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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76033 to 76044— Continued. 



76039. Paulownia speciosa Hort. Scrophu- 

 lariaceae. 



A Chinese ornamental tree with purple 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 72645. 



76040 to 76042. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



76040. Rosa canina leucantha Boiss. 



A form of the dog rose which differs in 

 having glandular petioles and larger leaflets 

 which, on the underside, have glands on the 

 veins. Native to the Caucasus region. 



76041. Rosa divaricata Hort. 

 An ornamental shrub. 



76042. Rosa noisettiana Thory. 



Noisette rose. 



Variety faroncana. A vigorous shrub 10 

 feet high. 



76043. Salix magnifica Hemsl. Salicaceae. 



Willow. 



A shrub or small tree with purple buds and 

 young shoots, native to China. It is remarkable 

 for the large elliptic leaves resembling those of a 

 poplar and for the long fruiting catkins which 

 sometimes reach a length of 12 inches. 



76044. Syringa villosa Vahl. Oleaceae. 



Late lilac. 



A bushy lilac about 8 feet high, with stout, 

 upright branches, broadly oval, bright-green 

 leaves, and pinkish lilac flowers in panicles of 

 3 to 7 inches long. Native to China and the 

 Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see No. 66947. 



76045 and 76046. Gossypittm spp. 

 Malvaceae. * Cotton. 



From the Galapagos Islands. Seeds obtained 

 through T. H. Kearney, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received January 19, 1928. 



Wild cotton collected by J. R. Slevin, of the 

 California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 

 Calif. 



76045. Gossypium sp. 



A. Seeds of a fuzzy-seeded form. 



76046. Gossypium sp. 



B. [Received without notes.] 



76047. Pirocydonia sp. Malaceae. 



From Paris, France. Cuttings obtained by Charles 

 F. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 January 21, 1928. 



A hybrid between Pyrus and Cydonia obtained 

 at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. 



76048. CORYPHA TTMBRACT7LIFERA L. 



Phoenicaceae. Talipot palm. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented by 

 T. H. Parsons, Curator of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived January 23, 1928. 



A large palm up to 80 feet high, native to Ceylon, 

 with leaves 12 feet long and 16 feet broad, made up 

 of lobed segments. The creamy white flowers are 

 in huge terminal panicles 20 feet long, and the palm 

 dies after fruiting. 



For previous introduction see No. 52802. 



76049 to 76059. 



From Orleans, France. Plants presented by Leon 

 Chenault. Received January 25, 1928. 



76049. Acer hersii Rehder. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



A medium-sized maple tree, native to north- 

 ern China, with cordate, broadly ovate, long- 

 pointed, 3-lobed leaves and winged nutlets about 

 an inch long. 



76050. Ai.nus hirsuta sibirica C. Schneid. 

 Betulaceae. Alder. 



A handsome Siberian tree, 60 feet high, of 

 broad-pyramidal habit and vigorous growth, 

 with broadly ovate leaves about 5 inches long 

 which are dark green above and glaucous 

 beneath. 



76051. Berchemia giraldiana C. Schneid. 

 Rhamnaceae. 



A low-climbing woody Chinese shrub with 

 ovate leaves 3 inches long, grayish white beneath, 

 and attractive red fruits. 



76052. Betula schmidtii Regel. Betulaceae. 



Birch. 



A Japanese tree, 65 feet high, with a trunk 

 3H to IVi feet in diameter and black bark which 

 falls off in thick, rather small plates. The finely 

 serrate leaves are short stemmed, and the cat- 

 kins are narrow, stiff, and erect. 



For previous introduction see No. 64234. 



76053. Caryopteris mongholica Bunge. Yer- 

 benaceae. 



An ornamental woody plant producing, 

 during the autumn, lavender-blue flowers in 

 densely clustered axillary cymes. In this 

 species the flowers are less numerous, but larger 

 than those of Caryopteris incana. 



For previous introduction see No. 42776. 



76054. Cladrastis sinensis Hemsl. Fabaceae. 



A Chinese tree up to 80 feet high, with large 

 panicles of white or pinkish flowers. 



76055. Cotoneaster serotina Hutchinson. 

 Malaceae. 



A small Chinese tree with elliptic papery 

 leaves, small white flowers borne in many- 

 flowered corymblike clusters, and attractive, 

 bright-red berries which persist throughout 

 most of the winter. 



For previous introduction see No. 62321. 



76056. Evodia daniellii (Benn.) Hemsl. 

 Rutaceae. 



A bushy tree, 10 to 20 feet high, with un- 

 equally pinnate leaves up to 3 inches long, 

 numerous corymbose panicles of whitish flowers 

 which appear in June and July, and oblong or 

 elongated fruit capsules which have a peculiar 

 aromatic odor and a pungent bitter flavor. 

 Native to northern China. 



For previous introduction see No. 49131. 



76057. Lespedeza cyrtobotrya Miquel. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A low shrubby Japanese plant with racemes 

 of rosy purple, pea-shaped flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 73439. 



76058. Staphylea holocarpa rosea Rehd. 

 and Wils. Staphyleaceae. Bladdernut. 



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. 



76059. Ulmus sp. Ulmaceae. Elm. 

 A tree native to central Asia. 



