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103174 to 103357 — Continued. 



nan, China, near fir forests at 12,500 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 102847. 



103259. Paeonia delavayi Branch. Ran- 

 unculaceae. Peony. 



No. 25312. From Mount Haba, north 

 of the Yangtze loop, third peak of the 

 Likiang Snow Range, Biirdar, in meadows 

 and outskirts of spruce forests at 11,000 

 feet altitude. A very attractive vigorous 

 shrub 4 feet high with deep-crimson flow- 

 ers 3 inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 100576. 



103260. Picea sp. Pinaceae. Spruce. 



No. 25333. From the eastern slopes 

 of Maboang Vatze. Likiang Snow Range, 

 at 12,000 feet altitude. A tree between 

 60 and 80 feet high. 



103261 to 103263. Pieris spp. Ericaceae. 

 103261. Pieris sp. 



No. 22036. From scrub forest on 

 the northern slopes of Mount Keni- 

 chunpo. north of Sikitung, Upper Sal- 

 win River, Tsarung Province, in 

 southeastern Tibet, at 11,500 feet al- 

 titude. A shrub with large leaves and 

 white flowers. 



103262 and 103263. Pieeis DOYONENSIS 

 Hand.-Mezz. 



An upright shrub 4 to 5 feet high, 

 with stout branches and rounded el- 

 liptic leaves 1 to 4 inches long. The 

 white tubular-campanulate flowers, 

 one-half inch long, are in small termi- 

 nal racemes. Native to Yunnan, 

 China. 



103262. No. 24279. From Miturong, 

 Muli Territory, east of the Yalung 

 River on the Mutikonka Moun- 

 tains, in southwestern Szechwan, 

 at 11,500 feet altitude. 



103263. No. 24400. From Mount 

 Siga, west of the Yalung River, 

 north of Karadi, Szechwan, at 

 12,500 feet altitude. 



103264 to 103275. Potentilla spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Cinquefoil. 



103264. Potentilla microphtlla de- 

 pressa Wall. 



No. 21971. From the northern slopes 

 of Mount Kenichunpo, north of S ; ki- 

 tung, Upper Salwin River, Tsarung 

 Province, southeastern Tibet, at 14.000 

 feet altitude, among crags. A densely 

 cespitose variety with shorter stems 

 and yellow flowers. 



103265. Potentilla curvisecta Hook, 

 f. 



No. 22274. From the Solola, Tsa- 

 rung Province, southeastern Tibet, 

 among scree at 14,000 feet altitude. 

 An alpine perennial with trif olio 1 ate 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches long, the leaflets 

 hairy, leathery, and dentate. The 

 small, inconspicuous flowers are on 

 slender wiry flowering stems 2 to 3 

 inches long. N;itive to the Himalayan 

 region from 12,000 to 14,500 feet alti 

 tude. 



Nos. 103266 and 103267 were col- 

 lected in the Tjonatong Mountains, on 

 the Upper Salwin River, Tsarung Prov- 

 ince, southc-astern Tibet, among boul- 

 ders at 14,000 feet altitude. 



103174 to 103357— Continued. 



103266. Potentilla kryloviana Wolf. 



No. 22320. A cespitose alpine peren- 

 nial 3 to 6 inches high with small com- 

 pound leaves of 2 or 3 pairs of obovate 

 serrate leaflets, and long-stemmed yel- 

 low flowers half an inch across. Native 

 to the Altai Mountains. 



103267. Potentilla stenoPhtlla 

 (Franch.) Diels. 



No. 22321. An alpine perennial 3 

 to 4 inches high, with a thick rhizome, 

 pinnate leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and 

 orange-yellow flowers on scapes 4 inches 

 high. 



For previous introduction see 100218. 



Nos. 103268 and 103269 were col- 

 lected on Mount Wulila, a high moun- 

 tain east of the Salwin River and north 

 of Alulaka, southeastern Tibet. 



103268. Potentilla e riocaepoides 

 Krause. 



No. 22358. A low bushy perennial, 

 2 to 3 inches high, with hairy ternate 

 leaves, the divisions being obovate- 

 cuneate and coarsely incised. The yel- 

 low flowers are over half an inch across. 

 Found on crags at 15.000 feet altitude. 

 Native to eastern Tibet. 



103269. Potentilla coriandrifolia D. 

 Don. 



No. 23266. From swampy alpine 

 meadows at 14.500 feet altitude. A 

 tufted herb 4 inches in diameter with 

 white flowers which have dark-red cen- 

 ters. Native to the Himalayan region. 



For previous introduction see 100215. 



Nos. 103270 to 103272 were col- 

 lected west of Weihsi, west of the Me- 

 kong-Salwin Divide on Mount Fuchuan. 



103270 and 103271. Potentilla fruti- 

 cosa davurica (Nestl.) Seringe. 



A dwarf compact shrub from 2 to 3 

 feet high, with small leaves having lus- 

 trous brown stipules tipped with a tuft 

 of conspicuous hairs. The solitary 

 flowers are about an inch across. 

 Found in meadows between 12,500 and 

 13,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 97997. 



103270. No. 23271. Pale cream- 

 colored flowers. 



103271. No. 23272. Yellow flowers. 



103272. Potentilla stenophylla 

 (Franch.) Diels. 



No. 23281. For previous introduc- 

 tion and description see 103267. 



Nos. 103273 to 103276 were collected 

 on Mount Moting, east of Atuntze, 

 Yunnan. 



103273. Potentilla eriocarpoides 

 Krause. 



No. 23354. Collected at 13,000 feet 

 altitude. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 103268. 



103274. Potentilla sibbaldi Haller f. 



No. 23393. From alpine meadows at 

 14,000 feet altitude. A low herbace- 

 ous perennial which forms a dense 

 spreading tuft, with trifoliolate leaves, 

 cunt ate to dentate leaflets, and small 

 yellow flowers. 



