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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102289 to 102309— Continued. 



The numerous long branches extend at 

 right angles to the trunk, with the 

 lowest sometimes touching the ground. 

 The white or slightly yellow flowers are 

 in flat clusters 6 or 7 inches in diameter, 

 appearing- from late Ma'y to early June. 

 The black shining fruits which follow 

 are eaten by birds as fast as they ripen. 



For previous introduction see 99849. 



102298. (Undetermined.) 



Received as Oaultheria pyroloides, but 

 the seeds and plants do not agree with 

 that species. 



102299 to 102301. Ilex spp. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



102299. Ilex pedunculosa Miquel. 



Longstalk holly. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree up 

 to 30 feet hi°-h, native to Japan. The 

 ovate entire leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, 

 are lustrous green above, and the small 

 flowers, in slender-stemmed cymes, are 

 followed by bright-red fruits one-fourth 

 of an inch in diameter, on slender 

 pedicels 1 inch long. 



102300. Ilex rotunda Thunb. 



A large evergreen tree, sometimes 40 

 feet or more high, with glossy green 

 entire elliptic or oblong leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long, and small globose scarlet 

 berr'es. Native to Japan and Chosen. 



102301. Ilex sugeroki Maxim. 



A dense evergreen shrub 6 feet high, 

 with pubescent branchlets, elliptic 

 acute leaves 1 to 2 inches long, serrate 

 above the middle, and solitary red 

 fruits about one-third of an inch in di- 

 ameter on pedicels 1 inch long. It is 

 native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 91255. 



102302. Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) 

 Bab. Ericaceae. 



A dwarf evergreen shrub about 6 inches 

 high, native to arctic and alpine regions. 

 The linear serrulate leaves are one-fourth 

 of an inch long, and the small urn- 

 shaped purple flowers are in 2- to 6- 

 flowered umbels on slender nodding 

 pedicels. 



102303. Phyllodoce nipponica Makino. 

 Ericaceae. 



A small evergreen bush up to 1 foot 

 high, with numerous linear, obtuse, 

 spinose-serrulate, rigid, glossy green 

 leaves half an inch long and pink flowers 

 up to 1 inch long, borne near the ends 

 of the branches. Native to Japan. 



102304 to 102307. Shortia spp. Dia- 

 pensiaceae. 



102304. Shortia alpina Hort. 



A name for which a place of publi- 

 cation and a description have not been 

 found. 



102305. Shortia grandiflora Hort. 



A name for which a place of pub- 

 lication and a description have not 

 been found. 



102306. Shortia soldanelloides 

 (Sieb. and Zucc.) Makino. 



A low alpine plant with long- 

 stemmed orbicular coarsely dentate 

 glossy green leaves about an inch 

 across, and rosy or white flowers, less 



102289 to 102309— Continued. 



than an inch in diameter, in small 

 clusters on scapes 2 to 3 inches long. 

 Native to the mountains of Japan. 



102307. Shortia uniflora Maxim. 



Nippon-bells. 



A perennial herb, native to Japan, 

 closely resembling the native American 

 Shortia yalacifolia. The cordate leaves 

 are broader than long and deeply sinu- 

 ate toothed, and the white bell-shaped 

 flowers, an inch across, are borne on 

 slender peduncles 3 to 8 inches tall. 



102308. Staohyurus praecox Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Stachyuraceae. 



A shrub 12 to 15 feet high, with slen- 

 der spreading branches, native to Japan. 

 The elliptic to lanceolate serrate leaves 

 are 3 to 6 inches long, and the small 

 campanulate yellow flowers, borne in 

 racemes 2 to 3 inches long, are followed 

 by globose fruits about one-third of an 

 inch in diameter, greenish yellow with a 

 red cheek. 



102309. Tripetaleia paniculata Sieb. 

 and Zucc. Ericaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 102264. 



102310 to 102332. 



From India. Seeds collected in the neigh- 

 borhood of Darjeeling and presented by 

 G. Ghose & Co., Town-end, Darjeeling. 

 Received March 24, 1933. 



102310. Anemone rivularis Buch.-Hanu 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A silky pubescent ornamental from 1 

 to 3 feet high, with three-parted basal 

 leaves up to 6 inches in diameter and 

 white or bluish flowers, over 1 inch long, 

 in compound cymes. It is found in the 

 Himalayan region at 5,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 99717. 



102311. BOENINGHAUSENIA A L B I F L O R A 



(Hook.) Reichenb. Rutaceae. 



A slender erect perennial herb, 1 to 

 2 feet high, native to northern India, 

 at altitudes of 4,000 to 8,000 feet. The 

 bipinnate leaves have membranous ob- 

 cordate entire leaflets about 1 inch long, 

 and the slightly nodding pure-white flow- 

 ers, less than an inch across, are borne 

 in compound terminal leafy cymes. 



102312. Cathcartia villosa Hook. f. 

 Papaveraceae. 



A hardy annual or biennial found at 

 altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet in the 

 Sikkim Himalayas. The abundance of 

 long shaggy fulvous hairs and the bright- 

 yellow glabrous flowers give it a hand- 

 some appearance. The cordate radical 

 leaves are long petioled and palmately 

 flve-lobed ; the stem leaves are sessile and 

 the uppermost ones pinnatifid. The 

 large nodding flowers have golden an- 

 thers and a green fleshy stigma. 



For previous introduction see 99655. 



102313. Daphne sureil Smith and Cave.. 

 Thymelaeaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub 3 to 10 feet 

 high, with alternate lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate leathery leaves about 4 inches 

 long and small whitish flowers half an. 

 inch long. Native to the eastern tem- 

 perate Himalayas. 



