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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78550 to 78558— Continued. 



A shrub native to northwestern China, 

 with opposite ovate leaves and axillary 

 cymes of violet-blue flowers. It is closely 

 related to the common bluebeard (C. in- 

 cana). 



previous introduction see No. 



PRAECOX 



Hort. 



For 



77062. 



78552. COTONEASTER 



Malaceae. 



A new prostrate dwarf species, with 

 dark-green leaves, said to exceed in beau- 

 ty all hitherto-known prostrate coton- 

 easters. 



78553. COTONEASTER PYRENAICA Hort. 



Malaceae. 



This species is said to be a dwarf 

 evergreen shrub native to the Himalayas. 



78554. Spiraea henryi Hemsl. Rosaceae. 



Henry spirea. 



Variety magnified. A spreading de- 

 ciduous shrub about 7 feet high, with 

 oblong-obovate wedge-shaped leaves usu- 

 ally coarsely dentate toward the apex 

 and up to 2% inches long, and with 

 small white flowers in loose corymbs. 

 Native to central and western China. 

 This is of the same group as the well- 

 known Anthony Waterer spirea. 



78555. Syringa julianae C. Schneid. 

 Oleaceac. 



A handsome spreading shrub, 6 to 8 

 feet high, with elliptic-ovate leaves 2 to 

 3 inches long and numerous panicles of 

 fragrant clear violet flowers which are 

 borne very early in the season. Closely 

 related to &. vclutina. 



78556. Syringa komarowi sargentiana 

 C. Schneid. Oleaceae. Lilac. 



A shrubby lilac up to 15 feet high, 

 native to China, with ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves. 4 to 6 inches Ions, pubescent be- 

 neath, and compact nodding panicles of 

 salmon-rose flowers. It is generally simi- 

 lar to S. reflexa. 



78557. Viburnum buddleiforium C. H. 

 Wright. Caprifoliaceae. 



A hairy shrub, native to central China, 

 closely related to Y. veitcMi. It is about 

 6 feet high, with oblong-lanceolate leaves 

 3 to 6 inches long, dense clusters, about 

 3 inches across, of small white flowers, 

 and ovoid black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 58812. 



78558. Viburnum harryanum Rehder. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



An evergreen shrub up to 10 feet high, 

 native to western China, with nearly or- 

 bicular leaves an inch long, small cymes 

 of white flowers, and ovoid black fruits. 

 The evergreen V. dacidi is a related 

 species. 



For previous 

 66320. 



introduction see No. 



78559 and 78560. Lilium spp. 

 ceae. 



Lilia- 

 Lily. 



From Japan. Bulbs obtained by R. K. Beat- 

 tie. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 January 7, 1929. 



78559. Lilium sp. 



Xo. 800. Collected in Kiraichi Mura, 

 Kita Tsugaru Gun, Aomori Ken, by Mori- 

 saburo Sasaki. 



78559 and 78560 — Continued. 



78560. Lilicm sp. 



No. 801. December 10. 1928. A lily 

 with light and deep-pink flowers, collected 

 in Nakui, Nakui Mura, San Nohe Gun. 

 Aomori Ken, by Morisaburo Sasaki. 



78561 to 78565. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Peru. Seeds obtained from Graham, 

 Rowe & Co.. through T. H. Kearney, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industrv. Received Janu- 

 ary 3, 1929. 



78561. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 1. 



78562. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 2. 



78563. Gossypium sp. 



No. 3. The southern or lea variety of 

 the Peruvian tree cotton. Seeds picked 

 from a tree growing in the hacienda San 

 Jose de. Ica, which came originally from 

 Nosca, a valley farther inland and to the 

 south. 



78564. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 4. Red Peruvian. 



78565. Gossypium sp. 



No. 5. Stained Peruvian. 



78566. Pa sp alum 

 Poaceae. 



notattjm Fluegge. 

 Bahia grass. 



From Jaguey Grande, Cuba. Seeds pur- 

 chased from Eugenia Gomez. Received 

 January 7, 1929. 



A perennial tropical American grass 

 which has shown promise as a pasture grass 

 in the southern United States. It has very 

 stout rootstocks, makes a firm sod, and does 

 well on sandy as well as on loam soils. 

 The flowering culms and ascending stems 

 attain a height of about 1 foot. 



For previous introduction see No. 76433. 



78567 to 78569. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained by R. K. 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived January 7, 1929. 



78567. Picea glehni (Schmidt) Masters. 

 Pinaceae. Sakhalin spruce. 



No. 806. Collected by the Ogi Paper 

 Co., of Tomakomai, Hokushu. A hand- 

 some Japanese evergreen tree up to 150 

 feet high, native to northern Japan. The 

 cones are a lustrous brown or violet, and 

 the seeds are said to retain their vitality 

 for seven years. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78180. 



78568. Rhododendron sp. 



Ericaceae. 



Azalea. 



No. 795. A white-flowered azalea col- 

 iected in the front garden of the Red 

 Cross hospital. Aoyama, Tokyo, by Yasuo 

 Kurihara. There, was one 'bloom when 

 the seed pods were picked on November 

 30, 1928. Mr. Kurihara believes this to 

 be a wild species rather than a cultivated 

 variety. 



78569, Rhododendron sp. 



Ericaceae. 



Azalea. 



No. 802. An azalea collected in Kirai- 

 chi Mura. Kita Tsugaru Gun. Aomori Ken, 

 by Morisaburo Sasaki, November 2, 1928. 



