D PLANT INVENTORY NO. 150 



143713 to 143732— Continued. 



143722. Paeonia delavayi Franch. 



A very attractive, vigorous shrub 4 feet high, with deep-crimson flow- 

 ers 3 inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 105671. 



143723. Paeonia emodi Wall. 



A peony up to 2 feet high, with ternatisect leaves 6 to 12 inches long 

 and white flowers. Native to the temperate Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 122904. 



143724. Paeonia emodi Wall. 



Introduced under the varietal name "glabrata," for which a place of 

 publication has not been found. 



143725. Paeonia mlokosewitschi Lomakin. 



A herbaceous peony with dark bluish-green biternate leaves with red 

 nerves and margins of yellow flowers 4 to 5 inches in diameter, which 

 have numerous stamens and purple stigmas. This peony, considered the 

 handsomest of the yellow-flowered forms, is native to the central Cau- 

 casus. 



For previous introduction see 90639. 



143726. Paeonia willmottiae Stapf. 



143727. Paeonia veitchii Lynch. 



A herbaceous peony, native to western China, about 2 feet high, with 

 shining light-green leaves and purple-crimson flowers about 4 inches 

 across. 



For previous introduction see 103391. 



143728. Paeonia veitchii Lynch. 



Introduced under the varietal name "woodwardii," for which a place 

 of publication has not been found. 



143729. Paeonia wittmanniana var. tomentosa Lomak. 



143730. Paeonia wittmanniana Lindl. 



Introduced under the varietal name "nudicarpa," for which a place 

 of valid publication has not been found. 



143731. Rosa. Rosaceae. 



Introduced under the name "highdownensis," for which a proper place 

 of valid publication has not been found. Said to be a hybrid of Rosa moyesii. 



143732. Staphylea holocarpa var. rosea Rehd. & Wils. Staphyleaceae. 



A Chinese shrub or small tree up to 30 feet high, with trifoliolate leaves, 

 slender panicles of pink flowers, and pear-shaped, bladdery fruits about 

 2 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 76058. 



143733 to 143738. 



From Asia. Seeds collected by Dr. Jill Cossley-Batt, New York. Received 

 January 22, 1942. 



Collected in Kampa Dzong, Tibet, unless otherwise specified. 



143733. Canavalia sp. Fabaceae. 



143734. Croton sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



143735. Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. 

 For previous introduction see 107473. 



