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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



114700 to 114823— Continued. 



yellow flowers. Native to western and 

 southwestern China. 



114806. Swertia bimacdlata (Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Hook. f. and Thorns. Gentiana- 

 ceae. 



No. 184. An erect annual 2 to 6 feet 

 high, with numerous white or yellowish- 

 green flowers in panicles. The plant is 

 native to the eastern Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 5,000 to 8,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 111093. 



114807. Symplocos laurina (Retz) Wall. 

 Symplocaceae. 



No. 185. An evergreen shrub or small 

 tree, with broad-lanceolate leaves about 5 

 inches long and fragrant small white flow- 

 ers in spikes about 4 inches long. Native 

 to India. 



114808. Thladiantha calcarata C. B. 

 Clarke. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 188. A large herbaceous climber, 

 with cordate leaves about 4 inches long 

 and golden yellow flowers, over an inch 

 across, in racemes. Native to India. 



114809. Trema virgata (Planch.) Blume. 

 Ulmaceae. 



No. 192. A small tree, allied to Geltis. 



114810. Tricalysia viridiflora (DC.) 

 Matsum. Rubiaceae. 



No. 193. An evergreen shrub or small 

 tree of the habit of Canthium with oblong- 

 lanceolate shiny leaves 2 to 4 inches long 

 and small pale-yellow flowers in short 

 dense axillary cymes. Native to China. 



114811. TURPINIA POMIFERA (ROXb.) DC. 



Staphyleaceae. 



No. 195. A small tree with odd-pinnate 

 leaves 1 to 2 feet long, made up of three 

 to nine crenate-serrate ovate leaflets 3 

 to 8 inches long. The small yellowish 

 flowers are in terminal panicles 6 to 10 

 inches long and are followed by fleshy 

 green, yellow or red subglobose fruits 2 

 inches in diameter. It is native to the 

 subtropical slopes of the Himalayas in 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 94084. 



114812. Urena lobata L. Malvaceae. 



No. 196. An erect undershrub with cor- 

 date entire or lobed leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long, flowers an inch across, rose red at 

 the base, and small fruits armed with 

 hooked bristles. The stems furnish fiber, 

 used for bags and twine. Native to 

 tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see 77937. 



114813. Cudrania tricuspidata (Carr.) 

 Bureau. Moraceae. 



No. 197. A thorny shrub or small tree, 

 native to eastern Asia. The fruits, re- 

 sembling clusters of red raspberries, are 

 edible, and the plant has been recom- 

 mended as a good hedge plant for the 

 Southern States. The extremely hard 

 wood is used for tools, and the ovate, 

 usually entire leaves are used in some 

 sections to feed silkworms. 



For previous introduction see 79547. 



114814. Vernonia bockiana Diels. Astera- 



No. 198. A tree about 20 feet high, 

 with membranous, oblong-lanceolate leaves 



114700 to 114823— Continued. 



up to about 6 inches long and many small 

 lavender flower heads. Native to western 

 China. 



114815 to 114821. Viburnum spp. Capri- 

 foliaceae. 



114815. Viburnum brachybotryum 

 Hemsl. 



No. 199. A shrub about 10 feet high, 

 with leathery obovate to oblong leaves 

 up to 3 inches long and many small 

 white flowers in large terminal panicles. 

 Native to central China. 



114816. Viburnum cordifolium Wall. 



No. 200. A large subtropical shrub, 

 with heart-shaped sharply toothed leaves 

 and small dense corynribs of white flow- 

 ers. Native to the temperate Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 94049. 



114817. Viburnum dilatatum Thunb. 



Linden viburnum. 



No. 201. A profusely flowering shrub 

 up to 10 feet high, native to China and 

 Japan. The pure-white flowers, in 

 cymes 3 to 5 inches across, are pro- 

 duced at the top of the branch and also 

 from short twigs down the sides. The 

 bright-red fruits are less than an inch 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 53745. 



114818. Viburnum foetidum Wall. 



No. 203. An upright, half-evergreen 

 shrub up to 10 feet high, with elliptic 

 to oblong-obovate leaves about 2 inches 

 long. The small white flowers, in 

 corymbs 2 inches across, are followed 

 by small scarlet fruits. Native to the 

 Himalayas and southwestern China. 



114819. Viburnum ichangense 

 (Hemsl.) Rehd. 



No. 204. A white-flowered, red- 

 fruited shrub, with yellowish-green 

 leaves, native to China. 



For previous introduction see 53747. 



114820. Viburnum oliganthum Batalin. 



No. 206. A deciduous shrub with 

 elliptic-lanceolate leaves and paniculate 

 cymes of small white flowers. Native 

 to western China. 



114821. Viburnum sp. 



No. 205. Received as Viburnum lo- 

 bophyllum, but the seeds do not agree 

 with those of that species. 



114822. Fagara stenophylla (Hemsl.) 

 Engl. Rutaceae. 



No. 208. A scandent shrub up to 6 

 feet high, often with slender hooked 

 prickles on the leafstalks. The ovate- 

 oblong to lanceolate leaflets are glabrous 

 and 1 to 3 inches long. The small red- 

 dish beaked flow T ers, in loose terminal 

 cymes 2 to 3 inches across, have long 

 exserted stamens. Native to southwestern 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 34588. 



114823. (Undetermined.) 

 No. 65. 



114824 to 114843. Nicotiana spp. Sola- 

 naceae. Tobacco. 



From California. Seeds collected by the Uni- 

 versity of California Botanical Garden 



