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78178 to 78182— Continued. 



Ishio, Teshio Second University For- 

 est. Hokkaido Imperial University, 

 Toikanbetsn. Teshio Gun, Hokkaido, 

 November, 1928. 



78180. No. 782. Aka ezomatsu. Col- 

 lected at Jozankei, near Sapporo, and 

 sent by Otobiko Ito, Sapporo Hok- 

 kaido, November, 1928. 



78181. Pruncs serrulata sachalinensis 

 (Schmidt) Makino (Pncnus sargenti 

 Render). Amygdalaceae. 



Sargent cherry. 



No. 7S0. Collected in Maruyama, near 

 Sapporo. Hokkaido, and sent by Otobiko 

 Ito, November. 1928. Ezoyamazakura. 

 A tall handsome tree, native to northern 

 Japan, up to about 80 feet high, with 

 smooth, dark-brown bark and ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, sharply serrate leaves. 

 The single pink flowers are in few-flowered 

 clusters, and the black fruits are about 

 the size of peas. This wild Japanese 

 cherry is considered by E. H. Wilson, 

 Arnold Arboretum. Jamaica Plain. Mass., 

 to be the parent of several of the finest 

 double-flowering varieties of flowering 

 cherries and also to be the most satis- 

 factory stock on which to work these va- 

 rieties. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77652. 



78182. Pterocarya sorbifolia Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Juglandaceae. Wingnut. 



No. 778. Collected in the National For- 

 est in the Hamamachi Eirinsho district, 

 and sent by Yoshikiyo Sugita, director of 

 the Hamamachi Eirinsho, Kyoslm. Kuma- 

 moto Ken. November. 192S. ' Nobn no ki. 

 A tree, nntive to Japan, nearly 100 feet 

 high, with large compound leaves and 

 long racemes of winged fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75686. 



78183. Phajus taxkervilliae (Ait.) 

 Blume. Orehidaceae. 



From Takengon. Sumatra. Rhizomes col- 

 lected by David Fairchild and P. H. Dor- 

 sett, agricultural explorers. Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, with the Allison V. Ar- 

 mour expedition. Received May 14, 1926. 

 Numbered in October, 1928. 



No. 459. March 1, 1926. A vigorous or- 

 chid with rather coarse, erect leaves and 

 stalks 30 to 36 inches high, bearing 14 to 

 18 flowers about 2% inches in diameter. 

 The petals are creamy white, more or less 

 flushed with bronze. The lip is deeply 

 flushed with bronze and with purple on the 

 inner surface. The flowers are not fra- 

 grant. 



78184 to 78236. 



From Grahamstown, South Africa. Plants 

 obtained from W. and C. Gowie. through 

 Hugh Evans, Santa Monica, Calif. Re- 

 ceived in November, 1928. 



78184 to 78187. Aloe spp. Liliaceae. 



78184. Aloe ciliaris Haworth. 



A fleshy plant, native to South 

 Africa, with stems many yards long, 

 terete branches, thick linear leaves 6 

 inches long, and lax racemes of bright- 

 red flowers. 



78185. Aloe myriacantha (Haw.) 

 Roem. and Schult. 



A fleshy plant with a rosette of 10 

 to 12 linear leaves, 6 inches long, 



78184 to 78236— Continued. 



mottled with white spots, and a dense 

 cluster of curved tubular flowers on a 

 stem a foot high. Native to South 

 Africa. 



78186. Aloe tendior Haw. 



A creeping succulent vine, native to 

 South Africa, with terete branches 

 striped with green, linear leaves 8 

 inches long, and racemes of pale-yellow 

 flowers. 



78187. Aloe variegata L. 



A perennial, native to South Africa, 

 with a leafy stem 6 to 9 inches high. 

 The triangular ascending leaves, 2 to 5 

 inches long in three close oblique ranks, 

 are green crossed by bands of elon- 

 gated white blotches and have white, 

 scarcely serrate margins. The flower- 

 ing stem is about a foot high, bearing a 

 raceme of red tubular flowers 1 to 2 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77219. 



78188. Anacampseros telephiastrum DC. 

 Portulacaceae. 



A succulent plant, native to South 

 Africa, a few inches high, with thick 

 orbicular leaves and panicles of reddish 

 flowers. 



78189. Apicra deltoidea Baker. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



A succulent, a foot high, with thick 

 deltoid leaves an inch long which are 

 bright shining green without spots or 

 tubercles, and lax racemes of whitish 

 flowers. Native to South Africa. 



78190. Caralluma lutea N. E. Brown. 

 Asclepiadaceae. 



A dwarf leafless succulent, native to 

 South Africa, with crowded purple- 

 mottled green stems 4 inches long, 

 sharply four angled, and armed with 

 stout horizontal teeth nearly half an 

 inch long. The yellow flowers, in a clus- 

 ter of 20 to 25, are 2 to 3 inches broad, 

 and most of them open at the same time. 



78191 to 78196. Cotyledon spp. Crassul- 

 aceae. 



78191. Cotyledon cristata Haw. 



A nearly stemless succulent with 

 petiolate cuneate leaves an inch long, 

 and a stem, 8 inches high, about half 

 of which bears tubular flowers. Native 

 to South Africa. 



78192. Cotyledon gracilis Harvey. 



A dwarf plant, 4 to 6 inches high, 

 native to South Africa, with slender 

 stems, spatulate leaves 1 to 2 inches 

 long, and opposite terminal panicles 

 of tubular flowers. 



78193 and 78194. Cotyledon orbicu- 



LATA L. 



A succulent plant up to 4 feet high, 

 with opposite nearly circular mealy 

 leaves which have red margins and 

 panicles of large reddish flowers. 

 Native to South Africa. 



78193. No. 1. 



78194. No. 2. 



78195. Cotyledon sp. 



A succulent plant, native to South 

 Africa, with usually fleshy leaves and 

 reddish or yellowish flowers. 



