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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



122048 to 122152— Continued 



122048. Tsuga dumosa (D. Don) Eiehler. 

 Pinaceae. Hemlock. 



No. 2017. A fine ornamental forest tree 

 sometimes 120 feet high with gracefully 

 drooping branches, native to northwestern 

 India between 8,000 and 10,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



For previous introduction see 108303. 



122049. Abies spectabilis Lambert (A. 

 webbiana Lindl.). Pinaceae. 



Himalayan fir, 



No. 2018. A tree sometimes 150 feet 

 high, native to the. Himalayas at altitudes 

 between 7.000 and 13,000 feet. The dark- 

 green leaves are arranged in two opposite 

 series so as to leave a V-shaped opening 

 along the top ; the individual leaves are 1 

 to 2 inches long. The cones, about 5 inches 

 long, are violet purple at first, later becom- 

 ing brown. 



For previous introduction see 102816. 



122050 to 122053. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



122050. Acer campbellii Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. 



No. 2052. Said to have come from 

 nearby at 8,000 feet altitude. 



122051 to 122053. Acer caudatum Wall. 



A large tree with dark-gray bark and 

 5-lobed. red-stemmed leaves from 2 to 5 

 inches long. The shiny, compact, mod- 

 erately hard wood is white with a faint 

 pink tinge. This maple is found in the 

 temperate Himalayas between 7,000 and 

 11.000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 99700 



122051. No. 1969. 



122052. No. 2004. 



122053. No. 2044. 



122054 to 122057. Aconitum spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. Monkshood. 



122054. Aconitum ferox Wall. 



No. 2055. A plant with an erect stem 

 3 to 6 feet high, rounded, palmately 

 trifid leaves cut into irregularly indented 

 lobes. The large pale-blue flowers are 

 in a dense terminal raceme. The root 

 of this plant is used medicinally. 



For previous introduction see 51744. 



122055. Aconitum luridum Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. 



No. 1961. A perennial herb with sim- 

 ple erect stems 2 to 3 feet high, native 

 to the alpine slopes of the Himalayas in 

 India. The palmately 5-lobed leaves, 2 

 to 3 inches across, have coarsely crenate 

 margins, and the dull-red flowers, borne 

 ' in a simple raceme, have a long straight 

 b' ak and a broad domelike dorsal promi- 

 nence. 



For previous introduction see, 99713. 



(Briihl) 



122048 to 122152— Continued 

 122058. Allium victorialis L. 



spicatum 



122056. Aconitum 

 Stapf. 



No. 2054. A herbaceous perennial up 

 to 6 feet high, with terminal racemes of 

 many large pale-blue flowers. Native to 

 the Himalayan region. 



122057. Aconitum sp. 



No. 2056. An ornamental perennial, 

 said to have come from Sikkim at high 

 altitudes. 



Liliaceae. 

 Onion. 



No. 1964. Obtained at Darjeeling, but 

 grown in adiacent highlands at 14,000 feet 

 altitude. One of t h e most distinctive 

 Europ«an alliums, with stems about 2 feet 

 high, leaves resembling those of the lily-of- 

 the-valley, and white to greenish-white 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 110648. 



122059. Allium wallichianum Steud. 

 Liliaceae. Onion. 



No. 1987. Grown near Darjeeling at 

 12.000 feet altitude. A tall eastern onion, 

 native to Asia, with narrow flat leaves 

 about 3 feet long and purple flower heads. 



For previous introduction see 99715. 



122060 and 122061. Anemone spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



Obtained at Darjeeling, but grown in the 

 nearby highlands from 12,000 to 14,000 

 feet altitude. 



122080. Anemone polyanthes D. Don. 



No. 1990. An alpine anemone with 

 stems 2 feet high, reniform or cordate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches across, and numer- 

 ous white umbellate flowers about 1 inch 

 in diameter. Native to the Himalayas 

 at altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet. 



122061. Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. 



No. 1980. A silky pubescent orna- 

 mental from 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 3-parted basal leaves up to 6 inches in 

 diameter and white or bluish flowers, 

 over 1 inch long, in compound cymes. 



For previous introduction see 102310. 



122062. Arenaria ciliata L. Silenaceae. 



No. 2035. Grown in Tibet at 14,000 feev 

 altitude. 



122063. Amorphophallus bulbifer Blume 

 Araceae. 



No. 1953. A long-flowered species which 

 may prove useful as an ornamental. From 

 the Rangit River District. Darjeeling Dis- 

 trict, December 24, 1936, at 2,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



122064. Arisaema sp. Araceae. 



No. 1954. Obtained at Darjeeling, but 

 grown along the Rangit River at 2.000 feet 

 altitude, in a thicket. A plant with large 

 scarlet seeds, on a stalk 6 inches high. 



122065 to 122067. Aster spp. Asteraceae. 



Ornamentals grown in the nearby high- 

 lands from 12,000 to 14,000 feet altitude. 



122065. Aster diplostephioides (DC.) 

 Benth. 



No. 2036. A perennial 2 to 3 feet 

 high, native to the alpine slopes of the 

 Indian Himalayas up to 16,000 feet alti- 

 tude. The entire lanceolate leaves are 

 2 to 3 inches long, and the solitary blue 

 to blue-purple flower heads are 1 to 3 

 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 99719. 



122066. Aster stracheyi Hook, f. 



No. 2003. A dwarf, nearly stemless 

 aster with radical obovate-spatulate 

 leaves about 1 inch long and pale lilac- 

 blue solitary flower heads about three- 



