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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODU'GED 



116568 and 116569— Continued. 



to adverse conditions and its ease of 

 cultivation. 



116569. Criollo de flor bianco. A variety 

 extensively cutlivated for more than 60 

 years and very disease resistant. 



116570 to 116578. 



From India. Bulbs and seeds collected by 

 Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received June 4, 1936. 



116570 to 116573. Allium sativum L. 

 Liliaceae. Garlic. 



116570. No. 387. Lassan. Prom Agra, 

 United Provinces, March 25, 1936. 

 Bulbs commonly used as a condiment. 



116571. No. 454. Lassan. Bulbs col- 

 lected at Jaipur City, April 2, 1936. 



116572. No. 685. Lassan. Bulbs col- 

 lected at Saharanpur, United Prov- 

 inces, April 21, 1936. 



116573. No. 713. Lassan. Bulbs col- 

 lected at Amritsar, Punjab, April 23, 

 1936. 



Nos. 116574 to 116578 were collected 

 at the Saharanpur Gardens, United Prov- 

 inces, April 17 to 21, 1936. 



116574. Gymnosporia eothiana (Walp.) 

 Wight and Arn. Celastraceae. 



No. 554. An evergreen shrub or small 

 tree with thick, coarse branches, some- 

 times spiny, and elliptic leaves about 3 

 to 4 inches long. The crimson fruits 

 split open when ripe and cast their seeds. 



116575. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



No. 714. A fruit, grapefruitlike in 

 form, color, and size, except that the sur- 

 face is uneven with a small elevation at 

 the stem end ; strongly and not too 

 agreeably acid. 



116576. Eugenia sp. Myrtaceae. 



No. 688. A large attractive evergreen 

 tree with small pleasantly acid fruits. 



116577. Gltcosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) 

 Correa. Rutaceae. 



No. 686. An unarmed shrub with ever- 

 green leaves and panicles of small white 

 fragrant flowers and white berries. Said 

 to be very hardy in dry places. 



For previous introduction see 109792. 



116578. Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 557. Japata. A spreading ever- 

 green of attractive form with small whit- 

 ish bitter fruits the size of a cherry. 

 From the seeds is obtained an olive-brown 

 oil used by the natives of India for burn- 

 ing. The hard gray wood is used for 

 making tools. 



For previous introduction see 59683. 



116579 to 116623. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Lloyd 

 Botanic Gardens. Darjeeling, through Dr. 

 R. A. Fenton, Portland, Oreg. Received 

 • June 4, 1936. 



116579. Alnus nepalensis D. Don. Bet- 

 ulaceae. 



116580. Asparagus racemosus Willd. 

 Convallariaceae. 



116579 to 116623— Continued. 



116581. Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. 

 Saxifragraceae. 



A perennial herb, native to Nepal and 

 western China, with stems 3 to 5 feet 

 high, covered with tawny hairs. The bi- 

 ternate leaves have , dentate ovate leaflets 

 1 to 3 inches long, and the creamy-white 

 flowers, with pure-white stamens, are 

 borne in large panicled spikes at the top 

 of the stems. 



For previous introduction see 103114. 



116582. Berberis concinna Hook. f. Ber- 

 beridaceae. Barberry. 



For previous introduction see 65754. 



116583. Berberis wallichiana DC. Ber- 

 beridaceae. Barberry. 



116584. Clematis smilacipolia Wall. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A tall woody climber with large leath- 

 ery, usually simple, ovate or cordate leaves 

 and panicles of deep purple flowers. Na- 

 tive to India. 



116585. Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) 

 Meisn. Thymelaeaceae. 



India papertree. 



A handsome shrub, native to the Hima- 

 layas, whose branches are covered with 

 dense clusters of yellow, sweet-scented 

 flowers before the leaves appear. The 

 strong tough fiber which is obtained from 

 the long, straight twigs is sometimes used 

 as paper-making material. 



For previous introduction see 65250. 



116586. Eranthemum indicum (Nees) C. 

 B. Clarke. Acanthaceae. 



A bushy shrub up to 4 feet high, with 

 lanceolate or narrowly ovate leaves about 

 7 inches long and dense racemes of white, 

 purple-veined flowers over an inch long. 

 Native to the Himalayas at altitudes of 

 1,000 to 5,000 feet. 



116587. Euphorbia sikkimensis Boiss. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



A stout perennial 3 to 4 feet high, na- 

 tive to the Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes 

 of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. The linear-lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous leaves are 2 to 4 inches 

 long, and the small inconspicuous flowers 

 are surrounded by broad, ovate, yellow 

 bracts. 



For previous introduction see 111047. 



116588. F r a g a r i a daltoniana J. Gay. 

 Rosaceae. Himalayan strawberry. 



A wild relative of the cultivated straw- 

 berry, which comes from alpine pastures 

 of the Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes of 

 10,000 to 15,000 feet. It is a stoloniferous 

 perennial with solitary white flowers and 

 bright-scarlet, insipid fruits an inch long 

 and half as broad. 



For previous introduction see 58489. 



116589. Geranium polyanthes Edgew. and 

 Hook. f. Geraniaceae. 



A perennial herb with simple or branch- 

 ing stems up to 10 inches high, divided 

 orbicular-reniform leaves about 2 inches 

 in diameter, and umbels of 3 to 10 dark- 

 purple flowers less than an inch across. 

 Native to the Sikkim Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 9,000 to 12,000 feet. 



