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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124695 to 124722— Continued. 



124718. Rhododendron mariesii Hemsl. 

 and Wilson. 



A deciduous shrub up to 8 feet high, 

 native to central China, and related to 

 Rhododendron rhombicwm. The ovate 

 leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, are silky 

 pubescent on the midrib beneath, and 

 the 1 to 3 rose-pink, broadly campanu- 

 late flowers are 1 to 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 87476. 



124719. Rhododendron ovatum (Lindl.) 

 Planch. 



An evergreen shrub up to 12 feet high, 

 with broad-ovate leaves about 2 inches 

 long and solitary pale-purple to whitish 

 flowers about 1% inches across. Native 

 to central China. 



124720. Rhododendron simsii Planch. 



A much-branched shrub usually up to 

 5 feet high, with persistent or partly 

 persistent, papery leaves and rose-red to 

 dark-red, broad funnelform flowers 2 

 inches across and 2-to 6-flowered clus- 

 ters. Native to China. 



124721. Styrax dasyantha Perkins. Styra- 

 caceae. Snowbell. 



An ornamental Chinese shrub or small 

 tree up to 25 feet high, with oblong-elliptic 

 leaves about 3 inches long, and showy white 

 fragrant flowers in slender racemes. 



For previous introduction see 118808. 



124722. Styrax philadelphoides Perkins. 

 Styracaceae. 



A large shrub 5 to 6 feet high, with 

 thin narrowly oblong, hairy leaves 1 to 3 

 inches long and white flowers one-half inch 

 long in small axillary and terminal ra- 

 cemes. Native to eastern China. 



For previous introduction see 116157. 



124723. Acacia sp. Mimosaceae. 



From Ankara, Turkey. Seeds collected by 

 H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received July 10, 

 1936. Numbered in July 1937. 



No. 93. From the Ankara bazar, April 

 15, 1936. 



124724. Echeveeia sp. Crassulaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by E. O. Mat- 

 thews, Parral, Chihuahua. Received July 

 27, 1937. 



A plant with fleshy light-green leaves and 

 a flower stalk 10 to 15 inches high. The 

 flowers, bright orange to red, tipoed with 

 lighter yellow, are very showy and are borne 

 profusely. Found growing on the walls of 

 the mountains west of Parral at 6,500 feet 

 altitude. 



124725 and 124726. Wisteria flori- 

 bunda (Willd.) DO. Fabaceae. 



From Japan. Plants and cuttings presented 



by N. Suyetake, Tokyo. Received June 24, 



1934. Numbered in August 1937. 



A tall woody climber with leaves composed 



of ovate-elliptic to ovate-oblong leaflets 2 to 



4 inches long and long slender racemes of 



fragrant violet or violet-blue flowers about 



1 inch long. Native to Japan. 



124725. Variety Koshigaya. From Salta- 

 ns a-ken. 



124726. Variety Ushijima. From Saitama- 

 ken. 



124727 to 124731. 



From China. Seeds collected by Capt. F. 

 Kingdon Ward in Yunnan Province and ! 

 presented by Sir Lionel de Rothschild, 

 London, England. Received July 23, 1937. 



124727. Dysoxylum sp. Meliaceae. 



K. W. No. 12746. A large handsome 

 evergreen tree wbose fruit is used by the 

 natives as soap. Found at 5,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



124728. Madhdca indica Gmel. (Bassia 

 latifolia Roxb.). Sapotaceae. Mahwa. 



A large tree, native to India, with a 

 short trunk and many spreading branches, 

 forming a dense rounded crown 40 to 50 ■> 

 feet high ; the oblong-elliptic leaves are 3 

 to 5 inches long. The flowers have a vel- 

 vety chocolate-colored calyx and a pale- 

 green colored corolla with thick juicy pet- 

 als, which are used in India as food. The 

 ovoid green fruit, 1 to 2 inches long, has 

 a rather granular pulp, not very attractive 

 to western taste, but it is sold in the mar- 

 kets of Yunnan. 



For previous introduction see 101089. 



124729. Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc. 

 Myricaceae. Yang mei. 



K. W. No. 12710. A handsome evergreen 

 tree about 20 feet high, with dark-green 

 glossy foliage, found in forests of Yunnan 

 at 5,000 feet altitude. The globular fruits, 

 about the size of an apricot, are quite acid, 

 and, owing to their fragility and peculiar 

 structure, do not ship well. The fruits 

 are salted and dried, because the fresh 

 fruits are too soft to appeal to the Chinese 

 > palate. 



For previous introduction see 93335. 



124730. Porana sp. Convolvulaceae; 



A perennial with annual climbing stems 

 and ovate, entire leaves ; flowers not seen. 

 Collected at 4,000 feet altitude. 



124731. Firmiana colorata (Roxb) R. Br. 

 {Sterculia colorata Roxb.). Sterculia- 

 ceae. 



A small decidous tree with large round- 

 ish 3-lobed leaves and small, very nu- 

 merous, vivid scarlet flowers, which appear 

 in dense terminal panicles before the 

 leaves. The tree is quick growing, prob- 

 ably flowers very young. Found in a for- 

 est that was mainly evergreen at 5,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 124570. 

 124732 and 124733. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented through F. G. 

 Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Re- 

 ceived July 28, 1937. 



124732. Jacaranda cadcana Pittier. Big- 

 noniaceae. Gualanday. 



From Barranquilla, Colombia. An erect 

 deciduous tree, native to the Cauca Valley, 

 Colombia, where it is a favorite with the 

 inhabitants because of its blue flowers. 

 These are 1% inches long, borne in large 

 terminal panicles in summer just after 

 the large pinnate leaves have fallen. 



124733. Strophanthds gratds (Wall, and 

 Hook.) Baill. Apocynaceae. 



Presented by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Gold Coast. West Africa. A rank- 

 growing woody creeper with leathery ob- 

 long, acuminate leaves 3 to 6 inches long 

 and large pinkish-white flowers in terminal 

 clusters, followed by enormous fruits nearly 

 3 feet long. Native to tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 118001; 



