



102215 to 102238— Continued. 



102217. Betula utilis D. Don {B. 

 hhojpattra Wall.). 



A tree 40 to 60 feet high, with red- 

 brown trunk and branches and bark 

 which peels off in papery flakes. It is 

 native to the temperate regions of the 

 Himalayas between 7,000 and 14,000 

 feet altitude. The oval coarsely 

 toothed, sharp-pointed leaves, 3 inches 

 long, are dark green above and paler 

 beneath. In winter the orange-choco- 

 late color of the twigs is very striking. 



For previous introduction see 99654. 



102218 to 102221. Clematis spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



102218. Clematis fusca Turcz. 



A somewhat woody vine, 12 to 15 

 feet long, native to eastern Asia, with 

 compound leaves made up of 5 to 7 

 oblong-ovate leaflets 2 to 3 inches 

 long. The nodding urn-shaped flowers, 

 an inch long, have thick sepals with 

 recurved tips and are densely brownish 

 pubescent outside and violet within. 

 The achenes have brown plumose 

 styles. 



102219. Clematis glauca akebioides 

 (Maxim.) Rehd. and Wils. 



A slender climber up to 10 feet 

 high, native to western China. The 

 pinnate to bipinnate leaves have 2- 

 to 3-lobed ovate leaflets, and the 

 flowers are bronze yellow. 



102220. Clematis koreana Komar. 



A prostrate vine with trifoliolate 

 leaves composed of coarsely dentate, 

 sharp-pointed leaflets. These are 2 

 to 4 inches long and usually 3-lobed 

 or 3-parted. The yellow to dull-violet, 

 bell-shaped, nodding flowers are 1 to 



2 inches long and are borne singly in 

 the axils. Native to Chosen. 



For previous introduction see 92774. 



102221. Clematis tangutica obtus- 

 iuscula Rehd. and Wils. 



A woody climber 8 to 12 feet long, 

 native to northwestern China. The 

 pinnate or bipinnate leaves have ob- 

 long-lanceolate serrate leaflets 1 to 4 

 inches long, and the bright-yellow 

 flowers, 1 to 2 inches across, are fol- 

 lowed by large heads of feathery 

 fruits. 



102222 to 102224. Indigofera spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Indigo. 



102222. Indigofera macrostachya 

 Vent. 



A shrubby plant with hairy leaflets 

 and pink flowers in dense racemes 

 which are longer than the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 99429. 



102223. Indigofera reticulata 

 Franch. 



A somewhat shrubby perennial 2 to 



3 feet high, native to Yunnan, China. 

 The compound leaves have 7 to 9 

 elliptic shining dark-green leaflets 

 about 1 inch long, and the pea-shaped 

 flowers, in axillary racemes, are pure 

 white. 



102224. Indigofera splendens Ficalho 

 and Hiern. 



