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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODTJiCED 



116579 to 116623— Continued. 



116609. Polygonum sp. Polygonaceae. 



116610. PORANA RACEMOSA Roxb. Convol- 



vulaceae. Snow-creeper. 



An evergreen vine, native to the sub- 

 tropical Himalayas. It occurs in dense 

 masses, climbing over other plants in the 

 jungle. Tbe small, dazzling-white flowers, 

 in dense racemes, resemble patches of snow 

 when seen from a distance. 



For previous introduction see 105029. 



116611. Salvia campanulata Wall. Men- 

 thaceae. 



A stout perennial 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 ascending hirsute stems and ovate, cor- 

 date-crenate leaves on long petioles. The 

 large flowers, yellow with purple dots, are 

 in axillary or terminal racemes. Native 

 to the Himalayas at altitudes of 9,000 to 

 13,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 112858. 



116612. Sauropus albicans Blume. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



An erect, somewhat shrubby plant with 

 terete green branches, small greenish-red 

 flowers, and small fleshy fruits. It is 

 native to the hot valleys' of the Sikkim 

 Himalayas and is distributed southward 

 to Ceylon and eastward to the Philippines. 



For previous introduction see 47785. 



116613. Swertia bimaculata (Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Hook. f. and Thorn's. Gentiana- 

 ceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114806. 



116614. Swertia dilatata C. B. Clarke. 

 Gentianaceae. 



An herb 1 to 3 feet high, with lanceolate 

 leaves over an inch long and paniculate 

 cymes of greenish-yellow flowers. Native 

 to the Himalayas between 4,000 and 12,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 111094. 



116615. Symplocos glomerata King. 

 Symplocaceae. 



A shrub or small tree becoming 10 

 feet high, with narrow leathery leaves 

 6 inches long and axillary clusters of 

 small white flowers. This shrub is rather 

 common in the hills of Sikkim and Bhutan, 

 India, at altitudes of 1,000 to 8,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 111096. 



116616. SYMPLOCOS RAMOSISSIMA Wall. 



Symplocaceae. 



A shrub or tree up to 40 feet high, 

 native to India. The oblong-lanceolate 

 membranous leaves are 4 inches long, and 

 the small white flowers are in axillary 

 one- to six-flowered racemes. 



For previous introduction see 102911. 



116617. Symplocos theaefolia D. Don. 

 Symplocaceae. Sweetleaf. 



An erect tree of the eastern Himalayas 

 from Nepal to Bhutan, between 4,000 to 

 6,000 feet altitude. The leaves of this 

 species are used as an auxiliary with 

 Morinda tinctoria and lac in dyeing. 



For previous introduction see 46108. 



116618. Thomsonia napalensis Wall. 

 Araceae. 



A perennial herb allied to Amorphophal- 

 lus, with leaves over 18 inches across and 

 ovate or oblong leaflets about 4 inches 



116579 to 116623— Continued. 



long ; a cylindrical, purple variegated 

 scape to 2 feet high and a large green 

 spathe. Native to India. 



116619. Desmos chinensis Lour. Annon- 

 aceae. 



A shrub 3 to 7 feet high, native to 

 southern China, growing wild in shady 

 places in clay soil. The very fragrant 

 greenish-yellow flowers are followed by 

 curious clusters of attractive fruits which 

 turn from yellow to red and are composed 

 of many moniliform pods radiating from 

 a short peduncle. 



For previous introduction see 63624. 



116620. Viburnum stellulatum Wall. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



A large evergreen shrub with elliptic- 

 lanceolate leaves about 3 inches long and 

 small red berries. Native to the temper- 

 ate Himalayas and said to be hardy in 

 England. 



For previous introduction see 111102. 



116621. Tetrastigma serrulatum (Roxb.) 

 Planch. Vitaceae. 



A glabrous woody vine with slender 

 wiry st( ms, native to the temperate Hima- 

 layas. The palmately compound leaves 

 have three to five lanceolate to obovate, 

 bristly serrate leaflets 1 to 3 inches long, 

 and the axillary or terminal cymes of 

 small green flowers are followed by glo- 

 bose black fruits about one-fourth of an 

 inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 102782. 



116622. Tetrastigma lanceolarium 

 (Wall.) Planch. Vitaceae. 



A woody evergreen climber with large, 

 usually flve-foliolate, fleshy to v leathery 

 leaves and small greenish flowers in 

 cymes. Native to eastern India. 



116623. Ziziphus rugosa Lam. Rhamna- 

 ceae. 



A large evergreen shrub or small tree, 

 sometimes of climbing habit, with elliptic 

 leaves, 2 to 6 inches long and fleshy fruits 

 one-third of an inch in diameter. Native 

 to the tropical Himalayas. 



116624 to 116629. NIootiana taba- 

 cum L. Solanaceae. 



Common tobacco. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived in June 1936. 



116624. Punta de Lanza. From San 

 Miguel, Veracruz. 



116625. Punta de Lanza. From Unas de 

 la Candelaria, Veracruz. 



116626. Colorado. From Unas de la Can- 

 delaria, Veracruz. 



116627. Colorado. From La Trinidad, Ya- 

 veo, Oaxaca. 



116628. Colorado. 

 Oaxaca. 



116629. Colorado. 

 Choapan, Oaxaca 



From Jaltepec. Yaveo, 

 From Santa Maria, 



116630. Zephybanthes sp. Amarylli- 

 daceae. 



From Mexico. Bulbs purchased from Maxi- 

 mino Martinez, Professor of Botany, Mexico 

 City, Distrito Federal. Received June 25, 

 1936. 



