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105311 to 105331— Continued. 



105318. HOLBOELLIA CORIACEA Diels. 



Lardizabalaceae. 



An evergreen climbing shrub with dark- 

 green, leatnery, compound, digitate leaves 

 of three to seven leaflets and small flow- 

 ers in axillary racemes ; the staminate 

 flowers are white and the pistillate flow- 

 ers are violet. Native to China. 



105319. H oven i a dulcis Thunberg. 

 Rhamnaceae. 



An ornamental deciduous Japanese 

 tree with leaves often 4 or 5 inches long 

 and inconspicuous white or greenish- 

 white flowers. After flowering the pe- 

 duncles thicken and become edible, being 

 red, puipy, and of sweetish taste. 



For previous introduction see 45620. 



105320 to 105323. Ilex spp. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



105320. Ilex purpurea Hassk. 



An evergreen tree with crenate-ser- 

 rulate, elliptic, lanceolate leaves 2 to 

 3 inches long and red berries half an 

 inch long, in clusters of two to five. It 

 is native to Japan and central China. 



For previous introduction see 102075. 



105321. Ilex rotunda Thunb. 



A large evergreen tree, sometimes 

 over 40 feet hight, with glossy, green, 

 entire, elliptic, or oblong leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long and small, globose, scarlet 

 berries. Native to Japan and Chosen. 



For previous introduction see 102300. 



105322. Ilex triflora viridis Loes. 



A small tree, with stiff, small, ovate 

 or oblong leaves 2 or 3 inches long 

 and black globose fruits about one- 

 fourth inch in diameter. Native to 

 mountainous districts of eastern India. 



105323. Ilex wilsonii Loes. 



An ornamental evergreen Chinese 

 shrub with broad, spiny, glistening 

 green leaves. 



For previous introduction see 7814G. 



105324. Lilium brownii Poit. Liliaceae. 



A Chinese lily with stems 2 to 3 feet 

 high and lanceolate leaves 3 to 5 incnes 

 long. The flowers, usually solitary but 

 sometimes two to four together, are 6 to 

 8 inches long and nearly as wide and are 

 delicately fragrant. The waxy segments 

 are creamy white inside, fading to pure 

 white and tinged with yellow at the base. 

 Outside they are white with brown-purple 

 midribs, the three outer ones being vari- 

 ably tinged with brownish purple. 



For previous introduction see 102076. 



105325. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE (R. Br.) 



Oliver. Hamamelidaceae. 



A handsome but somewhat tender 

 bushy evergreen Chinese shrub of loose 

 open habit and about 5 feet high. It has 

 oval unsymmetrical leaves and curious 

 white witch-hazellike flowers during the 

 early spring. 



For previous introduction see 104207. 



105326. Pinus armandi Franch. Pina- 

 ceae. Armand pine. 



A tall 5-leaved pine 60 to 100 feet 

 high, with a trunk often 6 feet in diam- 

 eter, that grows in western China on 



105311 to 105331— Continued. 



well-drained, moist mountain slopes be- 

 tween 8,000 and 10,000 feet altitude 

 The slender, bright-green leaves are about 

 4 inches long. The edible seeds are sold 

 in Chinese markets. 



For previous introduction see 95373. 



105327. Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim. 

 Ulmaceae. 



A tall deciduous tree, native to north- 

 western and central China, closely resem- 

 bling Celt is in foliage and habit. The 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, acuminate leaves, 

 irregularly and sharply serrate, are over 

 3 inches long. The slender-stalked fruits, 

 unlike those of Celtis, have wings usually 

 emarginate at the apex. 



For previous introduction see 46433 



105328. Stewartia monadelpha Sie'b. 

 and Zucc. Theaceae. 



A tree up to 75 feet high, native to 

 Japan. The bright-green ovate leaves 

 are 2 to 4 inches long, and the fragrant, 

 white, cup-shaped flowers, 1 to 2 inches 

 across, are solitary in the axils of the 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see 102263. 



105329. Styrax philadelphoides Per- 

 kins. Styracaceae. 



A large shrub, 5 to 6 feet high, with 

 thin, narrowly oblong, hairy leaves, 1 to 

 3 inches long, and white flowers, half 

 an inch long, in small axillary and termi- 

 nal racemes. Native to eastern China 



105330. Tripterygium forrestii Loes- 

 ner. Celastraceae. 



A shrub about 3 feet high, with oval, 

 crenulate, serrate, papery leaves 2 to 3 

 incnes long and terminal panicles of small 

 green-brown flowers. Native to open situ- 

 ations on the Tali Range, Yunnan. 



For previous introduction see 105032. 



105331. Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) 

 Planch. Ulmaceae. Sawleaf zelkova 



A handsome tree, native to Japan, up 

 to 90 feet high, with a short trunk divid- 

 ing into many upright, spreading branches 

 and forming a broad, round-topped head 

 The sharply serrate leaves are ovate and 

 are usually 2 to 3 inches long, or, on the 

 young shoots, up to 7 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 98780. 



105332 to 105347. 



From China. Seeds collected west of Pei- 

 ping by Peter Liu. Received April 25, 

 1934. 



105332. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



Ta Tiling. A large onion which is 

 grown on ridges. The Chinese plant it 

 any time from early spring to fall. 



105333. Apium graveolens L. Apiaceae 



Celery 



Ch'in Tsai. A Chinese celery with very 

 small seeds. 



105334. Benin casa hispida (Thunb.) 

 Cogn. Cucurbitaceae. Waxgourd. 



Chia Tung Kica. A winter gourd, used 

 mostly in soups. The seed is planted in 

 the middle of March in a coldframe, and 

 transplanted when two or three leaves 



