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PLANT MATERIAL. INTRODUCED 



83957 to 84251— Continued. 



rich blue flowers are 1 inch across, and 

 there are several spikes on a plant at 

 one time. Found in glacier gravel. 



83979. Delphinium sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Larkspur. 



Eastern slopes of Likiang Snow Range, 

 at 14,500 feet altitude, November, 1929. 

 A plant 6 inches high, with rather large 

 blue flowers ; found in alpine meadows 

 among rocks. 



83980. Deutzia sp. Hydrangeaceae. 



No. 18358. Mount Fuchuan, west of 

 the Mekong River and west of Weihsi, 

 northwestern Yunnan, on the Mekong- 

 Salwin Divide, October, 1929. A shrub 

 10 to 15 feet high, with purple flowers ; 

 found in forests at 12,000 feet altitude. 



33981 to 83983. Didissandka spp. Gesner- 

 iaceae. 



83981. Didissandka sericea Craib. 



No. 18269. Muli Mountain, 10,000 

 feet altitude, September and October, 

 1929. A very handsome rock plant, 

 with blue flowers and silvery leaves 

 which grow in rosettes. 



83982. Didissandra sericea Craib. 



Nyarophy Island in Lake Yunging, 

 Yunnan. A rock plant with blue 

 flowers and leaves forming rosettes. 



83983. Didissandra sp. 



Yunnan, September and October, 

 1929. A gesneriaceous rock plant with 

 large dark-green leaves which form 

 rosettes and large cream-colored flow- 

 ers ; found on moist rocky shady banks 

 in the forests along the lake shore at 

 9,600 feet altitude. 



. Dipelta sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 18262. Forests of Muli, Mount 

 Mitzuga, September and October, 1929. 

 A shrub 6 to 10 feet high, with large 

 whitish flowers, mauve colored to pink ; 

 collected at 12,000 feet altiude. 



83985 to 83989. Enkianthus spp. Erica- 

 ceae. 



Western slopes of Mount Sitsa, Sal- 

 win Valley, September and October, 1929. 



83985. Enkianthus sp. 



No. 18422. A tree 10 to 15 feet high 

 with striped brick-red flowers ; found 

 in open forests at 11,000 feet altitude. 



83986. Enkianthus sp. 



No. 18423. A tree 10 to 15 feet 

 high, with pale yellow flowers ; found 

 in open forests at 12.500 feet altitude. 



83987. Enkianthus sp. 



No. 18426. A tree 10 to 15 feet high, 

 with pale yellow flowers which are not 

 striped ; found in fir and spruce for- 

 ests at 12,500 feet altitude. 



83988. Enkianthus sp. 



No. 18470. West of Litiping. A tree 

 10 to 15 feet high, with white flowers 

 tinged with purple at the apex of the 

 petals ; also faintly striped. Found at 

 10,000 feet altitude. 



83989. Enkianthus sp. 



No. 18472. West of Litipiug, at 

 10,000 feet altitude. A tree 10 to 15 

 feet high, with brick-red flowers hav- 

 ing yellow stripes. 



83957 to 84251— Continued. 



83990 to 83994. Gentiana spp. Gentian- 

 aceae. Gentian. 



83990. Gentiana sp. 



No. 18133. Southwest Szechwan, 

 west of the Yalung, in Muli territory 

 on Mount Siga, northeast of Kulu 

 Monastery, in alpine meadows at 14,000 

 feet altitude. September and October, 

 1929. A plant with pale-purple flowers. 



83991. Gentiana sp. 



No. 18193. Mountains of Kulu, in 

 eastern Muli territory, west of Yalung 

 and north of the Litang River, Sep- 

 tember and October, 1929. An herb 

 with blue flowers collected in alpine 

 meadows at 14,000 feet altitude. 



83992. Gentiana sp. 



No. 18202. Mountains of Kulu, in 

 eastern Muli territory, west of Yalung: 

 and north of the Litang River, Sep- 

 tember and October, 1929. A plant 

 12 to 18 inches high, with rich blue 

 flowers ; it forms very handsome 

 clumps on the outskirts of forests at 

 14,500 feet altitude. 



J. Gentiana sp. 



Likiang Snow Range. A plant 18 

 inches high, with large purple- flowers ;. 

 found in alpine meadows at 10,000 feet 

 altitude. 



83994. Gentiana sp. 



Likiang Snow Range. A prostrate 

 herb with blue flowers ; found in gravel 

 at 14,500 feet altitude. 



83995. Hesperis sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 18265. Mitzuga, September and 

 October, 1929. A plant with pink flowers 

 and a long rootstock ; found growing in. 

 alpine scree at 15,500 feet altitude. 



83996. Hydrangea sp. Hydrangeaceae. 



No. 18229. Karadi, east of Kulu, west 

 of Yalung, southwestern Szechwan, Sep- 

 tember and October, 1929. A tree 15 to 

 20 feet high, with large cream-colored 

 floral bracts ; found in spruce forests at 

 11,500 feet altitude. 



83997. Hydrangea sp. Hydrangeaceae. 



No. 18231. Karadi, east of Kulu, west 

 of Yalung, southwestern Szechwan, Sep- 

 tember and October, 1929. A tree 15 to- 

 20 feet high, with cream-colored floral 

 bracts wbich are smaller than those of 

 the preceding number (No. 83996) ;. 

 found in a spruce forest at 11,000 feet 

 altitude. 



83998. Incarvillea sp. Bignoniaceae. 



No. 18122. Yetsi, north of Kulu, Sep- 

 tember and October, 1929. A plant 3 

 feet tall ; fount! in alpine meadows at 

 13,000 feet altitude. 



83999 to 84002. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



83999. Iris sp. 



No. 18201. Mount Kulu, September 

 and October, 1929. A plant 3 feet 

 tall, with very handsome blackish blue 

 flowers ; found in wet alpine meadows 

 at 14,000 feet altitude. 



84000. Iris sp. 



No. 18203. Kulu Mountains, Sep- 

 tember and October, 1929. A plant 

 with bluish purple flowers ; found to 

 alpine meadows in forest clearings at 

 13,500 feet altitude. 



