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285310 to 285478—Continued 
285417. RUBUS FOCKEANUS S. Kurz 
Col. No. 1152. In moss along streambed, Mt. Furkai. Elevation 8,000 
feet. Small, prostrate runner grows as ground cover; leaves trifoliate. 
285418. RUBUS ASSAMENSIS Focke 
Col. No. 1251. Evergreen forest above Mardi Khola. Elevation 8,500 feet. 
Shrub to 15 feet high; leaves coarse, ovate, spines on midrib; fruit red, 
turning black. 
285419. RUBUS sp. 
Col. No. 1281. Above Godavari. Elevation 6,500 feet. Plant rampant; 
fruits red. 
285420. SALIX sp. Salicaceae. 
Col. No. 1162. Grassland, Mt. Furkai. Elevation 11,500 feet. Plants to 10 
inches high; young stems red, older stems yellow. 
285421. SALIX sp. 
Col. No. 1168. Open fields, Mt. Furkai. Elevation 11,500 feet. Plants to 
10 feet high; twigs grey, pubescence brilliant in sunlight. 
285422. SOLANUM sp. Solanaceae. 
Col. No. 13818. Along streambed near Godavari. Elevation 6,800 feet. 
Plant bushy; leaves thorny; fruits to 1.5 inches diameter, yellow. 
285423. SORBUS FOLIOLOSA (Wall.) Spach Malaceae. 
Col. No. 1170. Rhododendron forest, Mt. Furkai. Elevation 10,200 feet. 
Tree to 20 feet high; leaves pinnate; fruits white, in terminal clusters. 
285424. SORBUS sp. 
Col. No. 1173. Open, sunny field, with rhododendrons, roses, cherries and 
willows, Mt. Furkai. Elevation 11,500 feet. Fruit pale pink, in terminal 
clusters. 
285425. SPIRAEA JAPONICA var. HIMALAICA Kitamura Rosaceae. 
Col. No. 1161. Open fields, Mt. Furkai. Elevation 10,900 feet. Shrub to 6 
feet high. 
285426. COTONEASTER ACUMINATA Lindl. Malaceae. 
Col. No. 1131. Dry slope, sunny forest edge, Mt. Furkai. Elevation 9,250 
feet. Evergreen shrub to 10 feet high, leaves alternate, narrow elliptic; 
fruit obovate, on short, bright red spurs, 2 seeded. 
285427. SYMPLOCOS RAMOSISSIMA Wall. ex DC. Symplocaceae. 
Col. No. 1198. Semishady moist forest, pass between Damdam and Bega. 
Elevation 7,900 feet. Evergreen to 20 feet high; leaves alternate, ovate; 
fruit axillary, blue. 
285428. TRICHOSANTHES PALMATA Roxb. Cucurbitaceae. 
Col. No. 1237. On trees above Mardi Khola. Elevation 5,600 feet. Vine, 
cucurbitlike, with tendrils; fruit a bright red gourd; skin smooth; flesh 
yellow; seeds numerous, covered with greenish webbing. Ornamental. 
285429. TRICHOSANTHES sp. 
Col. No. 1214. Over roadside shrubs along Kali Gandaki River. Elevation 
9,800 feet. Vine; leaves deeply 8 cleft; fruit round, striped, to 1-inch 
diameter. 
285430. VIBURNUM sp. Caprifoliaceae. 
Col. No. 1114. Along granite slopes of small stream, with mahonia, bam- 
boo and evergreen oaks, at base of Ulleri. Elevation 4,600 feet. Shrub to 8 
feet high; leaves opposite, coarse; fruits in terminal corymbs, red. 
