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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102815. ItOLLINIA ORTHOPETALA A. DC. 



Annonaceae. 



From Para, Brazil. Seeds collected by G. 

 Schultz, Miami, Fla., and presented 

 throtfgb David Fairchild. Received May 

 3, 1933. 



A shrub or small tree native to tropical 

 America. The fleshy fruits resemble those 

 of Annona ; the seeds are enveloped in a 

 large amount of pulp which is of custard- 

 like consistency and of a very agreeable 

 acidulous taste. Tbe plant thrives in local- 

 ities which are often flooded for some time 

 during the rainy season. 



102816 to 102818. 



From India. Seeds from the Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden, Darjeeling, presented through 

 George L. Slate, New York State Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. 

 Received May 3, 1933. 



102816. Abies spectabilis Lambert (A. 

 webbiana Lindl.). Pinaceae. 



Himalayan fir. 



A tree sometimes 150 feet high, native 

 to the Himalayas at altitudes between 

 7,000 and 13,000 feet. The dark-green 

 leaves are arranged in two opposite series 

 so as to leave a V-shaped opening along 

 the top ; the individual leaves are 1 to 2 

 inches long. The cones, about 5 inches 

 long, are violet purple at first, later be- 

 coming brown. 



For previous introduction see 99707. 



102817. Mucdna imbeicata DC. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A woody climber, native to tbe eastern 

 Himalayas up to 4,000 feet altitude. The 

 membranous trifoliolate leaves have ob- 

 long pointed leaflets 6 inches long, and 

 the dull-purple flowers, 2 inches long, are 

 in lax racemes 6, to 12 inches long. The 

 oblong pods, 4 to 6 inches long, are 

 clothed with deciduous irritating bristles. 



102818. MUCUNA MACROCARPA Wall. 



Fabaceae. 



A woody climber, native to Nepal and 

 Sikkim at altitudes up to 6,000 feet. It 

 has stiffish trifoliolate leaves, purple 

 flowers, and the torulose pods are over a 

 foot long. 



For previous introduction see 93215. 

 102819. SOPHORA GRIFFITHII Stocks. 



Fabaceae. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds presented by J. 

 E. Spingarn, Amenia, N. Y. Received 

 May 5, 1933. 



An attractive shrub with silvery com- 

 pound leaves composed of 20 to 40 oval, 

 silky-hairy leaflets, and terminal and lateral 

 racemes of golden-yellow flowers that ap- 

 pear in the spring. It is native to Baluchis- 

 tan. 



102820 to 102827. Cucumis melo L. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Melon. 



From Sinkiang, China. Seeds presented by 

 R. C. Scfhomberg, through E. A. Foley, 

 agricultural attache, American Embassy, 

 London. Received May 5, 1933. 



A collection of cantaloup seeds from cen- 

 tral Asia. The melons of that region are 

 noted both for their size and their excellent 

 flavor. 



102828 to 102848. 



From southwestern China and Tibet. Seeds 

 collected by Dr. J. F. Rock, agricultural 

 explorer, for tbe University of California 

 Botanical (Jarden expedition. Received 

 May 4, 1933. 



102828 to 102838. Lihum spp. Liliaceae. 



Lily. 



Nos. 102828 to 102836 were collected 

 in Tsarung Province, southeastern Tibet. 



1C2828. LlLIUM GIGANTEUM Wall. 



Giant lily. 



No. 23566. Collected at 11,000 feet 

 altitude in the forests on Mount Mot- 

 ing, east of Atuntze. A lily, native to 

 the Himalayas between 5,000 and 

 10,000 feet altitude, with bulbs that 

 grow close to the surface. The hollow 

 stems are 6 to 9 feet high, and the 

 handsome cordate leaves are shining 

 dark green above and paler beneath. 

 The large fragrant white flowers, often 

 12 in a raceme, are slightly greenish 

 without, and the inner surface of the 

 segments is tinged with deep purple. 



For previous introduction see 102317. 



102829. Lilium sp. 



No. 21933. Collected on Mount Keni- 

 chunpo, Salwin-Irrawaddv Divide, at 

 12,000 feet altitude. A plant 3 feet 

 high with white flowers. 



102830. Lilium sp. 



No. 21937. Collected on Mount Keni- 

 ehunpo, Salwin-Irrawaddy Divide, in 

 alpine meadows. The flowers are pur- 

 plish red. 



102831. Lilium sp. 



No. 22152. Collected on Mount Keni- 

 chunpo, north of Sikitung, on the 



1 Upper Salwin River, in alpine meadows 

 at 13,000 feet. The flowers are red. 



102832. Lilium taliense Franch. 



No. 22264. Collected in the forests 

 of Solola, in alpine meadows at 12,000 

 feet altitude. A martagon lily with 

 stout gray-green stems, 3 to 5 feet 

 high, clothed with dense white scabrid 

 pubescence, and linear to lnnceolate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The frag- 

 rant nodding flowers, 2 inches long, are 

 in subverticillate clusters of 2 to 12 

 and vary in color from purple-spotted 

 white to pink. 



For previous introduction see 99902. 



102833. Lilium giganteum Wall. 



Giant lily. 



No. 22542. From the northern 

 slopes of Mount Kenichunpo, at 12,500 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 102828. 



Nos. 102834 to 102836 were collected 

 on Mount Kaakerbo. 



102834. Lilium willmottiae Wilson. 



No. 23475. Collected in pine for- 

 est at 10,000 feet altitude. Flowers 

 orange-red, spotted with black. 



For previous introduction see 69927. 



102835. Lilium taliense Franch. 



No. 23537. Collected on dry slopes 

 in pine forest at 9,500 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 102832. 



