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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



114700 to 114823— Continued. 



114769. Maesa henryi Hu. Myrsinaceae. 



No. 118. An evergreen shrub 5 feet 

 high, with elliptic or lanceolate leaves up 

 to 6 inches long and numerous white 

 flowers in diffuse panicles. Native to 

 southwestern China. 



114770. Mallotus repandus (Willd.) 

 Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 119. A large scandent evergreen 

 shrub or tree, native to tropical Asia, 

 with broadly rhombic-ovate leaves about 

 3 inches long and clusters of small yellow 

 flowers. 



114771. Millettia dielsiana Harms. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 123. A handsome shrubby climber 

 up to 20 feet in length, with oblong-lan- 

 ceolate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long and 

 terminal panicles of small dark-red flow- 

 ers. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see 55663. 



114772. Mdssaenda divaricata Hutch. 

 Rubiaceae. 



No. 124. An erect or climbing ever- 

 green shrub 3 feet or more in height, with 

 elliptic-ovate, abruptly acuminate, papery 

 leaves 3 to 5 inches long and lax cymes 

 of yellow flowers. Native to western 

 China. 



114773. Myrsine semiserrata Wall. 

 Myrsinaceae. 



No. 125. A small handsome evergreen 

 shrub with round glossy-green leaves 

 about half an inch across and small dark- 

 red fruits. Native to northeastern India 

 and western China. 



For previous introduction see 67774. 



114774. Patrinia scabiosaefolia Fisch. 

 Valerianaceae. 



No. 128. An erect perennial 1 foot 

 high, with the lower leaves auriculate, 

 ovate, and 2 inches long. The upper 

 leaves are ovate, dentate, and smaller. 

 The small yellow flowers are in terminal 

 cymes. Native to Japan. 



114775. Photinia davidsoniae Rehd. and 

 Wils. Malaceae. 



No. 129. A handsome evergreen tree 

 20 to 30 feet high, with dense foliage, 

 native to Hupeh, western China. The 

 leathery oblong or lanceolate leaves are 

 up to 6 inches long, and the white flow- 

 ers, nearly half an inch across, are in 

 many-flowered terminal corymbs. The glo- 

 bose orange-red berries are about one- 

 third of an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 102258. 



114776 to 114778. Pittosporum spp. Pit- 

 tosporaceae. 



114776. Pittosporum daphniphylloides 

 Hay. 



No. 132. A small evergreen tree up 

 to 15 feet high, with green fruits con- 

 taining scarlet seeds. Native to Tai- 

 wan. 



For previous introduction see 99195. 



114777. Pittosporum glabratum Lindl. 



No. 133. An evergreen shrub or small 

 tree, native to northeastern India and 

 central China, with oblong-lanceolate 

 leaves. The small fragant yellow flow- 



114700 to 114823— Continued. 



ers, produced in corymbs, are succeeded 

 by orange fruits. 



For previous introduction see 111371. 



114778. Pittosporum glabratum nerii- 

 folium Rehd. and Wils. 



No. 134. A variety with long, ob- 

 long-lanceolate leaves. Native to west- 

 ern China. 



114779 to 114781. Prunus spp. Amygdala- 

 ceae. 



114779. Prunus pubigera (C. Schneid.) 

 Koehne. 



No. 139. A tree up to 60 feet high, 

 with obovate-oblong leaves about 4 

 inches long and many small white 

 flowers in racemes. Allied to Prunus 

 padus. Native to western China. 



114780. Prunus rufomicans Koehne. 



No. 140. A deciduous tree up to 

 about 90 feet high, with oblong-serru- 

 late leaves, densely tomentose beneath, 

 and racemes of small white flowers. 

 Native to western China. 



114781. Prunus wilsonii (Diels) 

 Koehne. 



No. 142. A large tree up to 60 feet 

 high, with oblong leaves, silky tomen- 

 tose beneath, and racemes of small 

 white flowers. Native to central China. 



114782. Quisqualis indica L. Combreta- 

 ceae. Rangoon-creeper. 



No. 209. A rambling subscandent 

 shrub, native to India, with opposite obo- 

 vate leaves 4 inches long and short axil- 

 lary and terminal spikes' of tubular pink 

 or red flowers. The obovoid fruits are 

 1 to 2 inches long and are sharply five- 

 angled. 



For previous introduction see 108992. 



114783. Randia henryi E. Pritz. Rubia- 

 ceae. 



No. 146. An evergreen shrub or small 

 tree, with small leathery lanceolate leaves 

 dark green above and few white flowers 

 about an inch across in nearly sessile 

 cymes'. Native to central China. 



114784. RHODODENDRON CALOPHYTUM 



Franch. Eriacaceae. 



No. 149. A shrub or tree from 15 to 

 50 feet high, native to western Szechwan, 

 China. The bright-green leathery leaves 

 are 8 to 12 inches long, and the rosy- 

 wbite to red flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, 

 are borne in loose racemose clusters of up 

 to 30. 



For previous introduction see 97659. 



114785. Rhus punjabensis sinica (Diels) 

 Rehd. and Wils. Anacardiaceae. 



Sumac. 



No. 150. A small tree 15 to 20 feet 

 high, with a short relatively thick trunk 

 covered with dark-gray, moderately smooth 

 bark. The numerous spreading branches 

 form a round flattened head, and in the 

 autumn the dark-red or crimson panicles 

 make the tree very attractive. It is abun- 

 dant in thickets in western Hupeh and 

 Szechwan. 



For previous introduction see 38158. 



114786. Ribes moupinense Franch. Gros- 

 sulariaceae. Currant. 



No. 153. A shrub from 3 to 15 feet 

 high, with somewhat twisted branches, 



