JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1937 



124695 to 124722— Continued. 



124703. Berberis VIRGETORUM 

 Berberiduceae. 



Schneid. 



A shrub up to 5 feet high, with fascicled, 

 oblong-rhomboid leaves 2 to 5 inches long 

 and clusters of several small yellow flow- 

 ers. Native to Kiangsi Province, central 

 China. 



124704. Celastrus gemmata Loes. Celas- 

 traceae. 



A woody climber up to 18 feet long, with 

 ovate-elliptic leaves 2 to 4 inches long and 

 cymes of large golden -yellow fruits. Na- 

 tive to central and western China. 



For previous introduction see 116124. 



124705. Evodia glauca Miquel. Rutaceae. 



A shrub or medium-sized tree with pin- 

 nate leaves and small white flowers. Na- 

 tive to eastern and central China. 



124708. Evodia officinalis Dode. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to about 15 

 feet high, with pinnate leaves having 7 

 to 15 ovate or elliptic-ovate leaflets and 

 corymbs of small greenish-yellow or green- 

 ish-white flowers, followed by small red 

 ;pods containing black seeds. Native to 

 central and western China. 



For previous introduction see 116871. 



124707. Hosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn. 

 Liliaceae. 



A plantain-lily with broad cordate-ovate 

 leaf blades about 10 inches in length and 

 lavender-purple flowers about 2 inches long 

 in elongated racemes on scapes up to 3 

 feet tall. Native to China. 



For previous introduction see 117058. 



124708. Ilex eedunculosa Miquel. Aqui- 

 foliaceae. Longstalk holly. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 

 30 feet high, native to Japan. The ovate, 

 entire leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, are lus- 

 trous green above, and the small flowers, 

 in slender-stemmed cymes, on growth of 

 the current season, are followed by bright- 

 red fruits one-fourth of an inch in diame- 

 ter, on slender pedicels 1 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 102299. 



124709 to 124713. Lilium spp. Liliaceae. 



Lily. 



124709. Lilium brownii var. colches- 

 teri Wilson. 



A trumpet-flowered lily, native 

 throughout China from sea level to 5,000 

 feet altitude, often cultivated for the 

 bulbs, which are considered a table deli- 

 cacy. The stems are about 3 feet tall, 

 and the fragrant flowers, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, are rosy purple outside, creamy 

 white Inside, with the reflexed ends of 

 the segments pure white. 



For previous introduction see 99888. 



124710. Lilium cathayanum Wilson. 



A lily with erect, moderately stout 

 stems 2 to 4 feet high and about' 6 shin- 

 ing, dark-green, oblong-ovate stem leaves. 

 The flowers are creamy or greenish white 

 on the outside, reddish-brown striped 

 within, with perianth segments about 5 

 inches long. Native to the mountains of 

 eastern and central China. 



124695 to 124722— Continued. 



124711. Lilium sargentiae Wilson. 



Sargent lily. 



This lily, native to western China, 

 has a stout stem 4 to 8 feet high, green 

 tinged with purple, and a hundred or 

 more thickly scattered horizontal leaves 

 2 to 4 inches long. The fragrant flowers 

 are waxy white inside, tinged with yel- 

 low near the throat and reddish purple 

 outside. 



For previous introduction see 66098. 



124712. Lilium speciosum gloriosoides 

 Baker. 



A variety native to the mountains of 

 central China and differing from the 

 tyoe by its narrower leaves and much 

 reflexed, crisped perianth segments with 

 scarlet rather than crimson spots. 



124713. Lilium tsingtauense Gilg. 



A lily of the Pseudolirion group, up 

 to 3 feet high, with scattered and 

 whorled oblong-oblanceolate leaves and 

 1 to 6 erect, inodorous orange flowers, 

 the segments about 2 inches long. Na- 

 tive to Shantung, China, and Chosen. 



For previous introduction see 112857. 



124714. Liriodendron chinense (Hemsl.) 

 Sargent. Magnoliaceae. 



An ornamental deciduous tree up to 50 

 feet high, native to central China. The 

 leaves, 5 to 6 inches long, have 4 acute or 

 acuminate lobes, rounded or slightly cor- 

 date at the base ; the tuliplike flower is 

 about 2 inches long. This species is some- 

 what more tender than our native species, 

 Liriodendron tulipifera. 



For previous introduction see 111362. 



124715. Nyssa sinensis Oliv. Cornaceae. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree about 

 20 feet high, with oblong-elliptic, mem- 

 branous leaves 4 to 6 inches long, incon- 

 spicuous flowers, and ovoid blue fruits 

 about one-half inch long. The leaves be- 

 come brilliant red in the autumn. It is 

 native to western China. 



For previous introduction see 105651. 



124716. Rehderodendron macrocarpum 

 Hu. Styracaceae. 



A tree about 20 feet high, native to 

 Szechwan Province, China. The papery, 

 reddish-green, oval-elliptic leaves are about 

 4 inches long, and the racemes of showy 

 white flowers are followed by ribbed, 

 woody, oblong fruits, 2 inches in length. 



For previous introduction see 104705. 



124717 to 124720. Rhododendron spp. Eri- 

 caceae. 



124717. Rhododendron fortunei Lindl. 



A shrub 10 to 12 feet high, native to 

 Chekiang, China. The oblong-elliptic 

 leaves, 3 to 10 inches long, are dark 

 green above and pale glaucous green 

 beneath. The inflorescence is a loosely 

 racemose umbel of 6 to 12 funnel-cam- 

 panulate, pale-rose flowers 3 to 4 inches 

 across. 



For previous introduction see 97393. 



