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114700 to 114823— Continued. 



on the midrib of the leaves and followed 

 by black fruits. 



For previous introduction see 99175. 



114751. Holboellia fargesi Reaub. Lar- 

 dizabalaceae. 



No. 92. An evergreen twining shrub 

 up to about 20 feet high, with five to 

 nine leaflets, usually oblong-lanceolate, 

 and small flowers, the pistillate purplish, 

 the staminate greenish white. Native to 

 central and western China. 



114752. Hosiba sinensis (Oliver) Hemsl. 

 and E. H. Wils. Icacinaceae. 



No. • 93. A woody climber about 8 feet 

 high, with cordate leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long and small whitish flowers followed 

 by orange fruits about one-half inch long. 

 Native to western China. 



114753. Hydrangea anomala D. Don. Hy- 

 drangeaceae. 



No. 95. A climbing shrub up to 15 feet, 

 with ovate leaves 3 to 6 inches long and 

 large corymbs of white flowers. Native to 

 Nepal at 4,000 to 10,000 feet altitude. 



114754. Hydrangea strigosa Rehd. Hy- 

 drangeaceae. 



No. 96. A shrub 8 feet high, with 

 strigose branchlets. The leaves, oblong- 

 ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate ser- 

 rulate or serrate, are sparingly strigose 

 or nearly glabrous above, but densely stri- 

 gose below and from 3 to 7 inches long. 

 The sterile flowers, white or sometimes 

 purple and over an inch across, are in 

 cymes 4 to 6 inches wide. Native to 

 central China. 



For previous introduction see 99176. 



114755. Idesia polycarpa Maxim. Fla- 

 courtiaceae. 



No. 98. A deciduous tree up to 45 

 feet high, with large ovate to oblong-ovate 

 leaves and small, greenish-yellow fragrant 

 flowers in pendulous panicles up to a 

 foot long. Native to Japan. 



114756. IDESIA POLYCARPA VESTITA Diels. 



Flacourtiaceae. 



No. 99. A variety with the leaves 

 densely pubescent below. Native to west- 

 ern China. 



114757. Ilex corallina Franch. Aquifo- 

 liaceae. Coral holly. 



No. 100. A graceful bushy evergreen 

 shrub up to 10 feet high, which does not 

 have the rigid appearance of most other 

 hollies. The ovate-lanceolate leaves are 

 thin but tough, spiny-serrate and from 4 

 to 6 inches long, brilliant green on top 

 and pale green underneath. The small 

 coral-red fruits are in dense clusters. Na- 

 tive to western China. 



For previous introduction see 103427. 



114758. Ilex latifolia fangii Rehd. 

 Aquifoliaceae. 



No. 101. A variety with smaller, nar- 

 rower, and thinner leaves. Native to 

 Szechwan, China. 



114759. Ilex pernyi Franch. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. 



No. 102. A dense-growing evergreen 

 holly of a very dwarf and compact habit, 

 with small dark-green spiny leaves squar- 

 ish at the base, and red berries. Probably 



114700 to 114823— Continued. 



allied to Ilex cornuta, and first discovered 

 by Pere Paul Perny in western China. 



For previous introduction see 103221. 



114760. JASMINUM UROPHYLLUM HemSl. 



Oleaceae. 



No. 105. A climbing shrub 6 feet long, 

 similar to Jasminum dispermum, but with 

 fewer yellow flowers. Native to western 

 China. 



114761. Languas japonica (Thunb.) Sa- 

 saki. Zinziberaceae. 



No. 107. A subtropical gingerlike per- 

 ennial with leafy stems about 1 foot high, 

 the leaves rather large and lanceolate. 

 The small reddish flowers are in termi- 

 nal panicles. Native to the warmer areas 

 of Japan. 



114762. Lasianthus fordii Hance. Rubia- 

 ceae. 



No. 108. A small shrub with elliptic- 

 lanceolate leaves about 4 inches long which 

 are deep lustrous green above, and small 

 white flowers in sessile cymes. Native to 

 China. 



114763. Ligustrum compactum Hook. f. 

 and Thorns. Oleaceae. 



No. 110. A shrub or small tree some- 

 times 30 feet high, native to the moun- 

 tains of southwestern China. The persist- 

 ent leaves are 3 to 6 inches long and the 

 small white flowers, in large panicles, are 

 followed by blue-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see 111861. 



114764. Lindera communis Hemsl. Lau- 

 raceae. 



No. 111. An evergreen shrub or small 

 tree up to 15 feet high, with somewhat 

 lanceolate leaves about 3 inches long and 

 umbels of small yellow flowers, followed 

 by dark-red fruits. Native to central and 

 western China. 



114765. Lindera megaphylla Henrsl. 

 Lauraceae. 



No. 112. An evergreen shrub or tree 

 up to 60 feet high, with large oblong or 

 oblanceolate, lustrous leaves and umbels 

 of numerous small yellow flowers appear- 

 ing in March and April. Native to central 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 111364. 



114766. Lindera strychnifolia hemsley- 

 ana Diels. Lauraceae. 



No. 113. A deciduous bush 6 to 9 feet 

 high, with lanceolate to ovate leaves, clus- 

 ters of small yellow flowers, and black 

 fruits. Native "to western China at alti- 

 tudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 



114767. Lit sea popdlifolia (Hemsl.) 

 Gamble. Lauraceae. 



No. 114. A shrub or small tree native 

 to western China, with obovate leathery 

 leaves about 4 inches long and small 

 black berries. 



114768. Lonicera fuchsioides Hemsl. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 115. An erect shrub with stiff, ob- 

 long or ovate-oblong leaves up to 6 inches 

 long and orange or reddish flowers about 

 an inch long in pairs and in many-flowered 

 terminal racemes. Native to western 

 China. 



