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104197 to 104210— Continued. 



104199. Clbthra barbinervis Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Clethraceae. Tree clethra. 



A shrub or tree from eastern Asia, up 

 to 30 feet high, with oval-oblong, pointed, 

 sharply serrate, hairy-veined leaves from 

 3 to 6 inches long and panicled racemes 

 of white fragrant flowers which appear 

 from July to September. 



For previous introduction see 43834. 



104200 to 104202. CoRYLOPSIS spp. 

 Hamamelidaceae. 



104200. Corylopsis pauciflora Sieb. 

 and Zucc. Winterhazel. 



A spreading shrub, usually about 4 

 feet high, with slender branches, bright- 

 green, broadly oval acuminate leaves, 

 heart-shaped at the base and up to 3 

 inches long. The primrose-yellow flow- 

 ers, less than an inch across, are in 

 pairs or threes on short spikes. Native 

 to Japan and said to be less hardy than 

 Corylopsis spicata, but more attractive 

 because of its larger flowers. 



104201. Corylopsis platypetala 

 levis Rehd. and Wils. 



A deciduous shrub 3 to 7 feet high, 

 with slender branches, ovate cordate, 

 dark-green leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 

 and fragrant pale-yellow flowers in 

 rather dense racemes. Native to west- 

 ern Szechwan, China. 



1C4202. Corylopsis willmottiae 

 Rehd. and Wils. 



A deciduous shrub, up to 12 feet high, 

 native to central China. The leaves, 

 1 to 3 inches long, are oval or some- 

 wuat heart-shaped with sinuate mar- 

 gins, and the yellow, fragrant flowers, 

 which appear in early spring, are in 

 racemes about 3 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 73428. 



104203. Daphniphyllum g l a u c e s cens 

 Blume. Euphorbiaceae. 



An Bast Indian evergreen tree with en- 

 tire oblong-lanceolate leaves, inconspicu- 

 ous flowers, and black fleshy drupes. The 

 tree is valued for the ornamental char- 

 acter of its laurellike foliage. 



For previous introduction see 96521. 



104204. Dtpelta ventricosa H e m s 1 . 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 15 feet high, 

 with downy young shoots and oval to 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves 2 to 6 inches long. 

 The bell-shaped flowers, about 1 inch long, 

 are borne on drooping pedicels at the end 

 and in the leaf axils of short side shoots. 

 The corolla is deep rose outside and paler 

 within, except in the throat, which is 

 orange colored. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see 81848. 



104205. Dipelta yunnanensis Franch. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



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 two-lipped, tubular-cam- 

 panulate, pinkish to purple flowers having 

 shieldlike floral bracts. 



For previous introduction see 103423. 



104197 to 104210— Continued. 



104206. LlRIODENDRON CHINENSE 



(Hemsl.) Sargent. Magnoliaceae. 



Chinese tuliptree. 



An ornamental deciduous tree up to 50 

 feet high, native to central China. The 

 leaves, 5 to 6 inches long, have four acute 

 or acuminate lobes, rounded or slightly 

 cordate at the base ; the lilylike flower is 

 almost 2 inches long. This variety is 

 somewhat more tender than our native 

 species, Liriodendron tulipifera. 



For previous introduction see 99188. 



104207. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE (R. Br.) 



Oliver. Hamamelidaceae. 



A handsome but somewhat tender, 

 bushy evergreen Chinese shrub, about 5 

 feet high, with wiry hairy branches, oval, 

 unsymmetrical leaves, and curious white 

 witch-hazellike flowers during the early 

 spring. 



For previous introduction see 102949. 



104208. Styrax dasyantha Perkins. 

 Styracaceae. Snowbell. 



An ornamental Chinese shrub or small 

 tree up to 25 feet high, with oblong- 

 elliptic leaves about 3 inches long and 

 showy white flowers in slender racemes. 



For previous introduction see 72966. 



104209. Styrax plantinifolia E n g e 1 m. 

 Styracaceae. 



A large deciduous shrub about 15 feet 

 high, with roundish, sinuate-serrate leaves 

 2 to 3 inches across, and showy pure- 

 white flowers in racemes. Native to 

 southern and central Texas. 



104210. Holboellia coriacea Diels. Lar- 

 dizabalaceae. 



An evergreen climbing shrub with dark- 

 green leathery compound digitate leaves 

 of three to seven leaflets and small 

 flowers in axillary racemes ; the staminate 

 flowers are white and the pistillate flowers 

 violet. Native to China. 



104211 and 104212. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived in February 1934. 



104211. Antigonon guatimalense Meisn. 

 Polygonaceae. 



Throughout the American Tropics one 

 of the most popular and conspicuous orna- 

 mental herbaceous climbers is the rosa 

 de montana (Antigonon leptopus), with 

 its showy racemes of rose-pink flowers. 

 The species A. guatimalense, while much 

 less common in cultivation, has more 

 numerous flowers that are deeper pink 

 and nearly twice as large. 



For previous introduction see 101703. 



104212. Cassia timoriensis DC. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



Originally from the Botanic Garden, 

 Buitenzorg, Java. A rather low tree with 

 slender downy branches, pale-green leaves 

 up to 9 inches long, bright-yellow flowers, 

 and thin, glossy, flexible pods sometimes 

 6 inches long. The tree is distributed 

 throughout the Malay Archipelago and 

 the Philippine Islands. 



For previous introduction see 100682. 



