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114192 to 114203— Continued. 



114196. Tricyrtis macrantha Maxim. 



A tricyrtis v»ith large, pendent, cam- 

 panulate, sulfur-yellow flowers. Native to 

 Japan. 



114197. Tricyrtis ohsumibnsis Masamune. 



A tricyrtis over a foot high with pubes- 

 cent, oblong leaves up to 5 inches long, 

 and large yellow axillary flowers. Closely 

 allied to Tricyrtis fiava. Native to Japan. 



114198. Tricyrtis stolonifera Matsum. 



A herbaceous perennial with a stolonif- 

 erous base and stems about 1 foot high, 

 which are hairy when young and later 

 become glabrous. The elliptic-lanceolate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, narrowed to a 

 sheathing base, have dark blotches and 

 sunken nerves, and the pale-purple flowers 

 are indistinctly blotched with deeper pur- 

 ple. Native to Japan. 



114199. Tricyrtis yatabeana Masamune.^ 



A herbaceous perennial with leafy stems 

 about a foot high, oblong-lanceolate j 

 leaves, and showy, yellow, bell-shaped 

 flowers with dark purple spots. Native 

 to Japan. 



114200. Tricyrtis sp. 



114201. Tricyrtis formosana X hirta. 



HeMun, a hybrid with large panicles of 

 bluish-pink flowers. 



114202. Tricyrtis formosana X hirta. 



Toxin, a hybrid similar in habit to hirta. 

 The flowers, borne on a terminal open 

 panicle, are variable in color, some thick- 

 ly speckled and blotched with rich red 

 purple on a ground of pale pink ; others 

 similarly marked with blue purple on a 

 light-blue base. 



114203. Tricyrtis sp. 



Received under the name "ohsimanense," 

 for which a place of publication has not 

 been found. 



114204 to 114291. 



From India. Seeds collected in the Spiti 

 District, Punjab, by the Asiatic Expedi- 

 tion. Received March 2, 1936. 



114204 to 114208. Agropyron spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



114204. Agropyron dentatum Hook. f. 



No. 7. From Wangtoo, Bashahr. A 

 perennial grass allied to Agropyron 

 repens. Native to Kashmir and western 

 Tibet at altitudes of 9,000 to 14,000 

 feet. 



114205. Agropyron intermedium (Host) 

 Beauv. 



No. 15. From Kyibar, September 28, 

 1935. 



For previous introduction see 111251. 



114206. Agropyron longearistatum 

 Boiss. 



No. 4. From Losar, September 22, 

 1935. A perennial grass with ascend- 

 ing stems up to 3 feet high. Native to 

 Iran (Persia). 



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114207. Agropyron 

 Boiss. 



No. 34. From Losar, September 24, 

 1935. 



114204 to 114291— Continued. 



114208. Agropyron semicostatum Nees. 



No. 16. From Kyibar, September 27, 

 1935. A perennial fibrous rooted grass 

 with erect stems and narrowly linear 

 leaves ; native to Asia from Afghanistan 

 to Manchuria. 



For previous introduction see 109808. 



114209 and 114210. Agrostis alba L. Po- 

 aceae. Redtop. 



114209. No. 14. From the Kaza Pin 

 Valley, September 29, 1935. 



114210. No. 14-A. From the Kaza Pin 

 Valley, October 1, 1935. 



114211. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 61. From Kyibar, September 28, 

 1935. 



114212. Arabis tibetica Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Brassicaceae. 



No. 48. From Kioto, September 25, 

 1935. A perennial herb with numerous 

 leafy stems about 6 inches high ; obovate 

 to lanceolate or spatulate leaves and nu- 

 merous small white or pink flowers in 

 racemes. Native to the Himalayas at 

 altitudes of 9,000 to 16,000 feet. 



114213. Arnebia sp. Boraginaceae. 



No. 57. From Kyibar, September 27, 

 1935. A good fodder plant. 



114214. Artemisia parviflora Buch.-Ham. 

 Asteraceae. 



No. 52. From Kyuling, October 2, 1935. 

 A perennial herb with ascending stems. 

 Native to the temperate Himalayas at al- 

 titudes of 5,000 to 9,000 feet. 



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ceae. Milkvetch. 



114215. Astragalus peduncularis Royle. 



No. 40. From Chikkim, September 28, 

 1935, at 13,000 feet altitude. A tall 

 herbaceous perennial, native to north- 

 eastern India ; common on dry slopes. 



114216. Astragalus sp. 



From Dahl, Kulu, at 10,000 feet al- 

 titude, September 1935. 



114217. Astragalus sp. 



No. 41. From Kyibar, September 27, 

 1935. An herb with woolly pods. 



114218. Astragalus sp. 



No. 42. From Pin Valley, October 2, 

 1935, 



114219. Avena aspera Munro. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 8. From Losar, Bashahr, Septem- 

 ber 21, 1935. A tall slender perennial 

 grass. Native to Ceylon. 



114220 to 114223. Bromus spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



114220. Bromus gracillimus Bunge. 



No. 26. From Losar, September 25, 

 1935. An annual grass with erect stems 

 about 1 foot high. Native to southeast- 

 ern Asia. 



114221. Bromus macrostachys Desf. 



No. 19. From Kyuling, Pin Valley, 

 October 2, 1935. An erect annual grass 

 up to 2 feet high. The narrow com- 

 pact panicle consists of a few large 



