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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78398 to 78412— Continued. 



78404. I'icea koyamai Shiras. (/'. korai- 

 cufis Nakai). Pinaceae. Spruce. 



A narrowly- pyramidal tree GO feet 

 high, native to Japan and Chosen, with 

 reddish-brown bloomy branchlets, com- 

 pressed leaves half an inch long, with 

 two white bands above, and pale-brown 

 cylindric cones 2 to 3 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 44397. 



78405. Pixus tabulaeformis Carr, (P. 

 leucospenna Maxim.). Pinaceae. 



Chinese pine. 



A pin. 1 , native to China, up to 75 

 feet high, with dark-gray bark on the 

 trunk, red on the branches, and orange or 

 grayish-yellow branchlets. The glau- 

 cescent leaves, usually two in a cluster, 

 are stout and 3 to 6 inches long, and 

 the ovoid cones, 2 to 4 inches long, are 

 pale tawny yellow, changing to dark 

 brown and persisting for several years. 



78406 to 78409. Prunus seerulata 

 Lindl. Amygdalaceae. Oriental cherry. 



Local strains to be grown for trial 

 as stocks. 



78406. Variety comptu. 



78407. Variety intermedia. 



78408. Variety Sontagia. 



78409. Variety rcrcitnda. 



78410. Prunus serrulata pubescens 

 TVilson. Amygdalaceae. 



Kasumi cherry. 



A wild cherry from Japan ; of possible 

 use as a stock. 



78411. Rhododendron schlippenbachii 

 Maxim. Ericaceae. Royal azalea. 



A beautiful deciduous shrub 15 feet 

 high, with large clear pink flowers ap- 

 pearing before the leaves in spring. The 

 broadly obovate leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, 

 are dark green above, paler beneath, and 

 change to yellow, orange, and crimson in 

 the autumn. Native to Manchuria. 

 Chosen, and Japan. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 71127. 



78412. Stringa oblata dilatata (Nakai) 

 Rehder. Oleaceae. Lilac. 



A loosely branched shrub up to 12 feet 

 high, with ovate long-pointed leaves 6 

 inches long and loose clusters of pale 

 purple-lilac flowers. Native to Chosen. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75782. 



78413. Sangtjisokba obttsa Maxim. 

 (Poterium obtusum Franch. and 

 Sav. ) . Rosaceae. 



From Woking, Surrey, England. Roots pur- 

 chased from George Jackman & Sons, 

 "Wokini Nurseries. Received December 

 29, 1928. 



A herbaceous perennial about 3 feet high, 

 with pinnately compound leaves having 

 about six pairs of oblong serrate leaflets, 

 and a much-branched flower stem bearing- 

 spikes. 3 inches long and an inch in diame- 

 ter, of small bright rosy pink flowers. Na- 

 tive to Japan. 



78414 to 78442. 



From Madagascar. Plants, cuttings, and 

 bulbs collected by Charles F. Swingle, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, and Dr. Henri 

 Humbert, University of Algiers, Algeria. 

 Received in November, 1928. 



78414. Aloe sp. Liliaceae. 



Diego Suaroz. Montagne des Frangais, 

 October 7. 1928. Leaves about 6 inches 

 long, reddish to coppery red, over green. 



78415 to 78417. Chrysalidocarpus spp. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive, Septem- 

 ber 28, 1928. 



78415. Chrysalidocarpus baronii Bec- 

 cari. 



A medium-sized palm, native to cen- 

 tral Madagascar, with a cylindrical 

 stem about 3 inches in diameter and 

 regularly pinnate leaves, about 4 feet 

 long, which have very \narrow pinnae 

 16 to 18 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 57214. 



78416. Chrysalidocarpus decipiens 

 Beccari. 



A stout palm with a thick cylin- 

 drical, ringed trunk and large pinnate 

 leaves with very numerous segments 

 up to nearly 3 feet long. Native to 

 central Madagascar. 



78417. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens 

 (Bory) Wendl. Yellow palm. 



A palm, native to Madagascar, about 

 25 feet high, with a slender cylindrical 

 ringed trunk about 3% inches in dia- 

 meter. The pinnate leaves, about 5 

 feet long, are composed of about 50 

 linear segments. 



78418. Cissus sp. Vitaceae. 



No. 5148. Upper Valley of Fiherenana, 

 near Tullear, August 3, 1928. 



78419 to 78421. Cynanchum spp. Ascle- 

 piadaceae. 



78419. Cynanchum sp. 



Isalo, Ranohira, July 29, 1928. A 

 succulent shrub which may be a source 

 of rubber. The stems are covered with 

 irregular rows of greenish horns, and 

 the leaves, 6 to 8 inches long, with a 

 pinkish base and petiole, are in a 

 terminal whorl. 



78420. Cynanchum sp. 



Isalo, Ranohira. July 29, 1928. A 

 succulent shrub with smooth-jointed 

 stems and small scalelike leaves ; it 

 may be a source of rubber. 



78421. Cynanchum sp. 



Diego Suarez, Montagne des Fran- 

 gais, October 7. 1928. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78419. 



78422. Ischnolepes TUBEROSA Junr. and 

 Perr. Asclepiadaceae. 



No. 5011. Isalo, Ranohira, July 20, 

 1928. A somewhat fleshy shrub, about 

 4 feet high, with greenish flowers and 

 large tubercles. 



78423 to 78436. Kalanchoe spp. Crassu- 

 laceae. 



