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122048 to 122152— Continued 



122114 and 122115. Melastoma malabath- 

 ricum L. Melastomaceae. 



An attractive spreading shrub up to 6 

 feet high, with broad-lanceolate leaves 

 about 4 inches long and showy purple flow- 

 ers about 2 inches across and 1 to 5 in a 

 cluster. Native to the East Indies. 



122114. No. 2041. 



122115. No. 2074. From Siliguri, Ben- 

 gal, December 29, 1936. 



122116. Philadelphia sp. Hydrangeaceae. 



No. 2007. Grown in the Sikkim Hima- 

 layas at 9,000 feet altitude. 



122117. PlPTANTHDS NEPALENSIS (Hook.) 



Sweet, Fabaceae. 



No. 1981. A shrub 2 to 11 feet high, 

 with palmately trifoliolate leaves made up 

 of lanceolate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long ; 

 the yellow pea-shaped flowers, 1 inch long. 

 are borne in dense racemes resembling 

 bunches of grapes. 



For previous introduction see 103464. 



122118. Polygonum campanulatum Hook. 

 f. Polygonaceae. Fleeceflower. 



No. 200S. A bardy perennial of compact 

 bushy habit with handsome foliage ; during 

 the summer and autumn it produces dense 

 racemes of charming bell-shaped, fraerant 

 rosy-white flowers. Native to the Sikkim 

 Himalayas up to 10,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 60252. 



122119. Polygonum molle D. Don. Poly- 

 gonaceae. Fleeceflower. 



No. 2015. Grown in the Sikkim Hima- 

 layas at 12,000 feet altitude. A shrubby 

 perennial 2 to 3 feet high, with white 

 flowers in large thyrselike terminal pani- 

 cles. Allied to Polygonum polystachyum. 

 Native to Nepal. 



For previous introduction see 116608. 



122120 to 122123. Primula spp. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



122120. Primula elwesiana King. 



No. 2066. A Himalayan primrose 

 with ovate-lanceolate leathery leaves 

 about 4 inches long and solitary violet 

 flowers on scapes up to 6 inches high. 



122121. Primula kingii Watt. 



No. 2067. A glabrous perennial native 

 to high altitudes in the Sikkim Hima- 

 layas. The elliptic-lanceolate, crenulate 

 leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, are. in a 

 crowded rosette, and the slender scapes, 

 6 to 10 inches high, bear 4 or 5 claret- 

 colored, funnel-shaped flowers nearly an 

 inch across. 



For previous introduction see 108996. 



122122. Primula stuartii Wall. 



No. 2068. A mealy or quite glabrous 

 perennial herb, native throughout the 

 alpine and subalpine Himalayas of India 

 and Tibet at altitudes between 12,000 

 and 16,000 feet. The coriaceous oblan- 

 ceolate leaves, with entire or crenulate 

 margins, are 4 to 10 inches long, and the 

 scapes, 12 to 18 inches high, bear loose 

 umbels of light-yellow, drooping flowers. 



For previous introduction see 115984 



122123. Primula sp. 



No. 2069. Native to the Sikkim 

 Himalayas at high altitudes. 



122048 to 122152— Continued 



122124. Prunus acuminata (Wall.) Hook, 

 f. (Laurocerasus acuminata (Wall.) 

 Roemer). Amygdalaceae. Laurel cherry. 



No. 1984. A slender-branched tree 30 

 to 40 feet high, with narrow leaves up to 

 7 inches long and many-flowered racemes 

 of yellowish- white flowers. The fruit is a 

 small oval drupe. The tree is found in 

 central and eastern Himalayas at altitudes 

 between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 62811. 



122125. Prunus cerasoides D. Don (P, 

 puddum Roxb. ). Amygdalaceae. 



Sikkim cherry. 



No. 1974. An Indian cherry, native to 

 the temperate slopes of the Himalayas, 

 with sharply serrate, lanceolate leaves 3 to 

 5 inches long, umbels of pendulous, cam- 

 panulate, rosy-red to white flowers, and 

 red fruits half an inch long with scanty 

 red or yellowish acid flesh. 



For previous introduction see 77594. 



122126. Rhamnus sp. Rhamnaceae. 

 No. 2023. 



122127 to 122131. RHODODENDRON spp. 



Ericaceae. 



122127. Rhododendron arboreum J. E. 

 Smith. Tree rhododendron. 



No. 2060. A bushy tree. 



For previous introduction see 105908. 



122128. Rhododendron dalhousiab 

 Hook. f. 



No. 2062. A large epiphytic evergreen 

 shrub, native to the Sikkim Himalayas 

 at altitudes of 6,000 to 8,000 feet. The 

 oblanceolate to obovate, obtuse leaves, 2 

 to 6 inches long, are scaly and papillose 

 beneath. The funnel-shaped, fragrant, 

 white flowers, tinged with rose outside, 

 are 3 to 4 inches long with five broad 

 lobes. 



For previous introduction see 102778. 



122129. Rhododendron maddeni Hook. f. 



No. 2063. A shrub 6 to 8 feet high, 

 with red-stemmed, dark-green leaves. 

 The large, delicately fragrant flowers, 

 tinged with rose, are produced in threes 

 at the ends of the branches. Native to 

 the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 103139. 



122130. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 2059. Received under the name 

 "umbellatum," for which a place of pub- 

 lication has not been found. 



122131. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 2064. 



122132. Rosa macrophtlla Lindl. Rosa- 

 ceae. Bigleaf rose. 



No. 1975. A large nearly thornless bush, 

 native to the temperate Himalayas up to 

 10,000 feet altitude. The compound leaves 

 have 9 to 11 oblong to ovate leaflets 1 to 

 2 inches long, pubescent beneath, and the 

 red flowers, 2 inches across, in clusters 

 of l to 3, are followed by oblong-ovoid red 

 fruits which are sometimes 2 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 115986. 



