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103174 to 103357— Continued. 



Nos. 103336 to 103341 were collected 

 on Mount Moting, east of Atuntze, 

 Yunnan. 



103336. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23362. A tree 12 to 15 feet 

 high, with white flowers, found in a 

 spruce forest at 12,500 feet altitude. 



103337. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23390. A shrub or tree 10 to 

 20 feet high, found in mixed forests at 

 11,500 feet altitude. 



103338. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23468. A tree 20 feet high, 

 found in forests at 12,000 feet altitude. 



103339. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23500. A tree from 10 to 15 

 feet high, with pinkish flowers, found 

 in forests between 11,000 and 12,000 

 feet altitude. 



103340. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23543. A shrub or small tree 6 

 to 15 feet high, with pink flowers, col- 

 lected in a fir forest at 12,000 feet 

 altitude. 



103341. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23547. A small tree 10 to 15 

 feet high, with white flowers, col- 

 lected in a fir forest at 12 000 feet 

 altitude. 



Nos. 103342 and 103343 were col- 

 lected at Tsarong. west of Dikerla and 

 Yundshi, in the Kaakerbo Mountains, 

 in southeastern Tibet, in a fir forest 

 at 12,000 feet altitude. 



103342. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23644. A tree 10 feet high with 

 red flowers. 



103343. Sorbus sp. 



No. 23657. A shrub 6 to 8 feet 

 tall with white flowers. 



103344. Sorbus vilmorini C. Schneid. 



No. 24275. From Miturong, Muli 

 Territory, east of the Yalung River on 

 the Mutikonka Mountains (a hitherto 

 unknown snow range), southwestern 

 Szechwan, in a spruce forest at 12,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 103332. 



103345. Sorbus sp. 



No. 24553. From forests at 11,000 

 feet altitude, on the western slopes of 

 Mount Mitzuga, Muli Territory, Szech- 

 wan. A shrub 10 to 15 feet high with 

 pink flowers. 



103346. Sorbus sp. 



No. 25250. From a fir forest at 

 12,500 feet altitude, in the mountains 

 west of Hsiao Chungtien, northwest- 

 ern Yunnan. A shrub 10 to 15 feet 

 high with white flowers. 



103347. Spiraea arcuata Hook. f. Ro- 

 saceae. Spirea. 



No. 24426. Among trees at 11,000 

 feet altitude, in the Yetsi Mountains, 

 north of Kulu, Muli Territory, Szechwan. 

 A bushy shrub 6 to 8 feet high with 

 shining dark-brown branches and small 

 obovate, coarsely toothed or lobed leaves ; 



103174 to 103357— Continued. 



leaves one-half inch long. The small 

 flowers, which vary from red to white, 

 are in dense corymbs. Native to the 

 Himalayan region between 11,000 and 

 14,000 feet altitude. 



103348. Styrax schweliensis W. W. 

 Smith. Styracaceae. SnowbelL 



No. 24572. Between Muli and Kulu, 

 Szechwan, in valleys at 8,000 feet alti- 

 tude. A deciduous shrub from 3 to 9 

 feet high with broadly elliptic, shortly 

 acuminate papery leaves 2 inches long 

 and small dull creamy-white flowers in 

 terminal and axillary racemes. Native to 

 southwestern China. 



103349. Symplocos sp. Symplocaceae. 



Sweetleaf, 



No. 22061. From Mount Kenichunpo 

 at 10.000 feet altitude; a tree 15 to 20 

 feet high with cream-colored flowers. 



103350. Syringa yunnanensis Franch. 

 Oleaceae. Lilac. 



No. 24349. From Dzempe Sheren, 

 west of Wuato Gomba, in Muli Territory, 

 Szechwan, in spruce forests at 12,000 

 feet altitude. A shrub from 3 to 8 feet 

 high with fragrant pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see 100905. 



103351 and 103352. Tumion FArgesii 

 (Franch.) Skeels (Torreya fargesii 

 Franch.). Taxaceae. 



An evergreen tree sometimes over 100 

 feet tall, with a trunk over 4 feet in di- 

 ameter, and huge descending branches, 

 which is found occasionally in the decid- 

 uous and semideciduous forests of the 

 Mekong- Yangtze Divide, and also more 

 commonly on the Mekong-Salwin Divide 

 at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The fruits 

 are the size of small walnuts. The tree 

 prefers rich black soil and considerable 

 rainfall. 



For previous introduction see 58600. 



103351. No. 22656. From the Solola, 

 Tsarung Province, southeastern 

 Tibet. A shrub or small tree 10 to 

 15 feet high, found in open scrub 

 forest land at 10,000 feet altitude. 



103352. No. 23291. From Mount 

 Fuchuan, west of the Mekong-Salwin 

 Divide, west of Weihsi, Szechwan, at 

 10,000 feet altitude. A tree 50 to 60 

 feet high. 



103353 to 103356. Vaccinium spp. Vac- 

 ciniaceae. Blueberry. 



103353. Vaccinium sp. 



No. 22340. From the Tjonatong 

 Mountains, Upper Salwin River, Tsar- 

 ung Province, southeastern Tibet, at 

 14,500 feet altitude. A shrub 1 foot 

 high with pink flowers, found among 

 rocks. 



103354. Vaccinium sp. 



No. 22407. From Mount Wulila, east 

 of the Salwin River and north of Alu- 

 laka, southeastern Tibet, at 13,500 feet 

 altitude. A shrub up to 6 inches high, 

 found among rocks and boulders. 



103355. Vaccinium fragile Franch. 



No. 22653. From the Solola, Tsar- 

 ung Province, southeastern Tibet, at 

 12,000 feet altitude. A shrub 1 foot 

 high with red fruits, found among 

 rocks. 



