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135789 to 135798 - Continued 



135797. Prinsepia sinensis Oliver. Amygdalaceae. Cherry prinsepia. 



For previous introduction see 135615. 



135798. Viburnum wrightii var. hessei (Koehne) Rehder. Caprifoliaceae. 



135799 to 135804. 



From India. Seeds presented by G. Ghose & Co., Town-end, Darjeeling. Received 

 March 1, 1940. 



135799 to 135802. Gaultheria spp. Ericaceae. 



135799. Gaultheria hookeri C. B. Clarke. 



135800. Gaultheria nummularioides D. Don. 



A procumbent shrub, native to the Himalayas at altitudes up to 9,000 feet, 

 where it covers banks with much-branched densely leafy stems. The leathery 

 ovate leaves are % inch long, and the small reddish or nearly white tubular 

 flowers are solitary on densely bracted axillary pedicels; they are followed by 

 small, fleshy, blue-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see 111048. 



135801. Gaultheria pyroloides Hook. f. and Thorns. 



A low evergreen shrub less than a foot high, with narrow-elliptic leaves 1 to 

 2 inches long and large blue-black berries. Native to the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 99662. 



135802. Gaultheria trichophylla Royle. 



A low evergreen shrub of densely tufted habit, 3 to 6 inches high, spreading 

 by means of underground shoots; the slender, wiry, bristly stems are densely 

 covered with small leaves. The narrow-oblong, stalkless leaves, \i inch long 

 and about y% inch wide, are smooth on both surfaces but bristly on the mar- 

 gins, glossy dark green above and pale beneath. The solitary bell-shaped 

 pink flowers are borne in the leaf axils and are followed by blue-black fruits. 

 Native to the Himalayas up to 13,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 115979. 



135803. Ophiopogon clarkei Hook. f. Liliaceae. 

 For previous introduction see 133119. 



135804. Ophiopogon intermedius D. Don. 

 For previous introduction see 133120. 



135805 to 135857. 



From Afghanistan. Collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Received February 7, 1940. 



Unless otherwise stated, the material was received as seeds. 



135805 to 135815. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



135805 to 135809. Allium CEPA L. Onion. 



135805. No. 4621. Pujaz. From Kala Sarkari, September 8, 1939. Said 

 to be flat and red purple. 



135806. No. 4692. Pujaz. From Tukzar, September 14, 1939. Probably a 

 mixture. The dominant type seen in gardens is flat, up to 5 inches in 

 diameter, reddish purple, with inner leaves white. 



135807. No. 4703. Sir. Bulbs from Tukzar, September 14, 1939. 



135808. No. 4998. Pujaz. From Mazarisharif, November 1, 1939, at 1,200 

 feet altitude. 



135809. No. 5005. From Tashkurghan, November 3, 1939, at 1,500 feet 

 altitude. 



135810. Allium sativum L. Garlic. 



No, 4625. Sir. Bulbs from Kala Sarkari, September 8, 1939. 



