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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



85677 to 85691— Continued. 



A deciduous Japanese maple of com- 

 pact, rounded habit, becoming 30 feet 

 or more high, with leaves composed of 

 three leaflets up to 4 inches in length. 

 The minute flowers are produced in 

 May with the leaves, and the keys, 

 which are about an inch long, occur 

 in long racemes. In autumn the foli- 

 age turns red and yellow. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43810. 



85679. Acer crataegifolium Sieb. and 

 Zucc. 



A small tree 30 to 35 feet high, with 

 purplish branchlets, subcordate leaves 

 with two to four short lobes near the 

 base, racemes of yellowish white flow- 

 ers, and fruits with nearly horizontal 

 wings. Native to Japan. 



85680. Acer disttlum Sieb. and Zucc. 



A deciduous tree about 50 feet high, 

 with deeply cordate, serrulate leaves 

 4 to 8 inches long, and panicles of 

 yellowish flowers followed by upright 

 panicles of winged fruits. Native to 

 Japan. 



85681. Hamamelis japonica Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Hamamelidaceae. "Witch-hazel. 



A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet 

 high with broadly ovate or obovate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long and flowers an 

 inch across, with revolute sepals purple 

 inside and bright yellow petals, appear- 

 ing in January and February. Native to 

 Japan. 



85682. Leucothoe keiskei Miquel. Eri- 

 caceae. 



A slender evergreen Japanese shrub 

 with ovate-oblong, remotely crenate-ser- 

 rate leaves 1 to 3 inches long, and 

 axillary and terminal racemes of white 

 cylindrical flowers, closely resembling 

 the American L. racemosa. 



85683. Lilidm cordifolium Thunb. Lili- 

 aceae. Lily. 



A Japanese lily 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 pendulous leaves 12 to 18 inches long 

 and wide, and a raceme of 4 to 10 

 fragrant white flowers often 6 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75677. 



85684. Lilium japonicdm Thunb. Lilia- 

 ceae. Japanese lily. 



A species rather delicate in cultiva- 

 tion with a globular, white or pale yel- 

 low bulb 2 inches in diameter, purple- 

 dotted smooth stems 2 to 4 feet high, 

 15 to 20 horizontal, lanceolate leaves 

 about 8 inches long, and 1 to 7 de- 

 liciously fragrant rose-pink tubular flow- 

 ers 5 to 7 inches long and wide. Native 

 to Japan. 



85685 to 85691. Rhododendron spp. Eri- 

 caceae. 



85685. Rhododendron indicum (L.) 

 Sweet. Indica azalea. 



Variety macranthum Jvybridum. 



85686. Rhododendron keiskei Miquel. 



A low, sometimes procumbent, ever- 

 green shrub with elliptic to lanceolate 

 leaves 3 inches long, dull-green above 

 and scaly beneath. The broadly fun- 



85677 to 85691 — Continued. 



nelform, pale-yellow flowers, 2 inches 

 across, are in clusters of two to five. 

 Native to Japan. 



85687. Rhododendron linearifolium 

 macrosepalum (Maxim.) Makino. 



Azalea. 



A laxly branched, spreading shrub, 

 or up to 10 feet high, with narrowly 

 ovate leaves which are dull green dur- 

 ing summer and turn rich vinous pur- 

 ple in autumn. The broadly funnel- 

 shaped, rose-pink, fragrant flowers, 2 

 inches across, are in clusters of 2 to 

 10. This belongs to the tsutsusi sec- 

 tion and is native to Japan. 



85688. Rhododendron pentaphylldm 

 Maxim. {R. quinquefolium roseum 

 Rehder). Five-leaf azalea. 



A deciduous shrub of the rhodora 

 section, up to 20 feet high, with 

 usually five elliptic-lanceolate leaves 

 at the ends of the branches. The 

 rose-pink flowers, 1 to 2 inches across, 

 are solitary or in twos, appearing be- 

 fore or with the leaves, which turn 

 orange to crimson in the autumn. 

 Native to Japan. 



85689 and 85690. Rhododendron retic- 

 ulatum D. Don. Rose azalea. 



A much-branched deciduous Japanese 

 shrub up to 25 feet high, belonging to 

 the sciadorhodion section. The branch- 

 lets are yellow-brown ; the reticulate, 

 broadly ovate leaves, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, are in clusters of two to three ; 

 and the slightly 2-lipped, rotate-cam- 

 panulate flowers are rose-purple to 

 magenta. There are two forms ; the 

 ordinary form with 10 stamens, often 

 called R. rhomb icum, and a form with 

 five stamens, called R. dilatatum. 



85689. Received as Azalea dilatatum. 



85690. Received as Azalea rhombi- 



cum. 



85691. Rhododendron serpyllifolium 

 Miquel. "Wildthyme azalea. 



A low, much-branched shrub of the 

 tsutsusi section, with narrowly obo- 

 vate leaves less than half an inch long, 

 crowded at the ends of the branches. 

 The rose-red flowers are solitary and 

 are about an inch across. Native to 

 Japan. 



85692. Sagittaeia sagittifolia L. Alis- 

 maceae. Old-world arrowhead. 



From Chosen. Corms collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received December 23, 1929. Numbered 

 in January, 1930. 



No. 1930. November 21, 1929. Water 

 nut, secured from the market. This is very 

 good cooked and served with sweet sauce. 



For previous introduction see No. 61884. 

 85693 and 85694. 



From Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Seeds 

 presented by R. M. Grey, Director. Har- 

 vard Botanical Garden. Received Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1930. 



85693. Citrus mitis Blanco. Rutaceae. 

 Calamondin. 



A small, somewhat spiny Philippine 

 tree, 13 to 20 feet high, with oblong 

 elliptic leaves nearly 4 inches long ; axil- 



