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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



111040 to 111103— Continued. 



111054. Hypericum hookerianum Wight 

 and Arn. Hypericaceae. St. Johnswort. 



A compact shrub up to 6 feet high, with 

 bright red-brown branches, evergreen leaves 

 1 to 4 inches long, and many-flowered 

 corymbs of large golden-yellow flowers, 

 each about 2 inches across. Native to 

 the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 102766. 



111055. IMPATIENS URTICIFOLIA Wall. 



Impatientaceae. 



A slender herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native 

 to the temperate slopes of the Himalayas 

 up to 12,000 feet altitude in Sikkim, In- 

 dia. The alternate membranous leaves, 4 

 to 6 inches long, are elliptic-ovate with a 

 long point and have crenate margins. The 

 flowers, nearly 1 inch in diameter, are 

 yellow with white to purple streaks and 

 are borne in small axillary clusters on 

 slender pedicels. 



For previous introduction see 99733. 



111056. Inula hookeri C. B. Clarke. As- 

 teraceae. 



A simple or branched perennial herb, 

 native to the Himalayas between 7,000 

 and 10,000 feet altitude. The shaggy 

 stem is 1 to 2 feet high, with elliptic- 

 lanceolate membranous leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long and terminal clusters of one 

 to three yellow sunflowerlike heads 1 to 2 

 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 100197. 



111057. Juniperus pseudosabtna Fisch. 

 and Mey. Pinaceae. Juniper. 



A low shrub, with globose berries, na- 

 tive to dry sunburned mountain slopes in 

 Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 34140. 



111058. Lactuca hastata DC. Cichoria- 



A robust perennial up to 7 feet high, 

 with pinnatifld leaves about a foot long 

 and small heads of blue, purple, or dark- 

 red flowers. Native to the Himalayas be- 

 tween 4,000 and 12,000 feet altitude. 



111059. Larix griffithii Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Pinaceae. 



A slender tree 20 to 60 feet high, with 

 long pendulous branchlets and large erect 

 cones 2 to 4 inches long. Native to the 

 Himalayas from 8,000 to 12,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



111060. Leea aspera Wall. Vitaceae. 



A shrubby perennial up to 4 feet high, 

 with handsome pinnate foliage and juicy 

 blark fruits the size of large currants. 

 Native to the Himalayas up to 6,000 feet 

 altitude. 



111061. Lilium giganteum Wall. Lilia- 

 ceae. Giant lily. 



A lily native to the Himalayas between 

 5.000 to 12,000 feet altitude, with bulbs 

 that grow close to the surface. The hol- 

 low stems are 6 to 9 feet high, and the 

 handsome cordate leaves are shining dark 

 green above and paler beneath. The large 

 fragrant white flowers, often 12 in a ra- 

 ceme, are slightly greenish without, and 

 the inner surface of the segments is tinged 

 with deep purple. 



For previous introduction see 105893. 



111040 to 111103— Continued. 



111062. Lilium wallichianum Schult. f. 

 Liliaceae. Wallich lily. 



A lily 4 to 6 feet high, with linear 

 leaves 6 to 9 inches long and, usually, 

 solitary waxy creamy-white fragrant flow- 

 ers 9 inches long which are golden yellow 

 at the base inside and green outside. 



For previous introduction see 92409. 



111063. Machilus gammieana King. Lau- 

 ra ceae. 



An evergreen tree with linear or ob- 

 lanceolate leaves about 6 inches long and 

 axillary panicles of small whitish flowers. 

 Native to the Himalayas at about 7,500^ 

 feet altitude. 



111064. Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. 

 and Thorns. Papaveraceae. 



A low alpine perennial herb native to- 

 the Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes be- 

 tween 14,000 and 17,000 feet. The lan- 

 ceolate, nearly entire leaves are 3 to 5 

 inches long, and the blue-purple poppy- 

 like flowers, 1 to 2 inches across, are 

 borne singly on scapes 4 to 8 inches high. 



For previous introduction see 99923. 



111065. Meconopsis paniculata (Don) 

 Prain. Papaveraceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with yellow 

 flowers found on the slopes of the Hima- 

 layas in the provinces of Nepal, Sikkim,. 

 and Bhutan in northern India. 



For previous introduction see 33362. 



111066. Microglossa albescens (DC.) 

 Benth. Asteraceae. 



An ornamental subtropical shrub with 

 narrow, sharp-pointed leaves and heads 

 of light lilac flowers. Native to the tem- 

 perate Himalayas in India. 



For previous introduction see 76038. 



111067. Mussaenda macrophylla Wall. 

 Rubiaceae. 



A large shrub, native to the tropical 

 Himalayas, with stout branches, slightly 

 hairy leaves up to 10 inches in length, 

 and cymes of flowers with orange-lobed 

 corollas and white-lobed calyces. 



For previous introduction see 47738. 



111068. Nyssa sessiliflora Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Cornaceae. Tupelo. 



An Asiatic relative of the black gum 

 (Nyssa sylvatica), which is a tree 60 feet 

 tall, with oblong, punctate leaves. The 

 soft, gray, even-grained wood is used for 

 building pur] 



For previous introduction see 93221. 



111069. Ostodes paniculata Blume. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



An evei-green tree, native to India and 

 Java, with pubescent branchlets and 

 stout white-barked branches. The leath- 

 ery, long-pointed serrate leaves are 8 to 12 

 inches long, and the inconspicuous flow- 

 ers, in glabrous panicles a foot long, are 

 followed by rough three-lobed woody cap- 

 sules an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 102769. 



111070. Nicandra physalodes (L. ) 

 Gaertn. Solanaceae. Apple-of-Peru. 



For previous introduction see 95220. 



