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103110— Continued. 



A dwarf palm about 4 feet high, with 

 pinnate leaves having spiny petioles, dark- 

 green, sword-shaped leaflets, and black 

 fruits. The stem is said to contain a 

 farinaceous pith. It is native to Ceylon 

 and is introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



For previous introduction see 94097. 



103111 to 103150. 



From China. Seeds obtained by native 

 collectors and presented by Henry Mc- 

 Laren, Bodnant Gardens, North Wales. 

 Received June 12, 1933. 



The numbers correspond to those of the 

 herbarium specimens at the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. 



103111. Abies delavayi Franch. Pina- 

 ceae. Fir. 



C. 195. A tall tree, often 100 feet 

 high, native to western China. The 

 slightly grooved branchlets are lustrous 

 red brown, and the emarginate linear 

 leaves, about 1 inch long, are revolute on 

 the margin, dark green above and with 

 two white bands beneath. The violet- 

 black, cylindric to ovoid cones are 2 to 



4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 100501. 



103112. Acer davidi Franch. Acera- 

 ceae. Maple. 



C. 285. A native Chinese maple, 50 

 to 60 feet high, with large oval heart- 

 shaped coarsely toothed leaves and long 

 pendent clusters of samaras. 



For previous introduction see 100850. 



103113. Acer paxii Franch. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



C. 300. An evergreen maple from the 

 mountain forests of southwestern China, 

 with stiff leathery obovate or 3-lobed 

 leaves 2 inches long. 



103114. Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. 

 Saxifragaceae. 



B. 79. A perennial herb, native to 

 Nepal and western China, with stems 3 to 



5 feet high covered with tawny hairs. 

 The biternate leaves have dentate ovate 

 leaflets 1 to 3 inches long, and the cream- 

 white flowers with pure-white stamens are 

 borne in large panicled spikes at the top 

 of the stems. 



For previous introduction see 99721. 



103115. BUDDLEIA TALIENSIS W. W. 



Smith. Loganiaceae. 



C. 201. A shrub 6 to 9 feet high much 

 like Buddleia forrestii. The lanceolate 

 papery leaves, about 4 inches long, are 

 densely hairy, and the deep marcon- 

 crimson flowers are in a dense thyrsoid 

 cyme. Native to Yunnan. 



103116. Caesalpinia sepiaria R o x b . 

 Caesalpiniaceae. Mysore thorn. 



C. 99. A scrambling spiny pubescent 

 shrub native to India. The compound 

 leaves are made up of 12 to 20 pairs of 

 pinnae each bearing 16 to 24 oblong leaf- 

 lets an inch long. The bright-yellow 

 flowers, an inch across, are in simple 

 racemes a foot long. 



For previous introduction see 102345. 



103111 to 103150— Continued. 



103117. Capparis bodinieri Leveille (G. 

 subtenera Craib and Smith). Cap- 

 paridaceae. 



C. 164. A semiscandent spiny shrub 10 

 to 20 feet high, with ovate-oblong or 

 lanceolate leaves 2 to 4 inches long and 

 translucent purple-gray flowers in small 

 clusters in the upper leaf axils. Native 

 to southwestern China. 



103118. Caragana franchetiana Ko- 

 marov. Fabaceae. 



C. 248. A stout shrub with long 

 branches, sometimes spiny, small com- 

 pound leaves consisting of about two 

 pairs of narrow obovate leaflets one-third 

 of an inch long, and yellow flowers about 

 1 inch long. Native to southwestern 

 China. 



103119. Cautleya lutea Royle. Zinzi- 

 beraceae. 



B. 144. A slender herbaceous plant, na- 

 tive to temporate regions of the Hima- 

 layas, 12 to 18 inches high, with narrow 

 sessile leaves and loose spikes of yellow 

 flowers in calyces. The globose capsules 

 are bright red. 



103120. Chionanthus retusa Lindl. 

 Oleaceae. Chinese fringetree. 



C. 98. A handsome deciduous hardy 

 ornamental tree bearing, during the 

 spring, a multitude of small white deli- 

 cately fragrant flowers, with very narrow 

 petals, followed in the fall by masses of 

 blue berries resembling wild grapes. This 

 species is considered by some to be supe- 

 rior to the Virginia fringetree {Chionan- 

 thus virginica), because of the whiteness 

 and fragrance of its flowers and its more 

 graceful habits. 



103121. Colquhounia coccinea Wall. 

 Menthaceae. 



B. 249. A climbing shrubby mint, 

 closely related to Stachys, native to the 

 temperate Himalayas at altitudes between 

 7,000 and 9,000 feet in India. The tomen- 

 tose branches, 8 to 10 feet long, bear 

 ovate to cordate leaves 2 to 5 inches long, 

 and the dull-red tubular flowers, in axil- 

 lary clusters, have orange or yellow 

 corolla lobes. 



103122. Corxus capitata Wall. Corna- 

 ceae. Evergreen dogwood. 



C. 221. A small evergreen tree native 

 to the lower slopes of the Himalayas be- 

 tween 4,000 and 7,000 feet altitude in 

 India. The leathery oblong-lanceolate 

 leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are densely 

 white pubescent beneath. The involucral 

 bracts, 1 to 2 inches long, are creamy 

 white, and the scarlet fruit-head, shaped 

 like a strawberry, is 1 to 2 inches in di- 

 ameter and is edible. 



103123. Cortlus tibetica Batal. Betu- 

 laceae. Hazelnut. 



C. 269. A shrubby tree up to 30 feet 

 high, native to central and western 

 China. The broadly ovate to cordate 

 sharply serrate leaves are 2 to 6 inches 

 long, and the small globose nuts are 

 borne in glabrous spiny involucres, re- 

 sembling a chestnut bur, 2 inches in di- 

 ameter. 



103124. Cotoneaster serotina Hutchin- 

 son. Malaceae. 



C. 157. A small Chinese tree with el- 

 liptic papery leaves, small white flowers 



