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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78673 and 78874. 



From Boloven Plateau, Laos, French Indo- 

 china, limits presented by O. Ricau, 

 Botanic Garden. Received January 25, 

 1929. 



78673. Malls sp. Malacoae. 



Apple. 



An apple tree about 25 feet high, grow- 

 ing in red soil in forests at an altitude of 

 about 1,300 feet. 



78674. I'yrls sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



A somiaquatic pear which is said to 

 grow in shallow water part of the year, 

 at an altitude between 2,500 and 4,000 

 feet. 



78675. Vitts sp. Yitacoae. 



Grape. 



From Tsinan, Shantung, China. Cuttings 

 presented by Dr. Philip S. Evans, jr., 

 Shantung Christian University. Received 

 January 29, 1929. 



A grape which fruits through the late 

 summer and autumn. The first bunches 

 ripen in August when only about half the 

 bunches are half grown and there are 

 many blossoms as well. It resembles the 

 Niagara, although it often has an elongated 

 shape. This grape, which is not unusual 

 in quality, has a rather thick skin and a 

 slight spicy flavor. 



78676 to 78685. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received Jan- 

 uary 19, 1929. 



78676. Callitris 

 Pinaceae. 



quadrivalvis Vent. 

 Arar-tree. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree some- 

 what like Cupressus in habit, native to 

 the mountains in northern Africa, with 

 hard durable fragrant wood, spreading 

 jointed branches, very small flattened 

 leaves, and 4-sided cones.^ 



78677. Danae racemosa (L.) Moench. 

 (Ruscus racemosus L.). Convallaria- 

 ceae. Alexandrian laurel. 



A much-branched evergreen Persian 

 shrub 3 to 4 feet high, with alternate 

 lanceolate leaflike cladodes 4 inches long, 

 terminal racemes of small white flowers, 

 and globose red berries. 



78678. Daphne gnididm L. 

 ceae. 



Thymelaea- 



An evergreen shrub 2 feet high, native 

 to southern Europe, with linear-lanceolate 

 glabrous leaves and terminal clusters of 

 yellowish-white fragrant flowers. 



78679 to 78682. Erica spp. Ericaceae. 



Heath. 



78679. Erica arborea L. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree up 

 to 20 feet high, native to the Mediter- 

 ranean region, with small glabrous 

 leaves and large pyramidal panicles of 

 fragrant nearly white flowers. 



78680. Erica cinerea L. 



Twisted heath. 



An evergreen European shrub 1 to 2 

 feet high, with very small lustrous 

 linear leaves and umbels or terminal 

 racemes of bell-shaped rosy purple 

 flowers. 



78681. Erica scoparia L. 



Besom heath. 



An evergreen southern European 

 shrub 10 feet high, with upright 



78676 to 78685— Continued. 



branches, small lustrous dark-green 

 linear leaves in whorls of three or 

 four, and long cylindrical spikes of 

 greenish-white flowers. 



78682. Erica sp. 



A mixture of various species of 

 Erica from southern Africa, which are 

 shrubs with small leaves and racemes 

 of white, rosy, or yellow flowers. 



78683. Meratia praecox grandiflora 

 (Lindl.) Rehd. and Wils. Calycantha- 

 ceae. "Wintersweet. 



A variety with much larger and 

 brighter colored flowers than the usual 

 form, which is a Chinese shrub up to 10 

 feet high with ovate leaves 6 to 10 inches 

 long and producing yellow flowers an inch 

 across striped with purplish brown and 

 opening in mild seasons throughout the 

 winter. 



78684. Ruscus aculeatus L. Conval- 

 lariaceae. Butchersbroom. 



A rigid evergreen European shrub 2 to 



4 feet high, with grooved branching stems 

 and dark-green ovate leaflike cladodes 

 over an inch long bearing one or two 

 small white flowers in the middle of the 

 upper surface, which are followed - by 

 globose or ovoid bright-red berries nearly 

 half an inch in diameter. 



78685. Skimmia japonica Thunb. (8. 

 olilata T. Moore). Rutaceae. 



Japanese skimmia. 



A dense evergreen Japanese shrub 3 to 



5 feet high, with yellowish-green leaves 6 

 inches long crowded at the ends of the 

 branchlets, panicles of small yellowish- 

 white, flowers, and bright-red berries a 

 quarter of an inch through. 



78686 to 78696. 



From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Seeds presented by Prof. John Davidson, 

 department of botany. University of 

 Pritish Columbia. Received January 17, 

 1929. 



78686. Allium watsoni Howell. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



A low bulbous plant, native to north- 

 western North America, with a slender 

 narrowly margined scape 3 inches high, 

 linear leaves 6 inches long, and a dense 

 umbel of rose-colored flowers. 



78687 to 78689. Erythronium spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



78687. Erythronium grandiflorum 

 Pursh. Glacierlily. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 northwestern North America, with an 

 erect bulb, two broadly lanceolate 

 plain green leaves 6 inches long, and 

 a scape 1 to 2 feet high bearing three 

 to five bright-yellow flowers with re- 

 curved segments and purple anthers. 



78688. Erythronium grandiflorum 

 albiflorum Hook. Troutlily. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 northwestern North America, with the 

 two leaves mottled in white and brown ; 

 the recurved segments of the flower are 

 creamy white. 



78689. Erythronium grandiflorum 



PARVIFLORUM S. Wats. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 northwestern North America, with 



