58 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 142 



135733 to 135787— Continued 



135786 and 135787. Trifolium spp. Fabaceae, 



135786. Trifolium sp. 



No. 5004. From Mazarisharif, November 2, 1939, at 1,200 feet altitude. A 

 fodder plant. 



135787. Trifolium sp. 



No. 4878. From Burchao Pass, October 13, 1939. A prostrate perennial 

 growing along streams and meadows. 



135788. Ficus roxburghii Wall. Moraceae. Fig, 



From India. Plants presented by the Royal Botanical Garden, Sibpur, near Cal- 

 cutta, through Dr. David Fairchild. Received March 5, 1940. 



A low, spreading evergreen tree, native to India, 20 to 30 feet high, with broadly 

 ovate, cordate, entire or toothed leaves and russet-brown or purple fruits 2 inches 

 in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 86675. 



135789 to 135798. 



From Massachusetts. Seeds purchased from F. W. Schumacher, Jamaica Plain, 

 Boston. Received February 27, 1940. 



135789. Acanthopanax leucorrhizus var. scaberulus Harms and Rehder. 

 Araliaceae. 



A variety with 5 leaflets, smaller and narrower than those of the type, usually 

 oblong-obovate, and doubly serrate. 



135790. Amorpha brachycarpa Palmer. Fabaceae. 



A slender erect shrub 2 to 3 feet high, somewhat like Amorpha nana, native to 

 Missouri. The pinnate leaves with crowded small leaflets are rather numerous. 

 The small, bright, violet-blue flowers are in dense spikelike racemes arranged like 

 panicles, terminating the stems. 



135791. Betula grossa Sieb. and Zucc. Betulaceae. 



A large handsome tree up to 50 feet high, with yellowish-brown bark, ovate, 

 irregularly doubly serrate, long-acuminate leaves 2 to 3H> inches long. Native 

 to Japan and Manchuria. 



For previous introduction see 117054. 



135792. Betula mandshurica (Regel) Nakai. Betulaceae. Birch. 



A white-barked birch up to 80 feet high, with the leaves often broadly wedge- 

 shaped at the base. Native to Hopeh Province, China. 



For previous introduction see 102740. 



135793. Betula maximowicziana Regel. Betulaceae. 



135794. Buddleia japonica Hemsl. Loganiaceae. Japanese butterflybush. 



A deciduous shrub 3 to 5 feet in height, sparsely branched and of an open habit. 

 The very narrow dark-green leaves are up to 8 inches in length, and the pale-lilac 

 flowers are densely crowded in terminal-branched panicles. This shrub is native 

 to Japan and is rather striking in autumn with its long, dense, drooping panicles of 

 fruit. 



For previous introduction see 55077. 



135795. Evodia daniellii (Benn.) Hemsl. Rutaceae. 



A bushy tree, 10 to 20 feet high, with unequally pinnate leaves up to 3 inches 

 long, numerous corymbose panicles of whitish flowers that appear in June and 

 July, and oblong or elongated fruit capsules that have a peculiar aromatic odor 

 and a pungent bitter flavor. 



For previous introduction see 93115. 



135796. X Magnolia soulangeana Soul. Magnoliaceae. 

 Brozzoni. 



