36 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103174 to 103357— Continued. 103174 to 103357- 



6 feet high, with gracefully reflexed 

 branches, shining green leaves, paler 



beneath, and small rose-colored flowers. 

 The ied fruits are ovoid. Native to 

 southwestern China. 



For previous introduction see 53675. 



103201. COTONEASTER SALlCIFOLlA 



Franch. Willowleaf cotoneaster. 



No. 22554. From the northern slopes 

 of Mount Kenichunpo. west of the 

 Salwin River in the Sikitung Moun- 

 tains, Tsarung Province, southeastern 

 Tibet, at 11,000 feet altitude, in open 

 scrub. A half-evergreen, or, in mild 

 climates, evergreen shrub up to 15 feet 

 high, with slender spreading branches, 

 ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong acute 

 cuneate leaves up to over an inch long, 

 white tomentose beneath ; small white 

 flowers, and bright-red roundish berries 

 one-fifth of an inch in diameter. Na- 

 tive to western China. 



For previous introduction see 102209. 



103202. Cotoneaster sp. 



No. 22631. From the Solola, Tsar- 

 ung Province, southeastern Tibet. A 

 shrub 4 feet high, found among boul- 

 ders at 13,500 feet altitude. 



103203. Cotoneaster adpressa Bois. 



No. 23377. From Mount Moting, east 

 of Atuntze, Yunnan, at 14,000 feet 

 altitude. A spreading shrub, usually 

 less than a foot high, which forms a 

 clump several feet in diameter with the 

 stems rooting easily where they touch 

 the ground. The solitary flowers, with 

 pink-tipped petals, are followed by 

 bright-red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 55080. 



103204. Cotoneaster divaricata Rehd. 

 and Wils. 



No. 24308. From Miturong, Muli Ter- 

 ritory, east of the Yalung River on the 

 Mutikonka Mountains (a hitherto un- 

 known snow range) in southwestern 

 Szechwan ; in open places at 11,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 103200. 



103205. Cotoneaster sp. 



No. 24367. From south of Dzempe 

 Sheren in the Sagi Valley, Szechwan, 

 in open forests at 12.000 feet altitude. 

 A shrub 4 to 5 feet high with pinkish 

 flowers. 



Nos. 103206 and 103207 were col- 

 lected on Mount Siga. west of the 

 Yalung River and north of Karadi. 



103206. Cotoneaster sp. 



No. 24386. A shrub 3 to 4 feet high 

 with pinkish flowers found on a for- 

 ested slope at 11,000 feet altitude. 



103207. Cotoneaster sp. 



No. 24389. A spreading shrub with 

 pinkish flowers found among rocks and 

 boulders at 12,500 feet altitude. 



103208. Cotoneaster horizontal is 

 perpusilla C. Schneid. 



No. 24554. Found at 14,500 feet al- 

 titude on the western slopes of Mount 

 Mitzuga, Muli Territory, Szechwan. 

 An ornamental prostrate shrub well 

 adapted for rockeries. It has a low 



growth and develops an abundance of 

 almost horizontal branches. The 

 leaves are rounded oval, glabrous, and 

 less than one-third of an inch long. 

 The flowers are pinkish, and the 

 abundant bright-red ovoid fruits are 

 one of the most attractive features of 

 the plant. 



For previous introduction see 45706. 



103209. Cotoneaster racemiflora 

 soongarica C. Schneid. 



No. 24560. Between Muli and Kulu, 

 Szechwan, on open mountain slopes at 

 10,000 feet altitude. An erect shrub 

 up to 4 feet high, but sometimes pros- 

 trate. The leaves are oval and usually 

 somewhat obtuse, and the small white 

 flowers are followed by red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 44083. 



103210. Cotoneaster sp. 



No. 25353. From the lower slopes 

 of Mount Yulung, Likiang Snow 

 Range, Yunnan, at 9,500 feet altitude. 

 A shrub 5 to 6 feet high with white 

 flowers. 



103211. Daphne tangutica Maxim. Thy- 

 melaeaceae. 



No. 24488. From Mount Kanshu, on 

 the trail to the Leirong Mountains, 

 southwestern Szechwan, in fir forests at 

 12,500 feet altitude. A low densely 

 branched evergreen shrub of compact 

 sturdy habit ; the young shoots are hairy, 

 and the leathery oval to obovate leaves, 

 1 to 2 inches long, are densely arranged 

 toward the end of the twigs. The flow- 

 ers, white with a violet tinge, are borne 

 in a crowded cluster on a short conspicu- 

 ously brown-felted stalk. The berries 

 are bright red. 



103212. Aquilegia oxysepala Trautv. 

 and Mey. Ranunculaceae. 



. No. 22253. From the Solola, Tsarung 

 Province, southeastern Tibet, in alpine 

 meadows at 14,000 feet altitude. A very 

 early flowering herbaceous perennial 2 

 to 3 feet high, with large blue, yellow, 

 and white flowers. The spurs are short 

 and are bent inward. 



For previous introduction see 92045. 



103213 to 103217. Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



103213. Delphinium sp. 



No. 22373. From Mount Wulila, a 

 high mountain east of the Salwin 

 River and north of Alulaka, south- 

 eastern Tibet, at 13,000 feet altitude. 

 Blue flowers ; found in alpine mead- 

 ows. 



Nos. 103214 to 103217 were col- 

 lected on Mount Moting, east of 

 Atuntze, Yunnan. 



103214. Delphinium yunnanensb 

 Franch. 



No. 23421. A perennial alpine with 

 a simple or branched stem and pale- 

 green, finely pubescent leaves that are 

 divided to the middle into five obovate 

 incised segments. The calyx is in- 

 tensely blue while the petals are bluish 

 violet, the entire flower being four- 

 fifths of an inch long. 



103215. Delphinium sp. 



No. 23444. Pale-lavender flowers ; 

 from 13,500 feet altitude. 



