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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103861 to 103900— Continued. 



103883. POTENTILLA NIVEA L. 



An alpine perennial, with a stout 

 root stock, densely white — tomentose 

 throughout. The leathery leaves are 

 1 1o 2 inches long, with 3 to 5 obovate 

 serrate leaflets. The yellow flowers, 

 half an inch across, are on short 

 stout peduncles. Native to northeast- 

 ern Asia. 



103884 to 103888, Primula spp. Pri- 

 mulaceae. Primrose. 



103881. Primula fauriae Franch. 



An alpine primrose with a long 

 fibrous rhizome and rhombic or broadly 

 ovate, lightly crenate, long-stemmed 

 leaves, yellow mealy beneath and about 

 one-half inch across. The small pink 

 flowers are in umbels of 6 to 8. 



103885 and 103886. 



Franch. and Sav. 



Primula reinii 



103861 to 103900— Continued. 



103891. Shortia uniflora Maxim. Dia- 

 pensiaceae. 



Variety grandiflora. A large-flowered 

 form of a perennial berb native to Japan, 

 closely resembling the native American 

 Shortia galacifolia. The cordate leaves 

 are broader than long and deeply sinuate 

 toothed, and the white bell-shaped flow- 

 ers, an inch across, are borne on slender 

 peduncles 3 to 8 inches tall. 



103892. Trautvetteria palmata Fisch. 

 and Mey. Ranunculaceae. 



A perennial herb 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 alternate, large leaves divided into 5 to 

 11 incised lobes. The white flowers are 

 in terminal cymes. Native to northeast- 

 ern Asia and northern North America. 



A primula of the Fallaces section 

 with roundish, deeply cordate, incised- 

 crenate leaves densely covered with 

 long hairs, and 4 to 6 inches in diam- 

 eter. The scape, scarcely longer than 

 the leaves, bears 2 to 6 pale-violet 

 flowers. 



103885. Collected on Mount Hakone. 



103886. Collected on Mount Yatsu- 

 gatake. 



103887. Ranzania japonica T. Ito. Ber- 

 ber idaceae. 



A hardy perennial closely allied to the 

 mayapple of North America. The three 

 lobes of the heart-shaped leaves are 

 orbicular, and the solitary white flower is 

 scarcely an inch across. Native to Mount 

 Togakushe, Japan. 



103888. Rhododendron brachycarpum D. 

 Don. Ericaceae. 



Fujiyama rhododendron. 



A shrub 10 to 15 feet high with elliptic 

 to oblanceolate leaves 3 to 9 inches long, 

 cuneate to auriculate at the base, dark V 

 green above, and gray tomentose beneath. 

 The broadly funnelform flowers, about 2 

 inches across, are white or yellow, striped 

 and flushed pink, and spotted greenish 

 brown. 



For previous introduction see 95629. 



103889. Saxifraga bronchialis L. Sax- 

 ifragaceae. 



A low compact perennial 4 to 8 inches 

 high, with ascending stems densely leafy 

 at tbe base. The leaves are stiff, gray 

 green, shiny, and linear-lanceolate, and 

 the small yeliowish-white flowers are 

 dotted with orange-red. Native to north- 

 eastern Asia and Alaska. 



103890. Saxifraga cortusaefolia alpina 

 Matsum. and Nakai. Saxifragaceae. 



A rather low perennial saxifrage, not 

 stoloniferous. The dark-green basal 

 leaves are rather fleshy and seven lobed, 

 with the lower part reddish. The white 

 flowers are in a lax panicle with long, 

 very slender pedicels. Native to Mount 

 Shirouma, Shinano Province, Japan. 



103893. Tricyrtis affinis Makino, 

 lanthiaceae. 



Me- 



An erect perennial 1 to 4 feet high, 

 with oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 

 nearly sessile, thinly hairy, pale-green 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The purple- 

 spotted white flowers, an inch across, are 

 borne in terminal clusters. 



103894. Tricyrtis hirta Hook. Melan- 

 thiaceae. Hairy toadlily. 



A perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high, cov- 

 ered with soft whitish spreading hairs. 

 The cordate-lanceolate leaves clasp the 

 stem, and the white lilylike flowers are 

 covered with purple spots. 



For previous introduction see 101796. 



103895. Tulipa latifolia Makino. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



A Japanese tulip, very similar to T. 

 edulis, but with shorter and broader 

 leaves, and small white flowers on a 

 stem 6 to 8 inches high. 



103896. Veratrum japonicum (Baker) 

 Loes. Melanthiaceae. 



A hardy perennial 2 to 4 feet high, 

 with slender stems. The oblong, plicate 

 leaves are a foot long, and the very dark 

 purple flowers are in lax racemes. It is 

 closely related to Veratrum nigrum, of 

 which it may be considered a geographic 

 variety, with slightly larger flowers and 

 a more slender habit. 



103897 to 103900. Viola spp. Violaceae. 



Violet. 



103897. Viola chaerophylloides (Re- 

 gel) Makino. 



A hardy violet about 6 inches high, 

 with broad, finely divided leaves and 

 rather large white flowers produced in 

 April. Native to Chosen and said to 

 be adapted for growing in partial 

 shade. 



103898. Viola patrinii Ging. 



A low stemless perennial, native to 

 northeastern Asia, with a stout root- 

 stock, ovate-oblong leaves, and lilac 

 flowers about one-half inch in diameter. 



103899. Viola verecunda A. Gray. 



A Japanese violet closely related to 

 V. canadensis. The 3 or 4 kidney- 

 shaped leaves are slender and erect, 

 and the flowers are white with purple 

 veins. 



