38 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



128924 to 128984— Continued 



128945. Gentiana stylophoea C. B. Clarke. Gentianaceae. Gentian. 



A stout herbaceous perennial native to the Himalayas in Sikkim between 

 11,000 and 14,000 feet altitude. The simple stems are 3 to 6 feet high, the lower 

 leaves are elliptic and 12 inches long, and the upper leaves are sessile, about 5 

 inches long. The widely funnel-shaped solitary flowers are borne on axillary 

 peduncles up to 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 102316. 



128946. Glochidion velutinum Wight. Euphorbiaceae. 



An evergreen tree 20 to 30 feet high, with orbicular to ovate-elliptic or oblong 

 leaves 2 to 5 inches long and inconspicuous flowers in clusters. Native to hot 

 valleys of the Himalayas and the Deccan Peninsula. 



128947. Hemipheagma hetekophylltjm Wall. Scrophulariaceae. 



A prostrate herbaceous perennial with slender loosely tufted, creeping stems 

 1 to 2 feet long, ovate stem leaves Vs to % of an inch long, smaller needle- 

 shaped branch leaves, and very small sessile pink flowers. Native to the tem- 

 perate Himalayan region at altitudes between 4,000 and 12,000 feet. 



128948. Heeacleum wallichii DC. Apiaceae. 



A stout perennial about 4 feet high, with compound umbels of small yellow 

 flowers. Native to the Himalayas at 10,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 111051. 



128949. Hymenopogon paeasiticus Wall. Rubiaceae. 



A small straggling shrub, often epiphytic, with elliptic-lanceolate or oblan- 

 ceolate leaves 3 to 12 inches long. Native to the temperate Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 3,000 to 8,000 feet. 



128950. Hypericum hookerianum Wight and Arn. Hypericaceae. 



St. Johnswort. 



For previous introduction see 116590. 



128951. Hypericum oblongifolium Choisy. Hypericaceae. St. Johnswort. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to the temperate slopes of the Himalayas at 

 altitudes between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. The sessile ovate-lanceolate leaves 

 are 1 to 3 inches long, and the nodding flowers, 2 inches across, are white on 

 opening, turning light yellow with age. 



For previous introduction see 102767. 



128952. Lactuca maceantha Clarke. Cichoriaceae. Lettuce. 



A stout perennial lettuce up to 2 feet high, with large pinnatifid leaves and 

 loosely panicled heads of blue flowers. Native to the Sikkim Himalayas at 

 altitudes of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 122101. 



128953. Leucosceptrum canum J. E. Smith. Menthaceae. 



A stout-branched, densely hairy tree, commonly about 30 feet high, with large 

 narrowly ovate leaves, silvery hairy beneath and at times a foot long. The 

 small white or pinkish flowers are in spikes. Native to temperate regions of 

 the Himalayas at altitudes of 2,000 to 8,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 65260. 



128954. Leycesteria belliana W. W. Smith. Caprifoliaceae. 



A small graceful shrub with opposite membranous lance-shaped leaves and 

 sessile 2- to 4-flowered spikes of rosy-white flowers. It is native to the Sikkim 

 Himalayas near the Nepal border at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 61610. 



