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285310 to 285478—Continued 
| 285470. PRUNUS NAPAULENSIS (Seringe) Steud. Amygdalaceae. 
Col. No. 1247. Moist, rocky areas in forest, near Marchhapuchhare. Ele- 
| vation 7,000 feet. Tree to 40 feet high; leaves alternate, elliptic, serrate; 
| fruit a drupe, purple. 
285471. LITSEA LANUGINOSA Nees Lauraceae. 
Col. No. 1252. Evergreen forest above Mardi Khola. Elevation 7,200 feet. 
Evergreen tree to 60 feet high; leaves simple, ovate, entire; fruit a drupe 
or single-seeded berry, black. 
285472. (Undetermined.) 
Col. No. 1260. Dense forest above Mardi Khola. Elevation 9,000 feet. 
Evergreen tree to 30 feet high; leaves opposite, somewhat rugose; fruit 
large, pale red; seeds orange. 
285473. Ficus sp. Moracae. 
Col. No. 1268. Along path near Pokhara. Small evergreen tree; leaves 
alternate, lanceolate, coriaceous; fruit solitary, axillary, black, multiseed- 
ed. Cultivated for cattle feed. 
285474. GREWIA OPPOSITIFOLIA Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. Tiliaceae. 
Col. No. 1270. Along Mardi Khola, near Pokhara. Elevation 3,000 feet. 
| Small tree; leaves alternate, broad ovate, coriaceous; fruit 4 parted, termi- 
nal. 
285475. MYRSINE SEMISERRATA Wall. Myrsinaceae. 
Col. No. 1277. Along moist streambed above Godavari. Elevation 5,800 
feet. Tree to 12 feet high; leaves narrow. elliptic, acuminate, finely toothed; 
fruits 0.25 inch diameter, lavender, in clusters of 1 to 3. 
285476. (Undetermined. ) 
Col. No. 1282. Along path at Godavari. Elevation 6,500 to 7,000 feet. 
Leguminous vine; leaves pealike, in 3’s. 
285477. VIBURNUM CORIACEUM Blume 
Col. No. 1311. Dry, woody slopes, Dhaman. Elevation 7,700 feet. Ever- 
green shrub; leaves opposite; petioles reddish; fruits in a corymb, small, 
blue. 
285478. PAROCHETUS COMMUNIS Buch.-Ham. Fabaceae. 
Col. No. 1316. ‘Blue Pea’. Seen in moist areas in wild. Seeds from a 
cultivated plant in Botanical Garden at Godavari. 
285479 to 285515. 
From Nepal. Plants and cuttings collected by J. L. Creech and F. deVos, 
agricultural explorers, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, 
Beltsville, Md. and the National Arboretum, Washington, D.C., respec- 
tively. Received December 21, 1962. Collected in the wild during October 
and November 1962. 
285479. AERIDES MULTIFLORUM Roxb. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 
Col. No. 1820. Godavari. Elevation 5,000 feet. Plant stout; stems to 10 
inches long; flowers to 1 inch in diameter, purple, spotted. 
285480. CALANTHE PLANTAGINEA Lindl. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 
Col. No. 1331. Along streambed above Godavari. Elevation 7,000 feet. 
Terrestrial. 
285481. CIRRHOPETALUM sp. Orchidaceae. 
Col. No. 1380. On rhododendrons on hillside above Dhaman. Elevation 
8,500 feet. Small epiphyte; flowers yellow. 
