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41581 to 41618— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.) 



41609. Meconopsis sp. Papaveracese. 



"(No. 4898.) A bushy, spiny plant among bowlders and gravel on an 

 island of a stream at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Flowers, 24 to a plant, 

 not seen. Either Meconopsis horridula or Meconopsis sinuata, but typical 

 of neither." 



41610. Hydrangea sp. Hydrangeaeeae. 



"(No. 4900.) Bush 3 feet high in peaty and sandy soil in the shelter 

 of a hill by a stream at an altitude of 12,000 feet. Best ever." 



41611. Gentian a sp. Gentianaeese. Gentian. 

 "(No. 4901.) An herb 4 feet high growing among rhodendron scrub at 



an altitude of 12,500 feet. Yellow, well-shaped flowers." 



41612. Saussueea sp. Asteraceae. 



"(No. 4904.) A tufted plant in peaty turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet. 

 Flowers purple, rosette 8 inches in diameter, leaves much cut and 

 frilled." 



41613. Saxtfkaga sp. Saxifragacere. Saxifrage. 

 "(No. 4905.) Mat habited on peaty turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet. 



Flowers pink and white on 2-inch upright stems." 



41614. Saussurea sp. Asteraceae. 



"(No. 4906. ) A woolly gray mound 6 inches in diameter on scree 

 debris at an altitude of 14,000 feet. Flowers yellow." 



41615. Cyananthus lobatus Wallich. Campanula cese. 



"(No. 4908.) Procumbent herb on turf at an altitude of 13.000 feet, 

 with erect, large blue flowers." 



41616. Seseli sp. Apiacea?. 



"(No. 4909.) A graceful tufted umebllifer, G to 10 inches high, on sandy 

 turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Head of pink and white flowers." 



41617. Cyananthus sp. Campanulaceae. 



"(No. 4910.) (Perhaps new.) A small tufted plant, rosette ouly 4 

 inches in diameter in fruit. Grows in gravelly and peaty turf by a lake 

 at an altitude of 13,000 feet." 



41618. Anisomeles ovata R. Brown. Menthaceoe. 



" (No. 4913.) An herb 4 inches high with white, solitary large flowers. 

 On gravelly exposed sites at an altitude of 10,500 feet." 



41619. Canavali obtusifolium (Lam.) DC. Fabacese. 



From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. B. Har- 

 rison. Received December 15, 1915. 

 " A native pink-flowered bean growing on the beach or seacoast here to a 

 length of 20 or 30 feet. It is regarded as a poisonous plant by some writers, al- 

 though it is said to be a good poultry food." (Harrison.) 



41620. Canavali gladiatum (Jacq.) DC. Fabacese. Sword bean. 



From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received Decem- 

 ber 21, 1915. 

 " Ta tao tou, great bean. A plant 10 to 15 feet long, bearing red flowers ; it 

 takes about six months to grow, and fruits in the autumn. It does best in a 



