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128924 to 128984— Continued 



128955. Ligustrum confusum Decaisne. Oleaceae. Privet. 



A small tree up to 40 feet high, one of the tropical relatives of the California 

 privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) . The obtuse leathery leaves are about 9 inches 

 long, and the small white flowers are in panicles 1 to 5 inches long. Native to 

 northern India at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,500 feet. 



For previous introduction see 122103. 



128956. Lilium nepalense D. Don. Liliaceae. Lily. 



A showy lily, native to the central Himalayas, with a slender erect stem 2 

 to 3 feet long, leafy to the inflorescence. The glossy, bright-green leaves, 4 to 6 

 inches long, are oblong-lanceolate and 5-ribbed. The flowers, 4 to 5 inches long, 

 are greenish yellow outside and yellow within and flushed, except in the upper 

 third, with purplish black. The oblanceolate segments are reflexed only in the 

 upper half. The purplish-black filaments bear yellow anthers nearly an inch 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 115982. 



128957. Lobelia pyeamidalis Wall. Campanulaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial 2 to 7 feet high, found between 3,000 and 9,000 feet 

 altitude in the Himalayas. The linear leaves are glabrous, and the purple-rose 

 or whitish flowers are produced in many-flowered racemes. 



For previous introduction see 116596. 



128958. Loniceea glabbata Wall. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



A shrubby climber, native to the temperate Himalayas up to 8,000 feet alti- 

 tude. The cordate-oblong, leathery leaves are 3 to 5 inches long and the yellow 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are tinged with purple outside and are followed by black 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see 99739. 



128959. Lysimachia cheNopodioides Hook. f. Primulaceae. 



An erect or decumbent herb 1 to iy 2 feet high, with elliptic ovate leaves y 2 to 

 1 inch long and small white or pale-pink flowers in the leaf axils. Native to the 

 temperate Himalayas at altitudes of 6,000 to 9,000 feet. 



128960. Osbeckia NEPALENSis Hook. Melastomaceae. 



An evergreen shrub about 18 inches high, native to the Himalayas at altitudes 

 up to 4,000 feet, with a rough erect stem, opposite, lanceolate rigid leaves, and 

 large purplish-rose or white flowers in terminal and axillary panicles or 

 corymbs. 



For previous introduction see 124258, 



128961. Oxyspoea paniculata (D. Don) DO. Melastomaceae. 



A large spreading shrub with drooping branches, opposite ovate leaves 5 inches 

 long, and large loose panicles of rose-purple flowers. Native to the subtropical 

 and temperate Himalayas at altitudes of 3,000 to 7,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 99745. 



128962. Pentapteeygium seepens (Wight) Klotzsch. Vacciniaceae. 



An epiphytic evergreen shrub with slender pendulous branches 2 to 4 feet 

 high, small ovate leaves, and solitary axillary bright-red flowers an inch or 

 over in length. Native to the eastern Himalayas at 3,000 to 8,000 feet altitude. 



128963. Phlomis setigeea Falcon. Menthaceae. 



A tall erect herbaceous perennial, with ovate leaves 4 to 8 inches long and 

 many small white flowers in dense axillary whorls. Native to the temperate 

 Himalayas at altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet. 



