36 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



128924 to 128984— Continued 



128926. Anemone vitifolia DC. Ranunculaceae. Grapeleaf anemone. 



A stout bushy perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, with large deeply divided leaves 

 3 to 6 inches across and beautiful white flowers 1 inch or more across in open 

 corymbs. Native to the Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 10,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 114714. 



128927. Argyreia waixichii Choisy. Convolvulaceae. 



A large woody climber with leathery ovate-cordate leaves 6 to 14 inches long 

 and many white rose-tinged flowers about 1% inches long, in dense heads up to 

 3 inches in diameter. Native to northern India. 



128928. Arisaema griffithii Schott. Araceae. 



A tuberous herb native to the temperate Himalayas in India from 7,000 to 

 12,000 feet altitude. The 2 leaves are divided into 3 rhombic-orbicular crenate 

 lobes 6 to 10 inches long with faint yellow margins. The tube of the spathe, 2 to 

 3 inches long, is purple ribbed with white, and the incurved limb, 5 to 8 inches 

 broad, is divided into 2 dull-purple lobes reticulated green and having purple 

 tails 3 inches long. The stout spadix has a tortuous linear purple tail 1 to 3 

 feet long. 



For previous introduction see 102753. 



128929. Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott. Araceae. 



A tuberous herb native to the subtropical and temperate Himalayas up to 8,000 

 feet altitude. The 2 or 3 leaves, on petioles 1 to 3 feet long, have 5 to 20 linear 

 to ovate tailed leaflets 12 to 18 inches long. The flower stalk, 2 to 4 feet high, 

 bears a pale-green or purple spathe 4 to 6 inches long with an incurved boat- 

 shaped limb, and the spadix, which resembles a rat tail, is first erect, then 

 recurved, and again erect. 



For previous introduction see 102754. 



128930. Aster tricephalus Clarke. Asteraceae. 



A small vigorous subtropical herbaceous perennial with obovate-spatulate 

 radical leaves and 1 to 3 reddish flower heads about 1 inch in diameter. Native 

 to the Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 122067. 



128931. Begonia megaptera A. DC. Begoniaceae. 



A begonia with a thick woody rootstock, erect stems up to 18 inches high, and 

 cordate-ovate, undulate leaves 4 to 6 inches long. The large pink flowers are 

 on elongated peduncles, often 8 inches in length, in the upper axils. Native to 

 the Sikkim Himalayas at 2,000 to 8,000 feet altitude. 



128932. Begonia sikkimensis A. DC. Begoniaceae. 



An erect-stemmed begonia up to 18 inches high, with round-lobed leaves 4 to 6 

 inches in diameter and medium-sized bright-red flowers. Native to the Sikkim 

 Himalayas between 3,000 and 7,000 feet altitude. 



128933. Betula utilis D. Don. Betulaceae. Birch. 



A tree 40 to 60 feet high, with a red-brown trunk and branches and bark which 

 peels off in papery flakes. It is native to subtropical regions of the Himalayas. 

 The oval coarsely-toothed, sharp-pointed leaves, 3 inches long, are dark green 

 above and paler beneath. In winter, the orange-chocolate color of the twigs is 

 very striking. 



For previous introduction see 99654. 



128934. Bupleurum candollii Wall. Apiaceae. 



A perennial herb 1 to 3 feet high, native to the Himalayas up to 12,000 feet 

 altitude. The linear to ovate leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are entire, and the small 

 yellow flowers are borne in compound umbels. 



For previous introduction see 99722. 



