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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



117050 to 117081— Continued. 



117054. Bbtula ulmifolia Sieb. and 

 Zucc. 



A large handsome tree up to 50 feet 

 high, with yellowish-brown bark, ovate, 

 irregularly doubly serrate, long-acumi- 

 nate leaves 2 to 3% inches long. Na- 

 tive to Japan and Manchuria. 



For previous introduction see 104908. 



117055. Homoioceltis aspera (Thunb.) 

 Blume. Ulmaceae. 



An ornamental deciduous tree up to 60 

 feet high, with slender branches forming 

 a dense head. The leaves are serrate 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, broadly wedge- 

 sbaped at the base, long acuminate, and 

 3 to 3% inches long. This tree is easily 

 distinguished from Celtis sinensis, with 

 which it is often confused, by the leaves 

 with straight veins ending in the teeth. 

 The small black drupes are inconspicuous. 

 Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 41391. 

 117056 to 117058. Hosta spp. Liliaceae. 



117056. Hosta glauca (Miq.) Stearn. 



A perennial herb, native to Japan, 

 with very glaucous cordate leaves 10 

 to 15 inches long. The slender palo- 

 lilac, drooping flowers are borne on 

 short stalks usually shorter than the 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see 98325. 



117057. Hosta j a p o n i c a tardiflora 

 (Leichtlin) Bailey. 



A form of the narrow-leaved iplan- 

 tainlily with dark-green, long-pointed 

 leaves on short, margined petioles and 

 light-purple flowers appearing in au- 

 tumn in branched racemes sometimes 

 bearing as many asi 50 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 101781. 



117058. Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) 

 Stearn. 



A plantainlily with broad cordate- 

 ovate leaf blades about 10 inches long 

 and lavender-purple flowers about 2 

 inches long in elongated racemes on 

 scapes up to 3 feet tall. Native to 

 China. 



117059. Celtis sinensis Pers. Ulmaceae. 



Chinese hackberry. 



A tree, native to China and Japan, 

 which grows to a height of 60 feet. The 

 broadly ovate leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, 

 are cordate at the base and acuminate at 

 the apex, with serrate-dentate margins. 

 The solitary dull orange-red fruits are 

 borne on stalks about as long as the 

 petioles. 



For previous introduction see 92047. 



117060. Ilex geniculata Maxim. Aqui- 

 foliaceae. Holly. 



A slender-branched ornamental Japanese 

 shrub, with deciduous ovate leaves which 

 turn yellow in autumn, and bright red 

 berries on slender pendulous stalks. 



For previous introduction see 77165. 



117061 to 117065. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



117061 and 117062. Iris kaempferi Sieb. 

 Japanese iris. 



For previous introduction see 81669. 



117050 to 117081— Continued. 



117063. Iris laevigata Fisch. 



Rabbit-ear iris. 



For previous introduction see) 114509. 



117064. Iris sibirica sanguinea (Donn) 

 Ker. 



Received as Iris nertchinsMa. 



117065. Iris setosa Pall. Arctic iris. 



For previous introduction see 106559. 



117066 to 117076. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



117066. Rhododendron albrechtii 

 Maxim. 



A shrub 3 to 5 feet high with obovate 

 to oblanceolate membranous leaves 

 which turn yellow in autumn. The 

 rotate-campanulate, red-purple flowers, 2 

 inches across, in clusters of three to 

 five, appear with the leaves. It is 

 somewhat like Rhododendron schlippen- 

 bachii and is native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 114671. 



117067. Rhododendron degronianum 

 Carr. 



A native Japanese species, differing 

 from Rhododendron metternichii in hav- 

 ing a five-lobed corolla. R. metter- 

 nichii is an evergreen shrub up to 4 feet 

 high with oblong leaves 3 to 6 inches 

 long, covered with rusty tomentum be- 

 neath. The campanulate, rose-colored, 

 usually seven-lobed flowers are 1 to 2 

 inches across, spotted with purple and 

 borne in clusters of 8 to 15. 



For previous introduction see 98136. 



117068. Rhododendron fauriae Franch. 



A shrub 5 to 10 feet high, native to 

 Japan, the branchlets clothed with thin 

 loose white floccose tomentum. The 

 oblong-elliptic to obovate leaves are 3 

 to 6 inches long, and the funnel-cam- 

 panulate flowers, 1 inch long, borne in 

 racemes of 12 to 15, are white or cream 

 with a pink flush on the median lines 

 of the petals and spotted inside with 

 numerous green spots. 



For previous introduction see 101228. 



117069. Rhododendron pentaphyllum 

 Maxim. Piveleaf azalea. 



A deciduous shrub up to 25 feet high, 

 with, usually, five elliptic-lanceolate 

 leaves at the ends of the branches. 

 The rose-pink flowers, 1 Ito 2 inches 

 across, are solitary or in twos, appear- 

 ing before or with the leaves, which 

 turn orange or crimson in the autumn. 

 Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 101961. 



117070. Rhododendron pulchrum 

 Sweet. 



A handsome shrub with spreading 

 hairy branches, elliptic leaves densely 

 hairy beneath, and two or three ter- 

 minal rosy-purple flowers 2 inches or 

 more across. A hybrid between Rho- 

 dodendron ledifolium and R. indioum. 



For previous introduction see 78541. 



117071. Rhododendron quinqdefolium 

 Biss. and Moore. Cork azalea. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree up 

 to 25 feet high, with broad-elliptic to 



