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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103174 to 103357— Continued. 



103316. Rosa graciliflora Rehd. and 

 Wils. 



No. 25318. For previous introduc- 

 tion and description see 103311. 



103317. Rosa sp. 



No. 25397. From Mount Yunlu, 

 southeast of Likiang, Yangtze-Mekong 

 watershed, in fir forests at 12,500 feet 

 altitude. A shrub G feet high with 

 white flowers. 



103318 to 103322. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



103318. Rubus sp. 



No. 22630. From the Solola, in 

 Tsarung Province, southeastern Tibet, 

 in a larch and fir forest at 12,500 feet 

 altitude. A shrub with yellow fruits. 



103319. Rubus stephanandra Lev. 



No. 23275. Variety chinensis. 

 From Mount Fuchuan, west of the 

 Mekong-Salwin Divide, west of Weihsi, 

 Szechwan, on the outskirts of forests 

 at 11,500 feet altitude. A shrub 4 to 5 

 feet high, armed with slender reflexed 

 thorns. The trifoliolate pubescent 

 leaves have small ovate doubly den- 

 tate leaflets, and the small white flow- 

 ers are solitary. Native to Szechwan. 



103320. Rubus sp. 



No. 24429. From alpine meadows 

 at 13.000 feet altitude in the Yetsi 

 Mountains, north of Kulu, Muli Terri- 

 tory, Szechwan. A shrub 2 feet high 

 with white flowers. 



103321. Rubus sp. 



No. 25322. From a valley at 10,000 

 feet altitude on Mount Yulung, Likiang 

 Snow Range. A woody climber with 

 fragrant yellow flowers. 



103322. RUBUS sp. 



No. 25413. From Mount Laochun, 

 southwest of Shiku and the Yangtze, 

 in canebrake at 12,000 feet altitude. 

 A shrub 2% feet high with pink 

 flowers. 



103323 to 103326. Salvia spp. Men- 

 thaceae. Sage. 



103323. Salvia hians Royle. 



No. 22378. From alpine meadows at 

 14,500 feet altitude on Mount Wulila, 

 east of the Salwin River and north 

 of Alulaka, southeastern Tibet. A vis- 

 cid-hairy perennial herb 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with cordate toothed leaves, 4 

 to 7 inches long, on petioles often 10 

 inches long. The blue flowers, 1 to 2 

 inches long, with very inflated throats, 

 are borne in large spreading panicles. 



For previous introduction see 

 101794. 



103324. Salvia sp. 



No. 23273. From alpine meadows at 

 13,000 feet altitude on Mount Fuchuan, 

 west of the Mekong-Salwin Divide, 

 west of Weihsi, Szechwan. A peren- 

 nial herb with purplish-pink flowers. 



103325. Salvia sp. 



No. 23609. From alpine meadows 

 between 13.500 and 14,000 feet in the 

 Kaakerbo Mountains in southeastern 

 Tibet, west of Dikerla and Yundshi. 

 A perennial herb with purple flowers. 



103174 to 103357— Continued. 



103326. Salvia hians Royle. 



No. 25316. From Mount Haba, north 

 of the Yangtze loop, third peak of the 

 Likiang Snow Range, Bardar, at 13,500 

 feet altitude, in a fir forest. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 103323. 



103327 to 103331. Silenb spp. Silenace- 

 ae. Catchfly. 



Nos. 103327 and 103328 were col- 

 lected on Mount Moting, east of Atun- 

 tze, Yunnan. 



103327. Silene sp. 



No. 23423. An herb with purple 

 flowers found in meadows at 14,000 feet 

 altitude. 



103323. Silenb aprica Turcz. 



No. 23486. An herb found in pine 

 forests of Tsechung, on the Mekong 

 River, at 7,000 feet altitude. 



Nos. 103329 and 103330 were col- 

 lected in alpine meadows on Mount 

 Kanshu : on the trail to the Leirong 

 Mountains, southwestern Muli, Szech- 

 wan. 



103329. Silene sp. 



No. 24468. An herb with purple 

 flowers, collected at 11,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



103330. Silene sp. 



No. 24478. An herb with purple 

 flowers collected at 12,500 feet altitude. 



103331. Silene sp. 



No. 24593. From Mount Gibbo L h_ 

 southwestern Szechwan, near the Yun- 

 nan border. An herb with lavender 

 flowers, found in meadows at 11.000 

 feet altitude. 



103332 to 103346. Sorbus spp. Malaceae. 

 Mountain-ash. 



103332. Sorbus vilmorini C. Schneid. 



No. 22048. From Mount Kenichunpo 

 in the mountains of Champutong at 

 11,000 feet altitude. A shrub or tree 

 10 to 15 feet high, with feathery com- 

 pound leaves and white to red flowers 

 succeeded by bright translucent rose- 

 red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 61992. 



103333. Sorbus setschwanensis (C. 

 Schneid.) Koehne. 



No. 22286. From forests on the 

 Solola, Tsarung Province, southeastern 

 Tibet. A shrub or small tree 10 to 12 

 feet high. The compound leaves, 2 to 

 4 inches long, are composed of 12 to 17 

 pairs of narrow-oblong leaflets, and 

 the white to red flowers are in clusters 

 1 to 2 inches across. This has the 

 smallest leaves of any of the moun- 

 tain-ashes, and is native to Szechwan. 



103334. Sorbus sp. 

 No. 22346. 



103335. Sorbus vilmorini C. Schneid. 



No. 23299. From Mount Fuchuan, 

 west of the Mekong-Salwin Divide, west 

 of Weihsi, Szechwan. 



For prerious introduction and de- 

 scription see 103332. 



