JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 19 3 6 



13 



113782 to 113789. 



From India. Seeds presented by the forest 

 botanist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra 

 Dun, through F. J. Crider, Soil Conserva- 

 tion Service, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Received February 14, 1936. 



113782. Acer sterculiacbum Wall. Acer- 

 aceae. Maple. 



A handsome tree with gray bark, native 

 to the northwestern parts of the Hima- 

 layas at altitudes of 7,000 to 9,000 feet. 

 It sometimes reaches a height of 80 feet. 

 The thin shining-green leaves are occa- 

 sionally used for fodder, and the white, 

 closely grained wood is beautifully mot- 

 tled. 



For previous introduction see 56399. 



113783. Berberis chitria Lindl. Berberi- 

 daceae. Barberry. 



A spiny half-evergreen shrub, 6 feet or 

 less high, with oblong leaves 1 to 3 inches 

 long, deep yellow or reddish flowers in 

 long stemmed panicles, and ovoid purple 

 berries. Native to the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 92491. 



113784. Berberis lycium Royle. Berberi- 

 daceae. Barberry. 



A half-evergreen shrub 10 feet higo, 

 with narrow bright-green leaves and pale- 

 yellow flowers followed by ovoid violet 

 berries. Native to northern India. 



For previous introduction see 81147. 



113785. Carpinds viminea Lindl. Betula- 

 ceae. 



A rather small tree with slender pen- 

 dulous branches and ovate, caudate, doubly 

 serrate leaves 3 to 4 inches long. Native 

 to the temperate Himalayas at altitudes of 

 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 



11378-6. Erianthus rdfipilus (Steud.) 

 Griseb. Poaceae. Plumegrass. 



A perennial grass from the temperate 

 Himalayas, where it grows at altitudes of 

 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 93210. 



113787. Lilium giganteum Wall. Lilia- 

 ceae. Giant lily. 



113788. Viburnum cotinifolium D. Don. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



A shrub 6 to 12 feet high, closely allied 

 to Viburnum lantana, and native to the 

 Himalayas from Bhutan to Baluchistan. 

 The young branchlets, the under surface 

 of the leaves, and the flower stalks are 

 clothed with a dense gray down. The 

 white, pink-tinged, broadly funnel-shaped 

 flowers are produced in rounded cymes, 

 2 to 3 inches across. The red, ultimately 

 black, fruits are up to one-half inch long. 



For previous introduction, see 53744. 



113789. Vitis trifolia L. Vitaceae. 



A slender herbaceous tuberous-rooted 

 vine, covered throughout when young with 

 a short dense pubescence. The long- 

 stalked, trifoliolate leaves are 2 to 6 

 inches long, and the small black fruits are 

 two to four seeded. Native to the tropi- 

 cal Himalayas and the hotter pai.-ts of 

 India. 



113790. Tripterygitjm sp. Celastraceae. 



From China. Cuttings collected by Peter 

 Liu, Peiping. Received February 25, 1936. 

 Lei Kung Teng. From Erh Shih Pa Tu, 



Yi Wu District, Chekiang Province. 



113791 to 113795. Prunus armeniaoa L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



From Palestine. Trees presented by A. 

 Grosovsky, Chief Horticultural Officer, De- 

 partment of Agriculture and Forests, 

 Jerusalem. Received February 26, 1936. 



113791. Alawi. 



113792. Baladi. 



113793. Hamawi. 



113794. Karassia. 



113795. KlaU, seedling. 



113796 to 113810. 



From the Soviet Union. Plants presented 

 by the Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta, Cri- 

 mea, through the Institute of Plant Indus- 

 try, Leningrad. Received February 25, 

 1936. 



113796 to 113808. AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



113796. Crimee No. 337. 



113797. Crimee No. 1590. 



113798. Crimee No. 341. 



113799. Crimee No. 2678. 



113800. Crimee No. 2661. 



113801. Crimee No. 335. 



113802. Crimee No. 2669. 



113803. Crimee No. 339. 



113804. Crimee No. 396. 



113805. Crimed No. 2674. 



113806. Crimee No. 2664. 



113807. Crimee No. 348. 



113808. Crimee No. 2678. 



113809 and 113810. Prunus domestica L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Plum. 



113809. Crimge No. 2669-A From Alma 

 Hara. 



113810. Crimee No. 2669-B. From Alma 

 Hara. 



113811 to 113821. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Botanic Garden, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's 

 Memorial Park, Nanking. Received Febru- 

 ary 21, 1936. 



113811. Rubus ampelinus Focke. 



A prostrate shrub similar to Rubu* 

 lambertianus, with slender stems about o 

 feet long, broad-ovate leaves about 2 

 inches long, and terminal clusters of few 

 small flowers. Native to central China. 



113812. Rubus buergeri Miq. 



A creeping rubus, common in the region 

 of Nagasaki, Japan. The red fruits are of 

 good flavor but not large. 



For previous introduction see 48739. 



113813. Rubus chroosepalus Focke. 



A Chinese bramble with glabrous cor- 

 date leaves, white tomentose beneath, and 

 small purplish flowers, followed by black 

 fruits. Native to Hupeh Province. 



For previous introduction see 53536. 



113814. Rubus coreanus Miq. 



Korean raspberry. 



A deciduous shrub 8 to 10 feet high,, 

 native to China and Chosen, with erect 



