JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 0, 193 6 



117050 to 117081— Continued. 



ovate loaves about 2 inches long and 

 white, green-spotted campatnulate flow- 

 ers about 2 inches across. Native to 

 Japan. 



For previous introduction see 114674. 



117072. Rhododendron semibarbatum 

 Maxim. 



A deciduous sbrub 2 to 10 feet high, 

 with oval to ovate lanceolate leaves up 

 to 2 inches long and solitary red-spotted 

 wbite flowers about 1 inch across. It 

 is related to Rhododendron albiflorum 

 and is native to Japan. 



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117073. Rhododendron 

 Maxim. 



A deciduous shrub up to 15 feet high, 

 native to Japan and China. The 

 broadly ovate to rhombic leaves, 1 to 3 

 inches long, are in clusters of 2 or 3 

 at the tips of the branchlets and turn 

 vinous purple in autumn. The rotate- 

 funneiform red flowers, 1 to 3 inches 

 across, appear before or with the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 102741. 



117074. Rhododendron sublanceolatum 

 Miq. 



An azalea, allied to Rhododendron 

 poukhanense, with narrow elliptic to ob- 

 lanceolate leaves up to 2 inches long 

 and funnelform, rosy-red to crimson 

 flowers about 3 inches across. Native 

 to Japan. 



117075. Rhododendron tschonoskii 

 Maxim. 



A forest shrub, native to Japan, with 

 flaky bark, elliptic leaves one-third of 

 an inch long, and heads of one to four 

 small white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 114675. 



117076. RHODODENDRON RETICULATUM D. 



Don. 



A much-branched deciduous Japanese 

 shrub up to 25 feet high, with yellow- 

 brown bianchlets and reticulate, broadly 

 ovate leaves 2 to 3 inches Ions, in clus- 

 ters' of two to three. The slightly two- 

 lipped rotate campanulate iiowers arc- 

 rosy purple to magenta and appear be- 

 fore the leaves. There are two forms, 

 the ordinary fo r m with 10 stamens, the 

 so-called Rhododendron rhombicum, and 

 a form with 5 stamens, the so-called 

 R. dilatatum. 



For previous introduction see 97401. 



117077. Romulea parlatorii Todaro. Iri- 

 daceae. 



A crocuslike plant with narrow leaves 

 and few small bright-lilac flowers. Allied 

 to Romulea rami flora. Native to the 

 Mediterranean region. 



117078. Rosa uchiyamana Makino. Rosa- 

 ceae. Rose. 



A densely branched shrub about 6 feet 

 high, with four to six leaflets and short 

 few-flowered corymbose clusters of pink 

 flowers about 2 inches across. It is re- 

 lated to Rosa multiflcra. Native to Japan. 



117079. Stewartia pseudo-camellia Max- 

 im. Theaceae. Japanese stewartia. 



A handsome tree, native to Japan, 50 

 feet high, with erect branches and red 



117050 to 117081— Continued. 



bark. The thickish obovate-lanceolate 

 leaves are bright green, and the large 

 white flowers are borne in summer. 



For previous introduction see 102262. 



117080. Styrax shiraiana Makino. Sty- 

 racaceae. 



A small tree with coarsely dentate, or- 

 bicular-ovate to rhombic-orbicular leaves 2 

 to 3 inch< s long and showy white tubular 

 flowers about two-thirds of an inch long 

 in small crowded racemes. Native to 

 Japan. 



117081. Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. Ulma- 

 ceae. Leatherleaf elm. 



Received as Ulmus sieboldii, which is 

 now referred to U. parvifolia. 



117082 to 117084. 



From Australia. Plants presented by George 

 W. Althofer, "Nindethana," Dripstone. 

 New South Wales. Received July 20, 

 1936. 



117082. Amygdalus persica L. Amygda- 

 laceae. Peach. 



Glen Ora. 



117083 and 117084. Malus sylvestris 

 Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



117083. Statesman. 



117084. Warrior. 



117085 to 117094. Pistacia vera L. 

 Anacardiaceae. Pistachio. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Miss Vera Gor- 

 bunova, Institute of Plant Industry, Len- 

 ingrad. Received July 17, 1936. 



Seeds collected in gardens of the Apsheron 

 Peninsula, Caucasus region, by Miss Vera 

 Goibunova. 



117090. No. 167. 



117091. No. 171. 



117092. No. 177. 



117093. No. 186. 



117094. No. 188. 



117085. No. 24. 



117086. No. 132. 



117087. No. 133. 



117088. No. 146. 



117089. No. 165. 



117095 to 117297. 



From Turkey. Seeds collected by H. L. 

 Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received July 2, 1936. 



117095 to 117097. Abelmoschus esculen- 

 tus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae. Okra. 



117095. No. 551. B amy a. From the 

 Bskisehir bazar, April 16, 1936. 



117096. No. 120. B amy a. From the 

 Ankara bazar, April 15, 1936. 



117097. No. 210. From Adana, April 

 20, 1936. 



117098 to 117108. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



117098 to 117103. Allium cepa L. 



Onion. 



117098. No. 163. 8 o g a n. Fro in 

 Afyon, April 17, 1936. 



117099. No. 274. From Gaziantep, 

 April 30, 1936. A red onion. 



117100. No. 272. From Gaziantep, 

 April 30, 1936. A white onion. 



