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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



83957 to 84251— Continued. 



No. 18526. Eastern slopes of the Li- 

 kiang Snow Range, Yunnan Province, 

 November, 1929. A tree from 50 to 100 

 feet high, with very small (aciculate) 

 glaucous needles and oblong, slender, 

 drab-colored cones ; found at 11,500 feet 

 altitude. 



84024. Picba sp. Pinaceae. 



Spruce.. 



No. 18489. Eastern slopes of the Li- 

 kiang Snow Range, Yunnan Province, 

 November, 1929. A tree 40 to 50 feet 

 high, with very short dark-green small 

 needles and ovate short cones ; found in 

 the forests of Gaba, north of Likiang, 

 at 11,000 feet altitude. 



84025. Picea sp. Pinaceae. 



Spruce. 



No. 18490. Eastern slopes of the Li- 

 kiang Snow Range, Yunnan Province, 

 November, 1929. A tree 50 to 60 feet 

 high, with needles larger than the pre- 

 ceding (No. 84024) and cones very much 

 larger ; found in the forests of Gaba, 

 north of Likiang, at 11,000 feet altitude. 



84026. Pieris sp. Ericaceae. 



Eastern slopes of the Likiang Snow 

 Range, Yunnan Province, November, 

 1929. A handsome shrub, 5 to 8 feet 

 high, with erect branches, elliptical 

 leaves, and spikes of white flowers ; 

 found at altitudes between 10,000 and 

 11,000 feet on dry slopes growing with 

 Pinus sinensis. 



84027. Pinus armandi Franch. Pina- 

 ceae. Armand pine. 



Likiang Snow Range, Yunnan Prov- 

 ince, November, 1929. A tall pine 60 to 

 100 feet high, with trunks often 6 feet 

 in diameter ; found growing between 

 9,000 and 10,000 feet altitude, in moist 

 regions. It is well adapted to San Fran- 

 ciscan, Oregon, and the redwood belt. 



84028 to 84047. Primula spp. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



84028. Primula forrestii Balf. f. 



Likiang Snow Range, Yunnan Prov- 

 ince, November, 1929. A very hand- 

 some woody perennial with orange- 

 yellow flowers and leaves having the 

 fragrance of apples ; found on dry 

 limestone cliffs at 11,000 feet altitude. 

 The plant is said to live for 100 years. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 59710. 



84029. Primula sp. 



No. 17401. Drunisregouka, north of 

 Kulu. in the Yetse Valley, Szechwan 

 Province, September and October, 1929. 

 A small woody Primula, related to the 

 group to which P. forresti belongs, but 

 very distinct. The large, deep-orange 

 flowers are single, on short peduncles, 

 and droop ; the leaves are smaller and 

 darker green ; found at 10,000 feet 

 altitude. 



Nos. 84030 to 84038 were collected in 

 southwestern Szechwan Province, west of 

 the Yalung River, in Muli territory, on 

 Mount Siga, northeast of Kulu Monas- 

 tery, September and October, 1929. 



84030. Primula sp. 



No. 18120. A plant with purple 

 flowers ; found in alpine meadows at 

 14,000 feet altitude. 



83957 to 84251— Continued. 



84031. Primula sp. 



No. 18123. A plant with flowers so 

 deep blue as to be almost indigo ; 

 found in alpine meadows at 13,500 feet 

 altitude. 



84032. Primula sp. 



No. 18124. A primula with white 

 flowers ; found in alpine meadows at 

 13,500 feet altitude. 



84033. Primula sp. 



No. 18128. A primula with yellow 

 flowers ; found in alpine meadows at 

 14,500 feet altitude. 



84034. Primula sp. 



No. 18134. A primula with large 

 single bluish purple flowers ; found in 

 alpine meadows at 14,000 feet altitude. 



84035. Primula sp. 



No. 18137. A primula with pink 

 flowers ; found in alpine meadows at 

 13,500 feet altitude. 



84036. Primula sp. 



No. 18145. A primula with flowers 

 which vary from pinkish purple to 

 blue ; found on crags at 14,500 feet 

 altitude. 



84037. Primula sp. 



No. 18146. A plant with reddish 

 purple flowers ; found in swampy 

 meadows between 12,000 and 12,500 

 feet altitude. 



84038. Primula sp. 



No. 18151. One of the largest and 

 handsomest primulas of the entire re- 

 gion. The mauve-pink to bluish lav- 

 ender flowers, the size of a half dollar, 

 have white calices and grow in large 

 umbels. The leaves are white beneath. 

 Found in mossy rhododendron and 

 open fir forests at 14,500 feet altitude. 



84039. Primula sp. 



No. 18198. Mountains of Kulu, in 

 eastern Muli territory, but west of 

 Yalung and north of the Litang River, 

 September and October, 1929. A 

 primula with yellow flowers ; found 

 along brooks and in swampy meadows 

 at 14,000 feet altitude. 



84040. Primula sp. 



No. 18210. Mountains of Kulu, in 

 eastern Muli territory, but west of 

 Yalung and north of the Litang River, 

 September and October, 1929. The 

 blue flowers are in long spikes with 

 carmine calices ; found in alpine 

 meadows between 12,000 and 14,000 

 feet altitude. 



84041. Primula sp. 



No. 18242. Mount Mitzuga, Muli. 

 Szechwan Province, September and 

 October, 1929. A plant 2 feet high, 

 with large mauve-pink to blue flowers 

 the size of a half dollar ; found in 

 mossy fir and rhododendron forests at 

 13,500 to 14,000 feet altitude. 



84042. Primula sp. 



No. 18264. Mount Mitzuga, Muli, 

 Szechwan Province, September and 

 October, 1929. A plant with very 

 handsome bluish pink flowers ; found 

 on dry banks in pine forests at 12,000 

 feet altitude. 



