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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103445 to 103475— Continued. 



103460. Ilex sp. Aquifoliaceae. Holly. 



No. 23654. From the mountains of Kaakerbo in 

 southeastern Tibet, Tsarung, west of Dikerla 

 and Yundshi; shrubs 4 to 6 feet high found in 

 valleys at 10,000 feet altitude. 



103461. Eriophyton wallichianum Benth. 

 Menthaceae. 



No. 24532. From the western slopes of Mount 

 Mitzuga, Muli Territory, southwestern Szech- 

 wan, at 15,000 feet altitude; a dwarf herbaceous 

 perennial only 6 inches high, with the stems, 

 leaves, and inflorescence densely covered with 

 soft white wool a quarter of an inch long. The 

 round toothed leaves, 1 to 2 inches across, are very 

 closely set on the stem, and the large two-lipped 

 yellow or pale-pink flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, are 

 borne in axillary whorls. It is native to the 

 Himalayan region. 



For previous introduction s 



103462. Notochaete sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 24485. From Mount Kanshu on the 

 Leirong trail in Muli Territory, southwestern 

 Szechwan, at 13,000 feet altitude, in alpine mea- 

 dows an herb whose leaves form large rosettes 

 and whose flowers are lavender blue. 



103463. Phlomis rotata Benth. Menthaceae. 



Jerusalem-sage. 



No. 23363. From Mount Moting, west of 

 Atuntze, Yunnan, in alpine meadows at 12,500 

 feet altitude; a stemless plant with a rosette of 

 thick coriaceous, orbicular, crenate leaves 3 to 6 

 inches across, densely tomentose beneath, sud- 

 denly contracted into tomentose petioles half an 

 inch broad. The small bluish-purple flowers, 

 covered with white hairs, are in whorls on short 

 peduncles, forming dense heads 1 to 2 inches in 

 diameter in the center of the rosette of leaves. 

 It is native to the alpine regions of the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 93920. 



103464. Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.) Sweet. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 24575. Collected between Muli and Kulu 

 at 11,500 feet altitude; a shrub 2 to 11 feet high with 

 palmately trifoliolate leaves made up of lanceolate 

 leaflets 2 to 4 inches long; the yellow pea-shaped 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in dense racemes 

 resembling bunches of grapes. 



103465. Salvia sp. Menthaceae. 



Sage. 



No. 24479. From Mount Kanshu, on the trail 

 to Leirong, southwestern Muli, Szechwan, at 

 10,000 feet altitude; an herb with purple flowers. 



103466 to 103483. Satureja spp. Menthaceae. 



Savory. 



103466. Satureja sp. 



No. 23433. Collected in alpine meadows at 

 12,000 feet altitude on Mount Moting, east of 

 Atuntze, Yunnan; an herb with yellow flowers. 



103467. Satureja sp. 



No. 24480. Collected on the trail to Leirong, 

 southwestern Muli Territory, Szechwan, on 

 Mount Kanshu at 11,000 feet altitude; flowers 

 not seen. 



103463. Satureja sp. 



No. 24514. Collected among rocks in meadows 

 at 11,000 feet altitude on the western slopes of 

 Mount Mitzuga, Muli Territory, southwestern 

 Szechwan; an herb with purplish-pink flowers. 



103445 to 103475— Continued. 



103469. Sophora davidii (Franch.) Komarow. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 24549. Collected in scrub forest at 11,000 

 feet altitude on the western slopes of Mount Mit- 

 zuga, Muli Territory, southwestern Szechwan; 

 a spiny shrub up to 6 feet high with slender 

 spreading pubescent branchlets, native to central 

 and western China. The pinnately compound 

 leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, have 11 to 15 small 

 elliptic leaflets, and the violet to white pea- 

 shaped flowers, one-half inch long, are in racemes 

 of 6 to 12 on short terminal branchlets. 



Fab- 



For previous introduction see 



103470. Thermopsis inflata Cambess. 

 aceae. 



No. 23336. Found in scree on Mount Moting, 

 east of Atuntze, Yunnan, at 15,000 feet altitude; 

 a bushy perennial about 6 inches high with a 

 widely creeping woody rootstock and small finely 

 pubescent trifoliolate fleshy leaves. The yellow 

 flowers, less than an inch long, are in small dense 

 racemes. Native to the Himalayas between 

 15,000 and 17,000 feet altitude. 



103471. Thermopsis sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 24397. From Mount Siga, west of and over- 

 looking the Yalung River, north of Karadi, at 

 13,500 feet altitude, in alpine meadows; an herb 

 with red flowers. 



103472 to 103474. Vaccinium spp. Vacciniaceae. 



Blueberry. 



103472. Vaccinium sp. 



No. 22175. From alpine regions near the 

 upper headwaters of the Eastern Irrawaddy, at 

 14,000 feet altitude; an herb 3 inches high 

 with red flowers. 



103473. Vaccinium sp. 



No. 22397. Collected at 13,500 feet altitude 

 on Mount Wulila, east of Salwin and north of 

 Alulaka, in southeastern Tibet; a shrub up to 

 G feet high; flowers not seen. 



103474. Vaccinium sp. 



No. 23479. From Mount Moting, west of 

 Atuntze, Yunnan, at 14,500 feet altitude; a 

 shrub over a foot high with red flowers. 



103475. (Undetermined.) 



No. 22020. From Mount Kenichunpo at 

 Champutong near the Salwin River at 7,000 feet 

 altitude; a handsome tree between 70 and 80 feet 

 high with white flowers. 



103476. Colvillea 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Tulear, Madagascar. Seeds presented by 

 H. Henri Perrier de la'Bathie, Academie Mal- 

 gache, Tananarive. Received July 8, 1933. 



A tree 30 to 40 feet high with pinnate leaves 3 feet 

 long and brilliant orange-scarlet, curiously shaped 

 flowers with 10 protruding stamens, borne in droop- 

 ing racemes more than a foot long. The tree was 

 discovered in Madagascar in 1824 and named for 

 the Governor of Mauritius, Sir Charles Colville. 

 In all probability it will stand no more frost than 

 the Poinciana. 



Like other leguminous trees, it is readily propa- 

 " from seeds. 



BACEMOSA Boj. 



For previous introduction see 98549. 



