PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103421 to 103439— Continued. 



103421. Acer caesium Wall. Aceraceae. Maple. 



No. D-99. A tree up to 75 feet high, native to 

 the slopes of the Himalayas between 7,000 and 

 10,000 feet altitude. The palmately five-lobed 

 leaves, pale beneath, are cordate with serrate 

 margins and are 6 to 8 inches long and broad. 

 The flowers appear after the leaves in large py- 

 ramidal panicles and are followed by smooth 

 fruits with the wings spreading at nearly right 



For previous introduction see 98306. 

 103422. Clethra delavayi Franch. Clethra- 



No. D-130. A Chinese shrub or small tree with 

 red branchlets and oblanceolate leaves which are 

 pubescent beneath. The fragrant white flowers 

 differ from those of the American sweet pepper- 

 bush (Clethra alnifolia) in having red calyxes and 

 in being in solitary axillary racemes, while the 

 sweet pepperbush usually has the racemes grouped 

 together to form a panicle. 



For previous introduction see 100862. 



103423. Dipelta yunnanensis Franch. Capri- 

 foliaceae. 



No. D-38. A shrub 10 to 15 feet high, native to 

 western China, with opposite entire lanceolate 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches -long and leafy racemes of 2- 

 lipped tubular-campanulate pinkish to purple 

 flowers having shieldlike floral bracts. 



For previous introduction see 97601. 



103424. Enkianthus deflexus (Griffith) C. 

 Schneid. Ericaceae. 



No. D-33. The whorled branches of this Hima- 

 layan shrub are characteristic of the entire genus 

 and give the plant a peculiar appearance. The 

 branchlets are red, and the margins and petioles 

 of the obovate leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, are red 

 when the leaves are young. The flowers, pro- 

 duced in dense drooping racemes, have yellow 

 corollas, striped dark red, with darker lobes. 



For previous introduction see 100541. 



103425. Euptelea pleiosperma Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Trochodendraceae. 



No. D-285. A tree 30 to 40 feet high, native to 

 Tibet, with ovate-crenate leaves which are glau- 

 cescent beneath and have very long acuminate 

 tips. The slender-stalked red flowers, in axillary 

 fascicles, appear before the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 100875. 



103426. Hydrangea heteromalla D. Don. 

 Hydrangeaceae. 



No. D-95. A Himalayan hydrangea, about 10 

 feet high, with red stems, oval sharp-pointed 

 leaves white hairy beneath, and white flowers 

 borne in clusters about 6 inches wide. 



For previous introduction see 59660. 



103427. Ilex corallina Franch. Aquifoliaceae. 



Corai holly. 



No. D-335. A bushy smooth graceful shrub up 

 to 10 feet high, which has not the rigid appear- 

 ance of other hollies. The ovate-lanceolate leaves 

 are thin, tough, fully-fringed, and from 4 to 6 

 inches long, brilliant green on top and pale sreen 

 underneath. The numerous fruits are small and 

 coral red. 



For previous introduction see 



. Ligustrum compactum Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Oleaceae. Privet. 



No. A-105. A shrub or small tree sometimes 

 30 feet high, native to the Himalayan region of 

 southwestern China. The half-evergreen leaves 

 are 3 to 6 inches long, and the small white flowers 

 in large panicles are followed by blue-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see 76256. 



103421 to 103439— Continued. 



103429. Piptanthus forresth Craib. Fabaceae. 



No. D-290. A shrub 9 to 13 feet high, with alter- 

 nate trifoliolate leaves composed of lanceolate 

 light-yellow leaflets over V/i inches wide. Native 

 to alpine meadows in southwestern China. 



For previous introduction see 103131. 



103430to 103435. Rhododendron spp. Ericaceae. 



103430. Rhododendron beesianum Diels. 



No. D-105. A shrub 15 to 20 feet high, with 

 leathery, purple-green, narrowly lanceolate 

 leaves about 6 inches long and deep rich-rose 

 flowers up to 2 inches across. Allied to R. 

 delavayi, and native to Yunnan. 



For previous introduction see 100329. 



103431. Rhododendron brevistylum Franch. 



No. D-148. A shrub up to 10 feet high with 

 scaly purple branchlets, native to Yunnan, 

 China, between 12,000 and 13,000 feet altitude. 

 The elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 4 inches long, are 

 laxly scaly above and below, and the widely fun- 

 nel-shaped flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, are pale to 

 deep rose with crimson markings and are borne 

 in 1- to 5-flowered terminal clusters. 



103432. Rhododendron chaetomallum Balf. 

 and Forr. 



No. A-l. A shrub 4 to 5 feet high, with thin 

 twiggy branches densely clothed with branched 

 bristly hairs. The oblong-obovate leathery 

 leaves are about 4 inches long, dark olive green 

 above, and covered beneath with tawny wool. 

 The deep-crimson, tubular-campanulate flow- 

 ers, 2 inches long, are borne in 4- to 6-flowered 

 terminal umbels. It is native to Tibet and 

 Yunnan between 11,000 and 13,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 100336. 



103433. Rhododendron clementinae Forrest. 



No. D-201. A shrub 4 to 10 feet high, native to 

 southwestern China at an altitude of 11,000 feet. 

 The oblong-oval leaves, 2 to 6 inches Ion?, are 

 dark green above and covered beneath with a 

 white or pale-fawn felty indumentum. The 

 campanulate flowers, 2 inches long, are creamy 

 white flushed rose with crimson markings and 

 are borne in racemose umbles of 10 to 15 flowers. 



103434. Rhododendron coriaceum Franch. 



No. D-302. A shrub or small tree 10 to 25 feet 

 high, with gray-white branchlets, native to 

 southwestern China and Tibet between 10,000 

 and 13,000 feet altitude. The narrowly lanceo- 

 late leaves, 4 to 8 inches long, are smooth and 

 light green above and clothed beneath with a 

 light-gray pitted indumentum. The funnel- 

 campanulate flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, are white 

 or light rose with crimson blotches and are 

 borne in lax corymbose racemes of 15 to 20 

 flowers. 



103435. Rhododendron sp. 



No. D-23.1. Related to R. 

 Thompsonii series. 



103436. Rosa longicuspis Bertol. 



wardii in the 



Rosaceae. 



Rose. 



No. A-107. A rambling bush about 20 feet 

 high, native to western China, with sparse short 

 prickles, large dark-?reen leaves, an1 white 

 flowers 2 inches wide in very large lax corymbs. 



For previous introduction see 100594. 



103437. Sophora sp. Fabaceae. 



No. A-172. Closely related to S. glauca. 



