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PLANT MATERIAL IETBO'DTJ-GE-D 



115974 — Continued. 



coarsely dentate leaves are broadly elliptic 

 or obovate 1% to 2 Ms inches long, and 

 silky hairy on the veins beneath. Native 

 to Japan. 



115975. Delphinium cashmekcanum 

 Royle. Ranunculaceae. 



Cashmere larkspur. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. V. J. Koningsberger, Director, Botanic 

 Garden, Utrecht. Received May 23, 1936. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 114587. 



115976 to 115992. 



From India. Seeds presented by G. Ghose 

 & Co., Darjeeling. Received May 18, 1936. 



115976. Cortia hookeri C. B. Clarke. 

 Apiaceae. 



A stemless herbaceous perennial with a 

 rosette of three to four pinnate leaves, 

 the ultimate segments linear and about 

 one-fourth inch long. The white or pur- 

 plish flowers are borne in sessile umbels 

 which are up to 8 inches long and form 

 a dense mass over the crown of the plant. 

 It is native to the Sikkim region in India. 



For previous introduction see 99729. 



115977. Crepis glomerata (Decaisne) 

 Benth. and Hook. Cichoriaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial up to 6 inches 

 high, with variable foliage and many 

 densely crowded heads of yellow flowers. 

 Native to the Himalayas between 13,000 

 and 17,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 111042. 



115978. Cyananthus sp. Campanulaceae. 



115979. Gaultheria trichophtlla Royle. 

 Eriacaceae. 



A low evergreen shrub of densely tufted 

 habit, 3 to 6 inches high, spreading by 

 means of underground shoots ; the slender 

 wiry bristly stems are densely covered 

 with small leaves. The narrow oblong, 

 stalkiess leaves, one-fourth inch long and 

 about one-eighth inch wide, are smooth 

 on both surfaces but bristly on the mar- 



§ins, glossy dark green above and pale 

 eneath. Tbe solitary bell-shaped pink 

 flowers are borne in the leaf axils and 

 are followed by blue-black fruits. Native 

 to the Himalayas up to 13,000 feet 

 altitude. 



For previous introduction see 100551. 



115980. Gentiana ornata (G. Don) Wall. 

 Gentianaceae. 



A perennial gentian with many short 

 decumbent stems and solitary, terminal 

 whitish or turquoise-blue flowers over an 

 inch long. Native to the Himalayas at 

 altitudes of 11,000 to 15,000 feet. 



115981. Geranium nepalense Sweet. 

 Geraniaceae. 



A procumbent perennial about 6 inches 

 high, with cordate deeply five-lobed leaves 

 and bright-pink or red flowers. Native 

 to Nepal. 



115982. Lilium nepalense D. Don. Lilia- 

 ceae. Lily. 



A showy lily, native to the central 

 Himalayas, with a slender erect stem 2 

 to 3 feet long, leafy to the inflorescence. 

 The glossy bright-green leaves, 4 to 6 

 inches long, are oblong-lanceolate and 



115976 to 115992 — Continued. 



five-ribbed. The flowers, 4 to 5 inches 

 long, are greenish yellow outside and yel- 

 low within, and flushed, except in the 

 upper third, with purplish black. The 

 oblancc olate segments are reflexed only 

 in the upper half. The purplish-black 

 filaments bear yellow anthers nearly an 

 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 92408. 



115983. Lilium wallichianum Schult. f. 

 Liliaceae. Wallich lily. 



A lily 4 to 6 feet high, with linear 

 leaves 6 to 9 inches long and usually 

 solitary, creamy, waxy-white, fragrant 

 flowers 9 inches long which are golden 

 yellow at the base inside and green out- 

 side. 



For previous introduction see 112750. 



115984. Primula stuartii Wall. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



A mealy or quite glabrous perennial 

 herb, native throughout the alpine and 

 subalpine Himalayas of India and Tibet 

 at altitudes between 12,000 and 16,000 

 feet. The coriaceous oblanceolate ■: leaves 

 with entire or crenulate margins are 4 

 to 10 inches long and the scapes, 12 to 

 18 inches high, bear loose umibels of light- 

 yellow, drooping flowers. 



For previous introduction) see 102325. 



115985. Rheum nobile Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Polygonaceae. Rhubarb. 



A handsome herbaceous plant, with a 

 stem 3 to 4 feet high and as thick as 

 the wrist at the base. It is found in 

 the inner ranges of the Sikkim Himalayas 

 at altitudes between 13,000 and 15,000 

 feet. The root resembles that of the com- 

 mon rhubarb, but is spongy and inert. 

 The acid stems are eaten both boiled and 

 raw, and the dried leaves afford a sub- 

 stitute for tobacco. 



For previous introduction see 39050. 



115986. Rosa macrophylla Lindl. Rosa- 

 ceae. Bigleaf rose. 



A large, nearly thornless shrub, native 

 to the temperate Himalyas up to 10,000 

 feet altitude. The compound leaves have 

 9 to 11 oblong to ovate leaflets, 1 to 2 

 inches long, pubescent beneath, and the red 

 flowers, 2 inches across, in clusters of 

 one to three, are followed by oblong-ovoid 

 red fruits which are sometimes 2 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 102781. 



115987. Rubus ellipticus J. E. Smith. 

 Rosaceae. Yellow Himalayan raspberry. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 115011. 



115988. Saussurea gossipiphora D. Don. 

 Asteraceae. 



A curious perennial over a foot high, 

 found in the Himalayas in poor soil among 

 limestone rocks between 14,000 and 15,000 

 feet altitude. The plant grows as a white 

 woolly mass with linear-lanceolate basal 

 leaves. The oblong, densely cottony, bluish 

 flower heads are buried among cottony 

 scales. 



For previous introduction see 111081. 



115989. Saxifraga sp. Saxifragaceae. 



Received under the name "latifolia," a 

 name of uncertain status. 



