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111040 to 111103— Continued. 



111071. Polygonum sphaerostachyum 

 Meisn. Polygonaceae. Fleeceflower. 

 A perennial herb 6 to 12 inches high, 



native to the Himalayas at an altitude of 

 15,000 feet in India and Tibet. The 

 long-petioled radicle leaves are linear- 

 lanceolate with crenulate margins, and 

 the small drooping crimson flowers are 

 borne in solitary erect cylindrical or capi- 

 tate spikes. 



For previous introduction see 100211. 



111072. POLYGONATUM VERTICIIXATUM (L.) 



All. Convallariaceae. Solomonseal. 



A perennial herb with a creeping root- 

 stock, angled and grooved stems 2. to 4 

 feet high, whorls of four to eight linear 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and axillary pe- 

 duncles bearing two or three tubular, 

 whitish flowers with green tips, followed 

 by red berries. Native to Europe and 

 temperate Asia. 



For previous introduction see 93157. 



111073. POTENTILLA GRIFFITHII Hook. f. 



Rosaceae. 



An erect or ascending herbaceous per- 

 ennial 1 to 2 feet high, with compound 

 leaves about 2 inches long and yellow 

 flowers in panicled corymbs. Native to 

 the Himalayas between 6,000 and 14,000 

 feet altitude. 



111074. Primula elongata Watt. Primu- 

 laceae. Primrose. 



A primrose with a rosette of glabrous 

 obovate leaves about 4 inches long and 

 golden yellow flowers an inch across, in a 

 small dense umbel on a scape a foot hieh 

 Native to the Sikkim Himalayas at 13,500 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 41581. 



111075. Primula floribunda Wall. Prim- 

 ulaceae. Buttercup primrose. 



A glandular-pubescent primrose 5 to 8 

 inches high, with ovate or elliptic mem- 

 branous leaves and small golden-yellow, 

 fragrant flowers in three to five dense 

 superimposed umbels. Native to the Hi- 

 malayas at altitudes of 2,500 to 6,500 feet. 



111076. Rhododendron edgeworthii Hook, 

 f. Ericaceae. 



A shrub, often epiphytic, 4 to 6 feet 

 high, native to the Himalayas in Sikkim, 

 India. The elliptic-ovate leaves, 4 inches 

 long, are strongly bullate above and 

 densely cobwebby-tomentose beneath. The 

 fragrant white or pink-tinged flowers are 

 broadly tubular and 3 to 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 97392. 



111077. Rhododendron grande Wight. 

 Ericaceae. 



A tree up to 30 feet high, native to 

 the Sikkim Himalayas between 8,000 and 

 10,000 feet altitude. The elliptic to ob- 

 lanceolate leaves, 6 to 12 inches long, are 

 shining deep green above and silvery 

 white beneath. The mortar-shaped flow- 

 ers, 2 to 3 inches long, are pale rose in 

 the bud, opening creamy white with basal 

 purple blotches, and are borne in larg<» 

 rounded clusters of 20 to 25. 



For previous introduction see 102779. 



111078. Rubus alpestris Blume. Rosa- 

 ceae. Raspberry. 

 A straggling shrub found on the tem- 

 perate slopes of the Himalayas between 

 7,000 and 18,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 41674. 

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111040 to 111103— Continued. 



111079. Rubus ellipticus J. E. Smith. 

 Rosaceae. Yellow Himalayan raspberry. 



A very stout shrub which, especially 

 when young, is densely covered with long 

 red, almost hairlike, spines. The flowers 

 are white, and the deep yellow, almost 

 orange, very juicy acid fruits are edible. 

 The shrub is found in the Himalayas at 

 altitudes between 6,000 and 7,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 76914. 



111080 to 111082. Saussurea spp. Aster- 

 aceae. 



111080. Saussurea deltoidea (DC.) C. 

 B. Clarke. 



A tall herbaceous perennial 4 to 8 

 feet high, with large leaves having cot- 

 tony lower surfaces. The extremely 

 variable flower heads are often tipped 

 with purple, and the corollas are white. 

 Native to the central and eastern Hi- 

 malayas at altitudes of 6,000 to 11,500 

 feet. 



For previous introduction see 73154. 



111081. Saussurea gossipiphora D. 

 Don. 



A curious perennial over a foot high, 

 found in the Himalayas in poor soil 

 among limestone rocks between 14,000 

 and 15,500 feet altitude. The plant 

 grows as a white woolly mass, with 

 linear-lanceolate basal leaves. The ob- 

 long and densely cottony bluish flower 

 heads are buried among cottony scales. 



For previous introduction see 59265. 



111082. Saussurea uniflora Wall. 



A slender herbaceous perennial about 

 2 feet high, native to the Himalayas 

 at altitudes between 10,000 and 15,000 

 feet. The purple flowers are in cam- 

 panulate heads about 2 inches across. 



111083. Scabiosa hookeri C. B. Clarke. 

 Dipsacaceae. 



A perennial herb with linear-spatulate 

 leaves about 6 inches long and globose, 

 dense, pale-violet flower heads over an 

 inch in diameter, on scapes up to a foot 

 high. Native to the Himalayas at 10,000 

 to 14,000 feet altitude. 



111084. Selinum paptraceum C. B. Clarke. 

 Apiaceae. 



A large branching perennial 2 to 6 feet 

 high, with ovate tripinnate leaves, the 

 lower ones a foot long, and compound 

 umbels of small whitish flowers. Native 

 to the Sikkim Himalayas. 



111085. Selinum tenuifolium Wall. Api- 

 aceae. 



A hardy perennial about 8 feet high, 

 with fernlike foliage, the ultimate seg- 

 ments of the leaves being narrowly lance- 

 olate and acute. The small white flowers 

 are borne in umbels. Native to the Hi- 

 malayas. 



For previous introduction see 47790. 



111086 to 111089. Senecio spp. Astera- 

 ceae. 



111086. Senecio alatus -Wall. 



A stout perennial 1 to 2 feet high, 

 with membranous ovate leaves 5 to 12 

 inches long and yellow flower heads 

 less than an inch acro°s, in large pani- 

 cles. Native to the Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 6,000 to 13,000 feet. 



