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103421 to 103439— Continued. 

 103438. Tetracentron sinense Oliver. Mag- 



No. D-322. A tree up to 100 feet high, native to 

 western and central China. The elliptic-ovate 

 leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, are subcordate with 

 closely serrulate margins, and the minute yellow- 

 ish flowers are in racemes 4 to 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 100097. 



103439. Thermopsis alpina yunnanensis 

 Franch. Fabaceae. 



No. D-280. A herbaceous perennial 6 to 12 inches 

 high, with three broadly oblong hairy leaflets 

 and bright-yellow flowers in terminal racemes. 

 Native to Yunnan, southwestern China. 



103440. Caryophylltjs malaccensis 

 (L.) Stokes {Eugenia malaccensis L.). 

 Myrtaceae. Ohia. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, 

 superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. 

 Walsingham. Received July 7, 1933. 



A tree with large glossy handsome leaves and 

 masses of flowers an inch or more across, filled with 

 hundreds of beautiful deep-rose or pink stamens. 

 The crimson pear-shaped fruits of characteristic 

 flavor are much esteemed in the West Indies for 

 preserves. 



For previous introduction see 99534. 



103441. Cinchona ledgeriana Moens. 

 Rubiaceae. 



From India. Seeds purchased from R. B. & D. S. 

 Pradham, The Chandra Nursery, Sikkim, 

 Bengal. Received July 8, 1933. 



A tree, native to the Andes, yielding a bark re- 

 markably rich in quinine which crystallizes readily 

 as quinine sulphate. The percentage of the other 

 alkaloids present is relatively small. The bark of 

 this species matures in the fifth or sixth year and 

 does not increase its quinine content after that age. 



For previous introduction see 100986. 



103442 to 103444. Maltjs sylvestris 

 Mill. (Pyrus mains L.). Malaceae. 



Apple. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Scions presented by the Institute for Northern 

 Fruit and Berry Growing, Koslov, through V. P. 

 Alekseev, chief in charge of Foreign Plant Intro- 

 duction, Leningrad. Received June 2, 1933. 

 Numbered in July 1933. 



Received under the following varietal names: 



103442. No. 137714. Antonovka. 



103443. No. 137717. Bel Monastirskaia. 



103444. No. 137709. Reinette Kolhasney. 



103445 to 103475. 



From southwestern China and Tibet. Seeds col- 

 lected by Dr. Joseph F. Rock, agricultural ex- 

 plorer for the University of California Botanical 

 Garden Expedition, and presented through Dr. 

 T. H. Goodspeed, Department of Botany, Uni- 

 versity of California, Berkeley, Calif. Received 

 July 6, 1933. 



103445. Ajuga sp. Menthaceae. 



Bugle. 



No. 24362. Collected south of Dzampe Sheren 

 in the Sagi Valley at 14,500 feet altitude. Flowers 

 pale lavender to white, found growing in scree. 



103446. Ajuga sp. Menthaceae. Bugle. 



No. 24499. From the trail to Leirong, south- 

 western Muli Territory, Szechwan, on Mount 

 Kanshu. White flowers found in alpine meadows 

 at 14,000 feet altitude. 



103445 to 103475— Continued. 



103447. Ilex sp. Aquifoliaceae. 



No. 24323. From Mutirong, Muli Territory, 

 on the Mutikonka snow range, Szechwan, at 

 11,000 feet altitude. A plant between 3 and 4 

 feet high. 



103448. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. Milkvetch. 



No. 24354. From the Sagi Valley, south of 

 Dzampe Sheren, at 13,000 feet altitude. Purplish- 

 blue flowers found in alpine meadows. 



103449. Cassiope sp. Ericaceae. 



No. 20934. A plant with white flowers found in 

 alpine regions at 15,000 feet altitude. 



103450 to 103452. Clintonia spp. Conval- 

 lariaceae. 



103450. Clintonia sp. 



No. 21960. Blue flowers, collected in a cane- 

 brake between 11,000 and 12,000 feet altitude on 

 Mount Kenichunpo. 



103451. Clintonia sp. 



No. 21962. Large single, deep-purple flowers 

 found in alpine regions at 15,000 feet altitude 

 on Mount Kenichunpo. 



103452. Clintonia sp. 



No. 24484. From the trail to Leirong, south- 

 western Muli, Szechwan, on Mount Kanshu; 

 found in moss in a fir forest. 



103453 to 103455. Diplarche spp. Ericaceae. 



103453. Diplarche sp. 



No. 21930. A shrub several inches high with 

 pink flowers; found on grassy slopes at 14,000 

 feet altitude. 



103454 and 103455. Diplarche multiflora 

 Hook, and Thorns. 



A low alpine shrub, native to the Himalayan 

 region between 11,000 and 14,000 feet altitude. 

 The crowded leathery linear-oblong leaves are 

 less than one-fourth inch long, and the small 

 tubular white or pink flowers are borne in dense 

 clusters of 8 to 20 at the ends of the branches. 



For previous introduction see 99861. 



103454. No. 22243. From Solola, Tsarung 

 Province, Tibet; a shrub 1 inch high with 

 white flowers; found in alpine regions at 

 14,000 feet altitude. 



103455. No. 23274. From Mount Fuchuan, 

 west of the Mekong-Salwin Divide. A 

 shrub 2 to 6 inches high with white flowers, 

 found on cliffs and crags. 



103453. Disporum sp. Convallariaceae. 



Fairy bells. 



No. 21947. From Mount Kenichunpo. A 

 shrub up to 3 feet high with white flowers; found 

 in spruce forest at 12,000 feet altitude. 



103457. Hedysarum sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 22249. From Solola, Tsarung Province, 

 Tibet; an herb with yellow flowers, found at 

 10,000 feet altitude. 



103458. Hedysarum sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 23450. From Mount Moting, west of 

 Atuntze, Yunnan; an herb with pale-yellow 

 flowers, found in alpine scree at 13,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



103459. Ilex sp. Aquifoliaceae. 



Holly. 



No. 22299. From Solola, Tsarung Province, 

 Tibet; a shrub 5 feet high with red flowers; found 

 in fir forest at 12,500 feet altitude. 



