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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



105584 to 105645— Continued. 



105643. Viburnum sp. 



No. F. 100. Collected September 17, 

 1933, at 0,500 feet altitude near Ling 

 Wang Shan, San Kiang Hsien. A tree 

 about 10 feet high, with small globose 

 red edible fruits. 



105644. Vitis sp. Vitaceae. 



Pit Tao. No. F. 91. Collected October 

 23, 1933, at Ch'ang An. Yung Hsien. A 

 vine with black globose fruits. 



105645. Wistaria sp. Fabaceae. 



No. F. 102. Collected October 20, 1933, 

 in a valley at 1,100 feet altitude near Ta 

 Tseh Tsuen, Yung Hsien. A vine with 

 pods over 5 inches long and less than 

 half an inch wide. 



105646 to 105652. 



From China. Seeds presented by H. H. 

 Chung, W T u-Han University, Wuchang, 

 Hupen. Received May 9, 1934. 



Nos. 105646 to 105648 were collected in 

 the Lushan Mountains, Kiangsi Province, 

 by H. H. Chung and S. C. Sun. 



105646. Acer sp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



105647. Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook. 

 Taxaceae. Chinese plum-yew. 



A small tree up to 30 feet high, native 

 to central China. The linear leaves, 2 to 

 3 inches long, spread nearly horizontally 

 and are glossy green above with two 

 pale bands beneath, and the ovoid purple 

 fruits are 1 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 100521. 



105648. Cornus sp. Cornaceae. 



105649. Eucommia ulmoides Oliver. 

 Trochodendraceae. Tu-chung. 



Skih mien shu. Collected in Hupeh 

 Province by S. C. Sun. A tree which 

 reaches a height of 80 feet and seems to 

 grow best when sheltered by other trees. 

 It is native to the southwestern part of 

 China. The native name means stone 

 cotton tree, in reference to the rubber- 

 like threads of shining whitish color 

 which appear when the pieces of bark or 

 leaf are snapped across. 



For previous introduction see 98370. 



Nos. 105650 to 105652 were collected in 

 the Lushan Mountains, Kiangsi Province, 

 by H. H. Chung and S. C. Sun. 



105650. LlRIODENDRON CHINENSE (Henisl.) 



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 

 about 2 inches long. This variety is 

 somewhat more tender than our native 

 species, Liriodcndron tulipifera. 



For previous introduction see 104206. 



105651. Nyssa sinensis Oliv. Corna- 

 ceae. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree about 

 20 feet high, with oblong-elliptic, mem- 

 branous leaves 4 to 6 inches long, incon- 

 spicuous flowers, and ovoid blue fruits 

 about one-half inch long. The leaves be- 

 come brilliant red in autumn. It is native 

 to western China. 



105646 to 105652— Continued. 



105652. Sassafras tzumu Hemsl. Lau- 

 raceae. 



The Chinese sassafras is common in 

 moist woods in western Hupeh, China, 

 where it becomes a handsome tree some- 

 times 100 feet tall with horizontal 

 branches. The yellow flowers are pro- 

 duced in great quantity in early spring 

 before the leaves untold ; the globose 

 fruits are black with a glaucous bloom. 



105653 to 105660. 



From the Belgian Congo, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by J. B. H. Lejeune, Director, 

 Government Agronomic Station, Kisozi, 

 Territories of Kuanda-Urundi. Received 

 May 11, 1934. 



105653 to 105655. Crotalaria spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



105653. Crotalaria incana L. 



A tropical American plant about 3 

 feet high, somewhat shrubby, and 

 softly pubescent. The yellow flowers 

 are in dense racemes 2 to 8 inches 

 long. 



105654. Crotalaria spinosa Hochst. 



A spiny perennial with an annual 

 stem 6 to 18 inches long, oblanceolate 

 leaflets one-third of an inch long, and 

 scattered yeliow flowers. Nati\ 

 tropical Africa. 



105655. Crotalaria sp. 



105656. Erythrina sp. Fabaceae. 



105657. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



105658. PSEUDARTHRIA HOOKERI Wight 



and Arn. Fabaceae. 



A tall herbaceous leguminous plant 

 which, at a distance, looks like a pink 

 spirea. It is abundant in the tree sa- 

 vanna country and may be useful as a 

 green manure or even as an ornamental. 



For previous introduction see 50052. 



105659. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. Vetch. 



105660. (Undetermined.) 



105661 to 105675. 



From southwestern China. Seeds presented 

 by Lord Aberconway, Bodnant Gardens, 

 Tal-Y-Cafn, North Wales. Received May 

 10, 1934. 



105661. Acer cappadocicum sinicum 

 Rehder. Aceraceae. Maple. 



McL. no. 16. A Chinese maple, some- 

 times 50 feet high, with bright-green, five- 

 lobed leaves about 3 inches long and 

 small pale-yellow flowers. This variety 

 differs from the typical form chiefly in 

 having smaller leaves. 



105662. Anemone demissa Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Ranunculaceae. 



McL. no. 60. A lovely alpine plant, 

 common in limestone soil in mountain 

 meadows at altitudes between 11,000 and 

 13,000 feet in Yunnan. The leaves form 

 a basal rosette, and the large w T hite 

 flowers are in umbels. 



Received as variety rillosa, for which a 

 place of publication has not been found. 



For previous introduction see 100148. 



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