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114700 to 114823— Continued. 



114712. Akebia lobata australis Diels. 

 Lardizabalaceae. 



No. 14. A glabrous twining monoecious 

 shrub up to 20 feet long with compound 

 leaves, the leaflets ovate to ovate-oblong, 

 and 1 to 3 inches long. The pistillate 

 flowers are maroon and nearly an inch 

 across, whereas the staminate, light-purple 

 flowers are smaller. The edible fleshy 

 pods are about 3 inches long. Native to 

 central and western China. 



- For previous introduction see 54353. 



114713. Ampelopsis d-elavayana Planch. 

 Vitaceae. 



No. 16. A stout vine with the young 

 growth hairy and reddish, and cordate, 

 broadly ovate, more or less three-lobed 

 leaves 2 to 5 inches long. The small blue 

 fruits are borne in small cymes. Native 

 to central China. 



For previous introduction see 35115. 



114714. Anemone vitifolia Buch.-Ham. 

 Ranunculaceae. Grapeleaf anemone. 



No. 18. A stout bushy perennial, 1 to 

 3 feet in height, with large deeply divided 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches across and open 

 corymbs of beautiful white flowers an inch 

 or more across. Native to the Himalayas 

 at altitudes of 5,000 to 10,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 88511. 



114715. Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze. 

 Menthaceae. 



No. 19. A densely woolly herb 3 to 6 

 feet high, with ovate-acuminate leaves and 

 dense whorls of small purplish flowers. 

 Native to tropical and subtropical India. 



For previous introduction see 41618. 



114716. Ardisia henryi Hemsl. Myrsina- 

 ceae. 



No. 20. An evergreen shrub about 3 

 feet high, with narrow lanceolate leaves 

 about 7 inches long and small white flow- 

 ers followed by red berries. Native to 

 central and western China. 



114717. Aucuba chinensis Benth. Corna- 

 ceae. 



No. 24. An evergreen shrub similar to 

 Aucuba japonica, with lanceolate to obo- 

 vate leaves up to 8 inches long and small 

 purplish flowers in terminal panicles. Na- 

 tive to southern China. 



114718. Bauhinia hupehana Carib. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



No. 25. A climbing shrub up to 20 

 feet or more, with broad bilobed leaves 

 and racemes about 4 inches long of small 

 white or pink fragrant flowers. Native to 

 western China. 



114719. Berchemia polyphylla leioclada 

 Hand-Mazz. Rhamnaceae. 



No. 27. An ornamental woody climber 

 5 to 15 feet high, with elliptic to ovate 

 leaves about 2 inches long and few small 

 greenish-white flowers in terminal clus- 

 ters. Native to China. 



114720. Boenninghausenia albiflora 

 (Hook.) Reichenb. Rutaceae. 



No. 30. A slender erect perennial hprb 

 1 to 2 feet high, native to northern India 

 between 4,000 and 8,000 feet altitude. 

 The bipinnate leaves have membranous 

 obcordate entire leaflets about 1 inch long, 

 and the slightly nodding, pure-white flow- 



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114700 to 114823 — Continued. 



ers, less than an inch across, are borne 

 in compound terminal leafy cymes. 



For previous introduction see 102311. 



114721. BUDDLEIA LINDLEYANA SINUATO- 



©entata Hemsl. Loganiaceae. 



No. 34. A tall bush 3 to 6 feet high, 

 with pale-green leaves nearly 4 inches long 

 and 2 inches wide and purplish-violet 

 flowers in dense erect racemes 3 to 5 

 inches long. Found in thickets in west- 

 ern Szechwan between 2,000 and 4,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 35177. 



114722. Callicarpa rubella hemsleyana 

 Diels. Verbenaceae. 



No. 36. A somewhat coarse large de- 

 ciduous shrub or small tree up to 20 feet 

 high, with large cordate-oblong leaves and 

 many small lilac to purple flowers in axil- 

 lary clusters, followed by small showy 

 purple berries. Native to western China. 



114723. BOTRYOPLEURON AXILLARE ( Sieb. 



and Zucc.) Hemsl. Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 37. An erect herbaceous perennial, 

 with very small alternate ovate acuminate 

 serrate leaves and small pink flowers in 

 dense spikes scarcely 1 inch long. Native 

 to eastern Asia. 



114724. Campanumoea javanica Blume. 

 Campanulaceae. 



No. 38. A perennial twining vine, with 

 opposite leaves and yellowish, brown- 

 veined, broadly bell-shaped flowers over an 

 inch across. Native to Java. 



114725. Cassia mimosoides L. Caesalpin- 

 iaceae. 



No. 39. An herb about 2 feet high with 

 yellow flowers. Native to tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see 103608. 



114726. Celastrus loeseneri Rehd. and 

 Wils. Celastraceae. Bitter-sweet. 



No. 42. A climbing shrub up to 18 feet 

 high, with broadly elliptic to elliptic- 

 lanceolate leaves about 5 inches long and 

 yellow fruits in terminal clusters. Native 

 to central China. 



For previous introduction see 50406. 



114727. Celastrus spiciformis Rehd. and 

 Wils. Celastraceae. 



No. 43. A climbing shrub, up to 18 

 feet high, with membranous elliptic-ovate 

 leaves about 4 inches long and small 

 whitish flowers in terminal clusters, fol- 

 lowed by small yellow fruits. It is re- 

 lated to Celastrus hypoleuca. Native to 

 Hupeh and Szechwan Provinces, China. 



114728. Cipadessa cinerascens (Pellegr.) 

 Hand.-Mazz. Meliaceae. 



No. 46. A shrub or small tree up to 

 about 20 feet high, sometimes scandent, 

 with large compound leaves and panicle3 

 of inconspicuous white flowers. Native to 

 Indo-China. 



114729. Clematis grata grandidentata 

 Rehd. and Wils. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 49. An ornamental vine about 20 

 feet high, with silky hairy rounded leaves 

 and solitary or paired pinkish flowers 3 

 to 4 inches across. Native to central and 

 western China. 



For previous introduction see 72793. 



