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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



123418— Continued. 



A deciduous 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 Rhodo- 

 dendron schlippenbachii and is native to 

 Japan. 



For previous introduction see 117066. 



123419. Hedera helix L. Araliaceae. 

 English ivy. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 the Director, Botanic Garden, Amsterdam. 

 Received April 28, 1937. 

 Variety Digit at a. 



123420 and 123421. Obyza sativa L. 

 Poaceae. Rice. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by Stazione 

 Sperim, Risicoltura, Vercelli. Received 

 April 26, 1937. 



123420. General Rossi. 



123421. Gigante Vercelli. 



123422 and 123423. Obyza sativa L. 



Poaceae. Rice. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Botani 



cal Laboratory, Titabar Farm, Titabar. 



Received May 6, 1937. 



123422. Bengali jaha. No.226. 



123423. Jaliari. No. 240. 



123424. Gossypium kalmerii Watt. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by George B. 

 Hinton, in Pungarabato, and presented 

 through the Division of Cotton and Other 

 Fiber Crops and Diseases. Received May 

 6, 1937. 



A much-branched shrub with leaves mostly 

 linear, 1 to 3% inches long, sometimes 3- 

 lobed, and small pale-yellow flowers followed 

 by small fruits with fuzzy seeds. Native to 

 Mexico. 



123425. Episcia cupreata (Hook.) 

 Hanst. ( Achimenes cupreata Hook. ) . 

 Gesneriaceae. 



From Puerto Rico. Plants presented by T. B. 

 McClelland, Superintendent, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Mayaguez. Received 

 July 21, 1934. Numbered May 6, 1937. 

 A tender perennial a few inches high, suit- 

 able for warm house culture. Under favor- 

 able conditions it produces a mass of stolons 

 extending several feet from the mother plant. 

 The entire plant is covered with soft hairs, 

 and the ovate crinkled leaves are copper 

 tinged above ; the small solitary flowers are 

 scarlet red. Native to Colombia. 



123426 to 123432. 



From England. Plants presented by Sir Ar- 

 thur W. Hill, Director, Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kew, Surrey. Received May 7, 1937. 



123426. Ardndinaria anceps Mitf. Poa- 

 ceae. Bamboo. 

 Because of the uncertainty of its origin, 



this arundinaria was named anceps 

 (doubtful). It is now believed to be na- 

 tive to northern India. The culms are 

 round and slender and are reported to 

 grow 10 to 15 feet high in England. On 

 small plants there are 2 or 3 branches at 

 each node, with rather long branchlets 

 having 8 to 10 linear-lanceolate leaves. 

 The leaves are light green, over 2 inches 

 long and three-eighths of an inch wide. 

 The tessellation (cross venation) is mi- 

 nute and unusually regular. 



123427. Chimonobambusa falcata (Nees) 

 Nakai (Arundinaria falcata Nees) . Poa- 

 ceae. Bamboo. 

 A slender clump bamboo growing to a 



height of 20 feet, but not exceeding one- 

 half inch in diameter, having the young 

 stems covered with a bluish-white, waxy 

 coating soon turning yellowish green. The 

 light-green, striate-veined leaves are 4 to 

 6 inches long by one-third of an inch wide, 

 with downy sheaths. The species is not 

 very hardy, being native to the lower 

 slopes of the Himalayas in northwestern 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 110335. 



123428. Thamnocalamds falconeri Hook, 

 f. (Arundinaria falconeri (Van Houtte) 

 A. and C. Riviore). Poaceae. Bamboo. 

 A bamboo with a cylindrical culm, which, 



when young, has 8 to 10 branches at each 

 node ; these branches vary in length, are 

 exceedingly slender, often purplish in color, 

 and have 4 to 7 leaves gathered near the 

 tips. The leaves are lanceolate, 1% to 4 

 inches long by % 6 to % of an inch wide. 

 The slenderness of the branches gives this 

 bamboo a distinctive beauty. 



For previous introduction see 114413. 



123429. Chimonobambusa marmorea 

 (Mitf.) Makino (Arundinaria mar- 

 morea (Mitf.) Makino). Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



A small bamboo growing 3 feet or more 

 high. The internodes of the culm are very 

 short, with 3 branches at each node, 2 short 

 and 1 long. The bright-green, nearly ses- 

 sile leaves are up to 4y 2 inches long by 

 % to % of an inch wide, rough on both 

 sides and with tessellated venations. The 

 degree of hardiness of the plant is not defi- 

 nitely known, though it is reported to 

 have withstood a temperature of about 8° 

 F. without injury in England. 



For previous introduction see 116089. 



