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78389. Quercus sessiltflora Salisb. 

 Fagaceae. Durmast oak. 



From Northwood, Middlesex, England. 

 Seeds presented by R. C. B. Gardner, 

 Received December 27, 1928. 



Tbese seeds were collected in Woburn 

 Park, Bedfordshire, by permission of the 

 Duke of Bedford. A large European tree 

 closely related to the English oak, Quercus 

 robur, with lustrous bright-green obovate 

 leaves having five to nine pairs of rounded 

 lobes and hemispheric cups which cover 

 about one-third of the ovoid acorns. 



78390 to 78393. 



From China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, 

 National Geographic Society. Washington, 

 D. C. Received December 26, 1928. 



78390 and 78391. Primula spp. Primu- 

 laceae. Primrose. 



Found in alpine meadows on Mount 

 Lachouchou K'ha. southeast of Chung- 

 tien. northwestern Yunnan, China, Sep- 

 tember, 1928. 



78390. Primula sp. 



No. 17273. A herbaceous perennial 

 1 to 2*2 feet higb, with large purple 

 flowers in double and triple tiers. Col- 

 lected at an altitude of 12,000 feet. 



78391. Primula sp. 



No. 17274. A herbaceous perennial 

 1 to 2 feet high, with pale-blue flowers 

 in large tins. Collected at an altitude 

 of 14,000 feet. 



78392. Vaccimim sp. Vacciniaceae. 



No. 17313. [Received without informa- 

 tion.] 



78393. (Undetermined.) 



No. 17i'9.j. [Received without informa- 

 tion.] 



78394 and 78395. 



From Dehra Dun, India. Seeds presented 

 by R. N. Parker, forest botanist, Forest 

 Research Institute and College. Re- 

 ceived December 28, 1928. 



78394. Acer pexxapomicum J. L. Stew- 

 art. Accra ceae. Maple. 



A medium-sized tree, native to the 

 temperate slopes of the Himalayas in 

 northwestern India, witb gray or reddish 

 twigs. 3-iobed cordate leaves 4 to 

 inches long, pale green on both sides, the 

 lobes ovate and obtusely serrate. The 

 glabrous fruits, an inch long, have 

 slightly diverging veiny wings. 



78395. Carpixus fagixea Lindl. Faga- 

 ceae. 



A moderate-sized Himalayan tree found 

 between 4,000 and 7,000 feet altitude. 

 It has tomentose branches, and the ovate 

 doubly serrate falcate leaves are 3 to 5 

 inches long. The pubescent fruiting 

 bracts, an inch long, are very unequal 

 sided, the narrow side being entire and 

 the other coarsely toothed. 



78396. Olea eukopaea L. Oleaceae. 



Olive. 



From Jerusalem. Palestine. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by A. Grasovsky, Department of 

 Agriculture and Forestry. Received De- 

 cember 31, 1928. 



From the Mount of Olives. 



78397. Thujopsis dolabeata (L. f. ) 

 Sieb. and Zucc. Pinaceae. 



Hiba arborvitae. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained by R. K. 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 27, 1928. 



No. 794. Presented by Doctor Shirasawa, 

 Director of the Forest Experiment Station, 

 Meguro, Tokyo. A pyramidal Japanese 

 conifer 50 feet high, with spreading frond- 

 like branchlets, nodding at the ends, small 

 glossy dark-green leaves having white 

 patches below, and broadly ovoid cones less 

 than an inch long. The wood is very re- 

 sistant to decay and makes excellent poles 

 and ties. This variety seeds but rarely, 

 perhaps having only one good crop in 13 

 years. 



78398 to 78412. 



From Keijo, Chosen. Seeds presented by 

 M. Towaza, Director of the Forestal Ex- 

 periment Station. Received December 28, 

 1928. 



78398. Abies nephrolepij 

 Maxim. Pinaceae. 



(Trautv.) 

 Fir. 



A conifer, native to Siberia, up to 100 

 feet high, resembling the Siberian fir, 

 Abies sibirica, but with rough bark, 

 pubescent branchlets, shorter leaves, and 



smaller cones. 



78399. Acer pseudo-sieboldiaxi'm Komar. 

 Aceraceae. Maple. 



A small maple, native to Manchuria, 

 with cordate leaves divided into 9 to 11 

 lanceolate-serrate lobes, and corymbs of 

 purple flowers. 



For 

 75667. 



previous introduction see No. 



78400. Betula davurica Pall. Betula- 

 eeae. Birch. 



A tree up to 60 feet high, with wide- 

 spreading branches and purplisb-brown 

 flaky bark. The broadly wedge-shaped 

 leaves are 2 to 4 inches long and are dark 

 green above with seriate margins. 



For previous introduction see No. 



78401. Cornus coreaxa Wanger. Corna- 

 ceae. Dogwood. 



A tree native to Chosen, up to 60 feet 

 high, with reddish-brown branchlets, dark- 

 green elliptic leaves 3 to 6 inches long, 

 loose clusters of small white flowers, and 

 black fruits. 



78402. Juniperus rigida Sieb. and Zucc. 

 Pinaceae. Needle juniper. 



A graceful pyramidal shrub or small 

 tree up to 30 feet high, native to eastern 

 Asia. The branches are ascending and 

 the branchlets pendulous ; the spreading, 

 linear-subulate, sharp-pointed leaves are 

 an inch long ; and the globose fruits, a 

 quarter of an inch in diameter, are 

 brownish black and covered with bloom. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 57298. 



78403. Larix dahurica Turcz. Pinaceae. 



Variety coreana. A form of the Dahur- 

 ian larch, native to Chosen, which is a 

 tree up to 100 feet high, with long hori- 

 zontal branches, reddish or yellowish 

 branchlets, bright-green flattened leaves, 

 and ovoid cones an inch long. 



