58 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



129306 to 129308. 



From India. Seeds purchased from the Divisional Forest Officer, Darjeeling, 

 Bengal. Received May 27, 1938. 



129306. Abies spectabilis Spach. Pinaceae. Himalayan fir. 



A tree, sometimes 150 feet high, native to the Himalayas at altitudes between 

 7,Q00 and 13,000 feet. The dark-green leaves are arranged in 2 opposite series 

 so as to leave a V-shaped opening along the top; the individual leaves are 1 

 to 2 inches long. The cones are about 5 inches long, are violet purple at first, 

 later becoming brown. 



For previous introduction see 122049. 



129307. Pkunus napaulensis (Seringe) Steud. Amygdalaceae. 



A small tree, native to the temperate Himalayas at altitudes up to 10,000 

 feet. The lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, crenate-serrate leaves, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, are glaucous beneath, and the white flowers, in dense racemes, are followed 

 by globose-ovoid blue fruits nearly 1 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 102773. 



129308. Tsug-a dumosa (D. Don) Eichler. Hemlock. 



A handsome forest tree, sometimes 120 feet high, with gracefully drooping 

 branches, native to northwestern India between 8,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 122048. 



129309 and 129310. 



From Malta. Seeds presented by the Director, Royal University Botanic Gardens, 

 Floriana. Received June 1, 1938. 



129309. Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees. Asteraceae. China aster. 

 For previous introduction and description see 129017. 



129310. Cannabis sativa L. Moraceae. Hemp. 



129311 to 129315. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by S. Sakurai, Department of Forestry, Tokyo 

 Imperial University, Tokyo. Received May 24, 1938. 



129311 to 129313. Alnus spp. Betulaceae. Alder. 



129311. Alnus pendula Mats. 



A graceful shrub or small tree up to 25 feet high, native to Japan. The 

 sharply serrate, dark-green leaves are oblong with long points, and the small 

 conelike fruits are on slender pedicels in pendulous racemes. 



For previous introduction see 75699. 



129312. Alnus firma Sieb. and Zucc. 



A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet high, with long slender branches and 

 handsome foliage remaining green until late in the fall. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 10529. 



129313. Alnus hirsuta Turcz. Manchurian alder. 

 A handsome vigorous medium-sized tree, up to 65 feet high, native to Japan 



and Manchuria. The rounded-elliptic, slightly lobed, dull dark-green leaves, 

 which are reddish-brown hairy beneath, are 2% to 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 127044. 



129314. Lespedeza bicolor japonica Nakai. Fabaceae. 



A shrub 5 to 8 feet high, with slender, graceful branches and oval to rounded- 

 ovate leaflets. The small white flowers are in racemes 1 to 4 inches long. Na- 

 tive to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 83799. 



129315. Zoysia japonica Steud. (Osterdamia japonica Hitchc). Poaceae. 



Japanese lawngrass. 



For previous introduction see 106840. 



