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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



111197— Continued. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Botanic Garden, the Sun Yat-Sen 

 Tomb and Memorial Park Commission, 

 Nanking. Received May 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 24029. 



111198. Sphaeralcea miniata rhombi- 

 folia (Griseb. ) Schum. Malvaceae. 



From' Argentina. Seeds presented by the 

 Museo de la Plata, Buenos Aires, through 

 Thomas H. Kearney, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received June 4, 1935. 



A bushy shrub about 4 feet hi eh. wi+b 

 lobed leaves and showy rose-colored flowers 

 in few-flowered racemes. Native to Argen- 

 tina. 



111199 to 111206. Lespedeza spp. Fab- 

 aceae. Bushclover. 



From France. Seeds presented by J. Dufre- 

 noy, Station de Pathologic Vegetale, La 

 Grande Ferrade, Pont-de-la-Maye. Re- 

 ceived May 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111199. Lespedeza macrocakpa Bunge. 

 A variety with purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see 92051. 



111200. Lespedeza capitata Michx. 



Roundhead bushclover. 



111201. Lespedeza cyrtobotrya Miquel. 



A shrub about 6 feet high, resembling 

 Lespedeza bicolor in habit, with oval-ob- 

 long leaflets and dense clusters of purple 

 flowers. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 104066. 



111202. Lespedeza daurica (Laxm.) 

 Schindler. 



A tall annual up to 3 feet high, with 

 small white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 110495. 



111203. Lespedeza Formosa ( V o g e 1 ) 

 Koehne. Purple bushclover. 



An erect semishrubby plant 6 to 12 

 feet high, with trifolioiate leaves of ob- 

 long leaflets and racemes of rose-purple 

 flowers. Native to Chosen. 



For previous introduction see 104669. 



111204. Lespedeza kiusiana Nakai. 



A tall herbaceous perennial 6 to 9 feet 

 high, with small deep-purple flowers in 

 axillary racemes 1 to 3 inches long. Na- 

 tive to Japan and Chosen. 



111205. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. 



111206. Lespedeza tomentosa (Thunb.) 

 Sieb. 



A rather coarse, tall lespedeza which 

 seeds freely. Native to Japan. 



111207 to 111214. 



From Colombia. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111207 to 111214— Continued. 



111207. Antigonon leptopus Hook, and 

 Arn. Polygonaceae. 



No. 3361. Coralita. From the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Palmira, May 

 2, 1935. A large-flowered variety. 



For previous introduction see 104252. 



111208. Aristolochia sp. Aristolochia- 



No. 3360. From' the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Palmira, May 2, 1935. 

 A vine, cultivated as an ornamental. 



111209. Aristolochia elegans Masters. 

 Aristolochiaceae. Calicoflower. 



No. 3359. From the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Palmira, May 2, 1935. 

 A slender vine, with long-stalked reniform' 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches across and solitary 

 flowers with a yellow-green tube 1% 

 inches long, the limb 3 inches across, 

 purple and white blotched and entirely 

 devoid of any unpleasant odor. Native 

 to Brazil. 



111210. Barnadesia spinosa L. Astera- 

 ceae. 



No. 3348. From the Salto de Tequen- 

 dama, near Bogota, April 22, 1935. A 

 spiny, ornamental shrub with long arch- 

 ing branches and white flower heads 

 which are pale pink at the base of the 

 florets. 



111211. Cassia hirsuta L. Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. 



No. 3357. From near Cali, May 2, 

 1935. A shrub up to 2 feet high, covered 

 throughout with long hairs. The com- 

 pound leaves are made up of three to five 

 pairs of ovate leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, 

 and the small yellow flowers are borne in 

 axillary racemes. Native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 107156. 



111212. Cleome anomala H. B. K. Cap- 

 paridaceae. 



No. 3347. From the Salto de Tequen- 

 dama, near Bogota, April 22, 1935. A 

 hairy shrub up to 20 feet high, with 

 digitate leaves, the lobes oblong-lanceo- 

 late, membranous. The small whitish 

 flowers are in terminal racemes. Native 

 to Colombia. 



111213. Benthajiantha caribaea (Jacq.> 

 Kuntze. Fabaceae. 



No. 3341. From' Tocaima, Finca Chu- 

 cunday. Cundinamarca, April 19, 1935. 

 An erect shrub up to 6 feet high, found 

 in the shade near rivers and creeks. The 

 odd-pinnate leaves are 2 to 5 inches long, 

 and the large flowers, yellow strioed with 

 red, are in axillary racemes. Native to 

 tropical America. 



111214. Tephrosia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 3362. Collected on dry mountain 

 sides near the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Palmira. The plants are 4 to 5 

 feet high, with racemes of small white 

 flowers. 



111215 to 111217. 



From Manchuria. Plants collected near 

 Hailar by H. G. MacMillan and J. L. 

 Stephens, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 5, 1934. Numbered in 

 May, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



