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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77818. (Undetermined.) 



From China. Seeds collected by J. F. 

 Rock, National Geographic Society, 

 Washington, D. C. Received November 

 19, 1928. 



No. 16736. From the Litang River Val- 

 ley, above Wachin monastery, Muli Terri- 

 tory, southwestern Szecnwan, July, 1928. 

 A curious lilylike plant 5 feet or more tall, 

 bearing between 00 and 100 fragrant 

 flowers about l ] /£ inches long and of a most 

 delicate mauve lavender. It grows in 

 forest clearings at an altitude of 13,000 

 feet. Unlike true lilies, it has not 1 bulb 

 .but beats from 10 to 15 bulblets at the 

 ends of tbe short roots. 



77819 to 77870. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Rochester. 

 N. Y. Collected by Paul Russell, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received in Novem- 

 ber, 1928. 



Seeds have been received unless other- 

 wise stated. 



77819 to 77855. From tbe Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. The 

 numbers at the beginning of some of 

 the descriptions refer to those of the 

 Arnold Arboretum. 



77819. ACAXTHOPANAX LEUCORRHIZUM 



(Oliver) Harms. Araliaceae. 



No. 10655. An ornamental shrub up 

 to 12 feet high with prickly branches, 

 digitately compound sharply serrate 

 leaves, and small round black berries 

 in numerous large pendulous umbels. 

 Native to central and western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 40710. 



77320 to 77822. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



77820. Acer argutum Maxim. 



No. 1796-2. A small, deciduous 

 tree with erect branches and doubly 

 serrate leaves 2 to 4 inches long. 

 The greenish yellow flowers are 

 produced during April before the 

 leaves, and the keys are borne in 

 hanging racemes. This tree is a 

 native of the mountain woods of 

 Japan and makes an elegant ap- 

 pearance with its pale-green leaves 

 during the summer and its purplish- 

 brown branches in the winter. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43676. 



77821. Acer grisedm (Franch.) 

 Pax. Paperbark maple. 



A handsome western Chinese ma- 

 ple which becomes 30 feet high 

 under favorable conditions. The 

 leaves are trifoliolate. The strik- 

 ing feature of this maple is the 

 cinnamon-brown papery bark which 

 flakes off like that of the river birch. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 38992. 



77822. Acer tschoxoskii Maxim. 



No. 12577. A graceful shrubby 

 tree 20 feet or less high, native to 

 Japan. The leaves turn to bright 

 yellow in the autumn. 



77823. Callicarpa giraldiana Hesse. 

 Verbenaceae. 



No. 6712. A deciduous Chinese shrub 

 10 feet high, with membranous ligbt- 



77819 to 77870— Continued. 



green leaves, cymes of pink flowers, 

 and dense clusters of round berrylike 

 violet fruits, which hang on after the 

 leaves have fallen. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76183. 



77824. Carpixus cordata B 1 u m e. 

 Betulaceae. Hornbeam. 



No. 12971. A handsome hardy tree 

 40 feet or less high, with oval-oblong, 

 acuminate leaves 3 to 6 inches 

 Native to Japan and Manchuria. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 71141. 



77825. Cephalotaxus DRUPACEA SINEN- 

 SIS Rehd. and Wils. Taxaceae. 



An ornamental evergreen yewlike 

 shrub up to 12 feet high, with stiff 

 spreading branches and sharp-pointed 

 linear leaves about an inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 40018. 



77826. Corn us kousa chixensis Os- 

 born. Cornaceae. 



No. 13123. A Chinese dogwood which 

 becomes about 25 feet high, with dark- 

 green leaves nearly 5 inches long and 

 showy white flowers which appear in 

 June after the leaves. The fruiting 

 heads are globose, pinkish, and about 

 an inch across. 



77827. Cotoxeaster apiculata Rehd. 

 and Wils. Malaceae. 



No. 7275-B. A low wide-spreading 

 shrub with closely overlapping branches 

 forming a mound 2 or 3 feet high. 

 The small oval dark-green leaves, 

 which persist until winter, form an 

 excellent background for the bright- 

 scarlet berries in autumn. Native to 

 western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76231. 



77828. Decaisxea fargesii Franch. 

 Lardizabalaceae. 



A handsome shrub up to 15 feet high 

 with large pinnate leaves 3 feet long, 

 greenish flowers in long pendulous 

 racemes, and deep-blue fruits 3 to 4 

 inches long. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction .see No. 

 62922. 



77329. EUONYMUS MAACKII Rupl". 



Celastraceae. 



A large shrub or small tree with 

 narrowly oval leaves about 3 inches 

 long and small clusters of pink, 4-lobed 

 fruits which have orange-red arils. 

 Native to northeastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 60567. 



77830. Fraxixus buxgeaxa DC. Olea- 

 ceae. Ash. 



No. 14626-B. A hardy shrubby Chi- 

 nese ash 15 feet or less high, said to 

 grow well in dry rocky ground. 



77831. Hamamelis mollis Oliver. 

 Hamamelidaceae. 



Chinese witchhazel. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 77681. 



