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111034 to 111039— Continued. 



111037. Passiflora antioquiensis Karst. 

 Passifloraceae. 



No. 3344. Guruba dc Antioquia. From 

 La Mesa. Cundinamarca, April 20. 1935. 

 A woody vine with deeply three-lobed 

 leaves and large purple flowers, solitary 

 in the leaf axils. It is cultivated for its 

 edible, spindle-shaped green fruits over 4 

 inches long and 1% inches in diameter. 

 Native to Colombia. 



111038. Paullinia sp. Sapindaceae. 



No. 3339. From Tocaima, Finca Chu- 

 <.'unday, Cundinamarca. April 19, 1935. A 

 climbing shrub whose red fruits are borne 

 in clusters on the stem. 



111039. Polygonum sp. Polygonaceae. 



No. 3351. Barbasco. From Neiva, 

 Huila, April 6. 1935. 



111040 to 111103. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden. Darjeeling, at the request 

 of the Director of the Botanical Survey 

 of India. Calcutta. Received May 13, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111040. Clematis buchaniana DC. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. 



A vigorous Himalayan species which 

 will cover a large wall space with buoy- 

 ant hairy leaves and in September is 

 covered with cymes of pendent, fragrant, 

 whitish-yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 52676. 



111041. Clematis connata DC. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. 



A large woody climbing vine native to 

 the temperate Himalayas at altitudes be- 

 tween 4.000 and 10,000 feet. The leaves 

 are made, up of three to seven broadly 

 cordate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long, with 

 coarsely serrate or three-lobed margins, 

 and the small creamy tubular flowers are 

 borne in large panicles. 



For previous introduction see 102755. 



111042. Crepis glomerata (Decaisne) 

 Benth. and Hook. Cichoriaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial up to 6 inches 

 high, with variable foliage and many 

 densely crowded heads of yellow flowers. 

 Native to the Himalayas between 13,000 

 and 17,000 feet altitude. 



111043. CfttPTOLEPIS ELEGANS Wall. As- 



clepiadaceae. 



A slender climber with oblong or 

 linear-oblong leaves over 2 inches long and 

 fragrant yellow flowers in axillary and 

 terminal cymes. Native to eastern and 

 northeastern India. 



For previous introduction see 47669. 



111044. CVNOGLOSSUM FURCATUM Wall. 



Boraginaceae. 



A perennial, native to India, with nu- 

 merous stems from a rosette of lanceo- 

 late, soft-haired, entire leaves. The small 

 blue flowers are borne in long slender 

 clusters similar to those of the forget-me- 

 not. 



For previous introduction see 76034. 



111040 to 111103— Continued. 



111045. Embelia floribunda Wall. Myrsl- 

 naceae. 



A large evergreen woody climber with 

 narrow leaves over 8 inches long and 

 large, axillary, bushy racemes of very 

 small white flowers. Native to northeast- 

 ern India. 



For previous introduction see 47677. 



111046. Erigeron sp. Asteraceae. 



111047. Euphorbia sikkimensis Boiss. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



A stout perennial 3 to 4 feet high, na- 

 tive to the Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes 

 of 8,000 to 10.000 feet. The linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous leaves are 2 to 4 

 inches long, and the small inconspicuous 

 flowers are surrounded by broad ovate yel- 

 low bracts. 



For previous introduction see 102759. 



111048. Gaultheria nummdlarioides Don. 

 Ericaceae. 



A procumbent shrub covering banks 

 with much-branched densely leafy stems, 

 native to the Himalayas at altitudes up 

 to 9,000 feet. The leathery ovate leaves 

 are one-half inch long, and the small red- 

 dish, or nearly Avhite, tubular flowers are 

 solitary on densely bracted axillary pedi- 

 cels ; they are followed by small fleshy 

 blue-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see 102762. 



111049. Gentiana elwesii C. B. Clarke. 

 Gentianaceae. 



A perennial herb about 1 foot high, 

 with elliptic or oblong leaves and showy 

 blue flowers about an inch long, in small 

 terminal heads. Native to the Himalayas 

 from 13,000 to 15,000 feet altitude. 



111050. Gerbera kunzeana Braun and 

 Aschers. Asteraceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with a rosette 

 of oblong to ovate lyrate-pinnatifid leaves 

 5 to 10 inches long and bracted scapes a 

 foot high bearing white or pink asterlike 

 flower heads 1 to 3 inches across. Native 

 to temperate slopes of the Himalayas 

 from 7,000 to 12,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 86676. 



111051. Heracleum wallichii DC. Apia- 

 ceae. 



A stout perennial, about 4 feet high, 

 with compound umbels of small yellow 

 flowers. Native to the Himalayas at 

 10,000 feet altitude. 



111052. Helwingia himalaica Hook. f. 

 and Thorns. Cornaceae. 



An undershrub with lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves and umbels of 

 small greenish flowers. Native to the Hi- 

 malayas between 5,000 and 9,000 feet al- 

 titude. 



111053. Heracleum nepalense D. Don. 

 Apiaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial 2 to 5 feet 

 high, with large pinnate leaves and com- 

 pound umbels of small white flowers. 

 Native to the Himalayas between 5,000 

 and 12,000 feet altitude. 



