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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103111 to 103150— Continued. 



borne in many-flowered corymblike clus- 

 ters, and attractive bright-red berries 

 which persist throughout most of the 

 winter. 



103125. Dbcaisnea fargesii F r a n c h. 

 Lardizabalaceae. 



C. 259. A handsome deciduous shrub 

 up to 15 feet high, with large drooping 

 pinnate leaves 3 feet long, greenish 

 flowers in pendulous racemes a foot or 

 more long, and deep-blue fruits 3 to 4 

 inches long. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see 100871. 



103126. INDIGOFERA NIGRESCENS KurZ. 



Fabaceae. Indigo. 



C. 298. An annual legume with pink 

 flowers and abundant seed. It becomes 

 1 to 4 feet high, but the odorous herb- 

 age is not eaten by cattle. It is of value 

 as a green manure. 



103127. Juniperus formosana Hayata. 

 Pinaceae. Formosa juniper. 



C. 283. A tree 30 to 40 feet high, 

 with several trunks arising from near 

 the base ; native to Taiwan. The spread- 

 ing or ascending branches have pendulous 

 branchlets, the linear sharp-pointed 

 leaves, 1 inch long, have two broad 

 white bands above, and the red or 

 orange-brown globose fruits are one- 

 third of an inch in diameter. 



103128. Jurinea edulis Franch. Aster- 

 aceae. 



B. 194. A leafy herb, 4 to 10 inches 

 high, with membranous, deeply lobed, 

 oblong-obovate, long-stemmed leaves and 

 violet-blue flower heads over 2 inches in 

 diameter. Native to southwestern China. 



103129. Leycesteria Formosa stenosep- 

 ala Rehd. Caprifoliaceae. 



C. 149. A shrub 6 to 8 feet high, na- 

 tive to western Szechwan, China. The 

 broadly ovate leaves are 5 to 7 inches 

 long. The white or pale-purple flowers 

 are in axillary spikes and are followed 

 by bright-red fruits. 



103130. Philadelphia henryi Koehne. 

 Hydrangeaceae. 



C. 138. A shrub about 4 feet high, 

 with cbestnut-brown bark, narrow-ovate 

 slightly hairy papery leaves 1 to 2 inches 

 long, and white flowers about 1 inch 

 across, in racemes of 3 to 13 flowers. 

 Native to Yunnan. 



103131. Piptanthus forrestii Craib. 

 Fabaceae. 



C. 15. A shrub 9 to 13 feet high, 

 with alternate trifoliolate leaves com- 

 posed of lanceolate light-yellow leaflets 

 over an inch long and half an inch 

 across. Native to alpine meadows in 

 southwestern China. 



103132. Pistacia chinensis Bunge. An- 

 acardiaceae. Chinese pistache. 



C. 241. A large deciduous tree, some- 

 times reaching a height of 80 feet, na- 

 tive to central and western China. The 

 pinnate leaves, about 9 inches long, con- 

 sist of 10 to 12 narrow-oval leaflets. 

 Because of its glossy green foliage, which 

 becomes brilliant crimson in the autumn, 

 and its rather rapid growth, this is a 

 valuable shade tree for mild-wintered 

 regions. 



103111 to 103150— Continued. 



103133. FlTTOSPORUM HETEROPHYLLUM 



Franch. Pittosporaceae. 



Rock pittosporum. 



C. 295. A spreading shrub, 3 to 6 

 feet high, native to Szechwan and Yun- 

 nan, where it grows on cliffs and in 

 rocky places in the arid valleys. The 

 ovate leaves are medium sized, and the 

 light-yellow flowers are borne near the 

 tips of the new branchlets. 



For previous introduction see 99451. 



1031"4. Primula forrestii Balf. f. 

 Primulaceae. Primrose. 



B. 1. A handsome perennial primrose, 

 native to northwestern Yunnan between 

 9,000 and 11,000 feet altitude, in dry 

 sunny situations. The woody rootstock 

 is said to live over 50 years, the large 

 basal leaves are covered with glandular 

 hairs, and the rich orange-yellow flowers 

 are produced in large umbels. 



For previous introduction see 100013. 



103135. Primula malvacea Franch. Pri- 

 mulaceae. Primrose. 



B. 158. A primrose from the moun- 

 tains of Yunnan, densely covered with 

 short hairs ; the bright-green leaves are 

 about 3 inches long, and the thick scapes 

 bear 2 or 3 umbels of reddish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 100027. 



103136. Prunds sp. Amygdalaceae. 



C. 58. Judging from the seeds, this 

 species is a cherry, closely related to 

 Prunus majestica, which is a large hand- 

 some white-flowered tree. 



103137 to 103139. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



103137. Rhododendron bullatum 

 Franch. 



C. 33. A loosely branched shrub up 

 to 8 feet high, native to Yunnan. The 

 branchlets are densely and softly wool- 

 ly, the elliptic-ovate leaves, 2 to 4 

 inches long, are puckered above and 

 loosely woolly pubescent beneath, and 

 the broadly tubular pink-tinged white 

 flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, are borne 

 in terminal clusters. 



For previous introduction see 100889. 



103138. Rhododendron fastigiatum 

 Franch. 



C. 190. A low erect shrub with 

 scaly branchlets, native to Yunnan. 

 The elliptic-oblanceolate leaves, one- 

 third inch long, are densely scaly on 

 both surfaces, and the light-purple 

 flowers, one-half inch long, are borne 

 in terminal clusters of 4 or 5. 



For previous introduction see 98463. 



103139. Rhododendron maddeni Hook, 

 f. 



C. 91. A shrub 6 to 8 feet high, 

 with red-stemmed, dark-green leaves. | 

 The large delicately fragrant flowers, 

 tinged with rose, are produced in 

 threes at the ends of the branches. 

 Native to the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 97397. 



103140. Rosa sertata Rolfe. Rosaceae. 

 Garland rose. 



C. 207. A low shrub, native to western 

 China, with glaucous stems 5 feet high, 



