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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



118556 to 118661— Continued. 

 118639 to 118643— Continued. 



118639. Primula sp. 



No. 1089. Plant 3 feet high, with 

 blue-purple or purple flowers with yel- 

 low eyes, in heads 2 inches across ; 

 found at 9,000 feet altitude. 



118640. Primula sp. 



No. 1090. Plant 3 feet high, flowers 

 probably white, tinged with pink ; found 

 at 10,000 feet altitude. 



118641. Primula sp. 



No. 1092. Plant 6 inches high, leaves 

 whitish beneath, flowers not seen ; from 

 11,000 feet altitude. 



118642. Primula sp. 



No. 1101. Plant up to 18 inches high, 

 with head of large purplish flowers with 

 lighter eye ; very attractive, will grow on 

 high ground, but does best with roots iu 

 cold water. 



118643. Primula rosea Royle. 



No. 1102. From 11.000 feet altitude, 

 just below the snow line. A primula 

 that often forms large tufts 4 to 8 

 inches high, with oblong-obovate or ob- 

 lanceolate, crenulate. or small-toothed 

 leaves and few to many rose-red flowers 

 in a loose head, before the leaves. Na- 

 tive to the western Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 28232. 



118644. Ribes sp. Grossulariaceae. 



No. 1121. From Sodpur, Baltistan Prov- 

 ince, August 11, 1936. at 11,000 feet alti- 

 tude. A compact bush up to 6 feet high, 

 well-laden with orange-red fruits ; sweet 

 but with large seeds ; used for jams and 

 jellies. The plant, with its persistent 

 fruit and strong green leaves, is distinctly 

 ornamental. 



118645. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 1061. From above Bandipur. July 

 30. 1936, at 6,000 feet altitude. Dense, 

 rounded, free-flowering bushes 5 feet high, 

 growing wild on a dry isolated slope. 



118646. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 1075. From near Karagbal. August 

 1, 1936, at 9,000 feet altitude, on a dry 

 slope at the edge of a fir forest. Bushes 2 

 feet high, bearing sweet, fragrant, red 

 fruits one-half inch in diameter. 



118647. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 1086. From Peshwari, August 3, 

 1936, at 8,500 feet altitude. Plant 1 foot 

 high, found growing in deep shade in fir 

 forest. The few fruits were red, acid, and 

 about one-half inch in diameter. 



11864S. Nepeta erecta (Royale) Benth. 

 Menthaceae. 



No. 1073. Above Karaebal, July 31, 

 1936, at 10.000 feet altitude. An herb 

 18 inches tall with ovate or oblong acute 

 leaves and many small blue-purple flowers 

 in axillary or terminal spikes. Found 

 growing in fir forest. Native to the Hi- 

 malayan region. 



118649. Sambucus wightiana Wall. Capri- 

 foliaceae. 



No. 10G5. From above Bandipur, July 

 30, 1936, in pine forest in shade and sun. 

 A shrubby plant with herbaceous stems 4 to 

 5 feet high, large pinnatifld leaves, and 

 corymbs of creamy, heavy-scented flowers, 

 followed by small, orange, edible berries. 

 Native to India. 



118556 to 118661— Continued. 



118650. Bergenia sp. Saxifragaceae. 



No. 1113. From a dry slope above Sod- 

 pur, Baltistan Province, August 10, 1936, 

 at 11,000 feet altitude. A perennial with 

 2 or 3 large shining leaves and a spray of 

 white to pink flowers. The leaves turn 

 red in the autumn. 



118651. Sedum sp. Crassuiaceae. 



No. 1083. From Charban, August 3. 19.J6, 

 at 8,000 feet altitude, on a dry open slope. 

 Plants 8 inches high with a rosette of 

 fleshy leaves and pinkish flowers. 



118652. Solanum melongena L. Solana- 

 ceae. Eggplant. 



No. 1156. Paghan. From Skaido. Baltis- 

 tan Province, August 5. 1936, at 6.500 feet 

 altitude. Medium-sized green fruits more 

 or less tinged with purple ; of fair quality. 



118653. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. Common spinach. 



No. 1153. From Skardo, Baltistan Prov- 

 ince, August 15, 1936. at 6,500 feet alti- 

 tude. Grown as a potherb. 



118654. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. Common spinach. 



No. 1052. From Srinagar, July 27, 1936. 

 Purchased in the market. Grown as a 

 potherb. 



118655. Spiraea crenata L. Rosaceae. 



Snow spirea. 



No. 1117. From Sodpur. Baltistan Prov- 

 ince, August 10, 1936. at 12,000 feet alti- 

 tude, along a stream. An ornamental 

 shrub 7 feet high, with well-formed, grace- 

 ful branches and dense umbels of small 

 white flowers. Native from southeastern 

 Europe to the Caucasus region. 



118656. Trollius sp. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 1066. From above Tarakbal, July 

 31, 1936, at 10,000 feet altitude in alpine 

 meadow. A plant 2 feet high. 



118857. Viburnum nervosum D. Don. Ca- 

 prifoliaceae. 



No. 1078. From near Karagbal. August 

 2, 1936, from fruit growing in the open 

 along a stream. A large shrub or small 

 tree with elliptic-oblong, shiny green leaves 

 about 3 inches long and cymes of a few 

 small rose-colored flowers followed by 

 purple-black drupes. Native to the Hima- 

 layas at altitudes of 10,000 to 13,000 feet. 



118658. Viola sp. Violaceae. Violet, 



No. 1106. From Deosai Plain, Baltistan 

 Province, in a meadow at 12,000 feet alti- 

 tude, August 8, 1936. Plants small and 

 bushy, growing in clumps 6 inches across 

 and 2 or 3 inches high. The purple flowers 

 have a white spot on the lower petal and 

 are veined with darker purple. 



118659. (Undetermined.) 



No. 1115. From Sodpur,.Baltistan Prov- 

 ince, August 10. 1936. at 7,500 feet alti- 

 tude. An attractive shrubby perennial up 

 to 5 feet high, which grows on dry or 

 damp ground and, in season, is covered 

 with fine purple flowers in long loose spikes. 



118660. (Undetermined.) 



No. 1119. From below Sodpur, Baltistan 

 Province, August 11. 1936, at 7,000 feet 

 altitude in a stream bed. An ornamental 

 bush 3 feet high, with thick, pale-green, 

 elliptic leaves and white flowers followed 

 by large orange-red berries. 



