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116579 to 116623— Continued. 



116590. Hypericum hookerianum Wight 

 and Arn. Hypericaceae. 



116591. Hypericum japonicum T h u n b. 

 Hypericaceae. 



A decumbent herbaceous perennial with 

 ovate or oval leaves and terminal cymes 

 of small yellow flowers. Native to eastern 

 Asia. 



116592. Lactuca dubyaea C. B. Clarke. 

 Cichoriaceae. 



A low herbaceous perennial 6 to 18 

 inches high, native to the slopes of the 

 central Himalayas in northern India. The 

 ovate-hastate, hispid leaves, 3 to 6 inches 

 long, vary froiw simple to pinnatifid, and 

 the nodding yellow flower heads, 1 inch 

 across, are clothed with black glandular 

 hairs. 



For previous introduction see 99667. 



116593. Lactuca macrantha Clarke. Ci- 

 choriaceae. 



A stout perennial lettuce up to 2 feet 

 high, with large pinnatifid leaves and 

 loosely panicled heads of blue flowers. 

 Native to the Sikkim Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. 



116594. Ligustrum confusum Decaisne. 

 Oleaceae. Privet. 



A small tree up to 40 feet in height, 

 which is one of the tropical relatives of 

 the California privet (Ligustrum ovali- 

 folium). The leathery obtuse leaves are 

 about 9 inches long, and the small white 

 flowers are in panicles 1 to 5 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 66295. 



116595 and 116596. Lobelia pyramidalis 

 Wall. Campanulaceae. 



A perennial herb 2 to 7 feet high, found 

 between 3,000 and 9,000 feet altitude in 

 the Himalayan mountains. The ; linear 

 leaves are glabrous, and the purple-rose 

 or whitish flowers are produced in many- 

 lowered racemes. 



For previous introduction see 93906. 



116597. Maesa indica (Roxb.) Wall. Myr- 

 sinaceae. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree com- 

 mon throughout India at altitudes of 6,000 

 feet or less. The small white berries are 

 used as food in Nepal, and the leaves are 

 used in Kanara to poison fish. 



For previous introduction see 47712. 



116598. Desmodium floribundum (D. 

 Don) G. Don. Fabaceae. 



A woody, thickly pubes'cent Himalayan 

 plant with very copious axillary and ter- 

 minal racemes of pale-pink or lavender 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 94077. 



116599. Desmodium gyroides DC. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A shrubby leguminous plant 8 to 10 

 feet high, native to the warmer parts of 

 the central and eastern Himalayas. It 

 has pubescent leaves and terminal racemes 

 of red-purple flowers. It is found growing 

 in valleys, at times even on the borders 

 of swamps. 



For previous introduction see 105242. 



116579 to 116623— Continued. 



116600. Desmodium tiliaefolium (D. 

 Don) G. Don. Fabaceae. 



An attractive deciduous shrub with 

 slender terete branches, thick green tri- 

 foliolate leaves about 4 inches long, and 

 red flowers in lax racemes often a foot 

 long. The bark yields an excellent fiber 

 which is used in rope making, the leaves 

 are good fodder, and the roots are used 

 medicinally as a tonic and diuretic. It 

 is native to the Himalayas from 3,000 to 

 6,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 99743. 



116601. Melia sp. Meliaceae. 



116602. Michelia excelsa Blume. Mag- 

 noliaceae. 



A tall tree, native to the temperate 

 Himalayas of northeastern India at alti- 

 tudes of about 5,000 feet. The large nar- 

 row leaves are silky brown beneath, and 

 the handsome white flowers are 4 or 5 

 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 5890*9. 



116803. Michelia lanuginosa Wall. Mag- 

 noliaceae. 



This species is characterized by the 

 white, woolly, lower surface of its long 

 narrow magnolialike leaves. The white 

 solitary flowers are 3 to 4 inches across. 

 Although this species is a spring-flowering 

 tree in northern India, where it is native, 

 in Sikkim it is said to form an autumn- 

 flowering bush. 



For previous introduction see 62814. 



116604. MUSSAENDA ROXBURGHII Hook. f. 



Rubiaceae. 



An erect undershrub with hairy stems 

 and oblong-lanceolate leaves, native to the 

 tropical slopes of the Himalayas in India. 

 The yellowish flowers are borne in dense 

 hairy cymes, and each flower is subtended 

 by a prominent white calyx lobe. The 

 fleshy berries are crowned by the per- 

 sistent calyx. 



For previous introduction see 93217. 



116605. Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss. 

 Pinaceae. Spruce. 



A lofty tree, native to the mountains 

 of northwestern India at altitudes of 

 7,000 to 11,000 feet ; the terminal, droop- 

 ing, pale-green cones are 4 to 6 inches 

 long. The stiff, sharp, spirally arranged 

 green leaves are crowded on pendulous 

 taillike twigs. 



For previous introduction see 55694. 



116606. Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. 

 Polygonaceae. 



A prostrate perennial 6 to 10 inches 

 long, with small elliptic-acute leaves and 

 numerous heads of small pink flowers. 

 Native to the Himalayas at altitudes of 

 3,000 to 6,000 feet. 



116607. Polygonum chinense L. Poly- 

 gonaceae. Fleeceflower. 



116608. Polygonum molle D. Don. Poly- 

 gonaceae. 



A shrubby perennial 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with white flowers in large thyrselike ter- 

 minal panicles. Allied to Polygonum poly- 

 staohyum. Native to Nepal. 



