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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



111040 to 111103— Continued. 



111087. Senecio graciliflorus DC. 



An erect perennial 2 to 6 feet high, 

 with large pinnatitid leaves and corymbs 

 of small erect or drooping yellow flower 

 heads. Native to the Himalayas at al- 

 titudes of 8,000 to 13,000 feet. 



111088. Senecio ligularia Hook, f. 



A stout perennial with cordate-sagit- 

 tate leaves, 1 foot or less in diameter, 

 and numerous many-flowered yellow 

 flower heads. Native to the temperate 

 Himalayas from 9,000 to 12,000 feet 

 altitude. 



111089. Senecio scandans Buch-Ham. 



Climbing groundsel. 



An attractive autumn-flowering com- 

 posite from the Himalayas, with a 

 woody stem and climbing habit. The 

 yellow flower heads are in few-flowered 

 loose paniclelike clusters. 



For previous introduction see 61623. 



111090. Smilax ferox Wall. Smilacaceae. 



A stout prickly shrub with ovate 

 leathery leaves about 3 inches long and 

 umbels of small red berries. Native to 

 the Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 

 8.000 feet. 



111091. Smilax rigida Wall. Smilacaceae. 



A small erect shrub with leathery, 

 rounded-oval leaves about 1 inch long, a 

 few small prickles, and dense umbels of 

 small black berries. Native to the Hi- 

 malayas at altitudes of 7,000 to 10,000 

 feet. 



111092. SOLANDM MACRODON Wall. Sola- 



naceae. 



An erect shrubby plant, clothed with 

 minute, glistening, jointed hairs, growing 

 at altitudes of 3,000 to 8,000 fret in the 

 temperate Himalayas. The lanceolate 

 leaves, 2 to 6 inches long, are setulose 

 above, and the purple-rose or nearly white 

 flowers are followed by small globose ber- 

 ries. 



For previous introduction see 49656. 



111093 to 111095. Swertia spp. Gentiana- 



111093. Swertia bimaculata (Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Hook. f. and Thorns. 



An erect annual 2 to 6 feet in height, 

 with numerous white or yellowish-green 

 flowers in panicles. The plant is na- 

 tive to the eastern Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 5,000 to 8,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 47807. 



111094. Swertia dilatata C. B. Clarke. 



An herb 1 to 3 feet high, with lance- 

 olate leaves over an inch long and 

 paniculate cymes of greenish-yellow 

 flowers. Native to the Himalayas be- 

 tween 4,000 and 12.000 feet altitude. 



111095. SWERTIA 

 Don) Wall. 



PURPURASCENS 



(D. 



This species is very closely related 

 to Swertia • bimaculata, from which it 

 differs in having purple flowers with 

 reflexed corolla lobes. It grows on the 

 western Himalayas at altitudes rang- 

 ing from 5,000 to 12,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 47808. 



111040 to 111103— Continued. 



111096. Symplooos glomerata 

 Symplocaceae. 



King. 



A shrub or small tree becoming 10 feel- 

 high, with narrow leathery leaves 6 inches 

 long and axilliary clusters of small white 

 flowers. This shrub is rather common in 

 the hills of Sikkim and Bhutan, India, at 

 altitudes of 1,000 to 8,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 55910. 



111097. Thalictrum chelidonii DC. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. 



A handsome ornamental plant 15 inches 

 high, with pale-green foliage, pubescent 

 beneath. The delicate silvery lavender 

 flowers, over an inch across, are borne in 

 graceful sprays. Native to the temperate 

 Himalayas at altitudes between 8,000 and 

 12,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 102331. 



111098. Thalictrum cultratum Wall. 

 Ranunculaceae. Meadowrue. 



A glabrous herbaceous perennial 2 to 4 

 feet high, with compound leaves made up 

 of obovate leaflets half an inch long and 

 lax panicles of greenish-white flowers. 

 Native to the temperate Himalayas in 

 India, 



For previous introduction see 86688. 



111099. Thermopsis lanceolata R. Br. 

 Fabaceae. 



A perennial herb up to 2 feet high, 

 with oblong-lanceolate leaflets and bright- 

 yellow flowers in terminal racemes. Na- 

 tive to Siberia and Alaska, where it is 

 found in moist sandy places. 



For previous introduction see 110168. 



111100. ITraria lagopus DC. Fabaceae. 



A woody, densely cespitose perennial up 

 to 12 feet high, with trifoliolate leaves 

 and terminal and axillary racemes of pur- 

 ple flowers. Native to India from the 

 Punjab to Assam. 



For previous introduction see 47857. 



111101. Vaccinium retusdm (Griff.) Hook, 

 f. Vacciniaceae. 



A small shrub, usually eoinhytic, native 

 to the Himalayas beween 7,000 and 9,000 

 feet altitude, with obovate-oblong leaves 

 about 1 inch long aud racemes of small 

 white flowers. 



stelldlatum Wall. 



111102. Viburnum 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



A large evergreen shrub with elliptic- 

 lanceolate leaves about 3 inches long and 

 small orange-red berries. Native to the 

 temoerate Himalayas and said to be hardy 

 in England. 



For previous introduction see 68348. 



111103. Wallichia densiflora Mart. 

 I'hoenicaceae. 



A low. usually cespitose palm found 

 throughout the tropical Himalayas from 

 Kumaon eastward. The pinnatisect leaves 

 are 8 to 10 feet long, with linear-oblong 

 segments, dentate, and white beneath. 

 The dull-purple fruits are about one-half 

 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 94086. 



