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85848 to 85864— Continued. 



85849. Variety pallidiflorus. A shrub 

 with its branches usually verticil- 

 late, narrow green leaves, paler be- 

 neath, up to \y<> inches long, and 

 sessile terminal racemes of nearly 

 white flowers. Native of Japan. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78922. 



85850. Variety recurvus. A Japanese 

 shrub with the branches usually ver- 

 ticillate. lanceolate paper leaves 

 up to 2 inches long, and pink 

 flowers nearly half an inch across, 

 in tt rminal clusters. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78923. 



85851. Variety tectus. A shrub native 

 to Japan.' with usually whorled 

 branches, leaves of variable shape 

 up to an inch long, and sessile 

 racemes of pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see No, 

 78925. 



85852. Exkiaxthus chinexsis Franch. 

 (E. sinohiiituluicus Craib.i. Ericaceae. 



A shrub native to China, with elon- 

 gated branches, lanceolate leaves up to 

 2 inches long, and salmon-ved flowers in 

 shortened racemes. 



introduction see No. 



For previous 

 7S924. 



85853. Ekica tetralix L. Ericaceae. 



Crossleaf heath. 



Variety rubra. A low shrub with its 

 leaves in whorls of four and bearing 

 umbellate clusters of rosy flowers. Native 

 to western Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79157. 



85854 to 85856. Erica vagaxs L. Erica- 

 ceae. Cornish heath. 



A low shrub, native to Europe, a leu; 

 or more high, with the leaves in whorls 

 of four or five, and bearing pale purplish 

 red flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79991. 



85854. Variety alba multiflora. 



85855. Variety kevcrncnsis. 



85856. Variety Icucantlia. 



85857. He.merocallis p l r c a t a Hort. 

 Liliaceae. Daylily. 



A herbaceous perennial with linear 

 leaves and large lilylike flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78941. 



85858. Rhododexdrox ambiguum Hemsl. 

 Ericaceae. 



A low evergreen shrub, native to China, 

 with lanceolate leaves 2 to 3 inches long, 

 and flowers, pale-yellow spotted with 

 greenish yellow, 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77015. 



85859. Rhododexdrox tschoxoskii 

 Maxim. Ericaceae. 



A forest shrub, native to Japan, with 

 flaky bark, elliptic leaves one-third of an 

 inch long, and heads of one to four small 

 white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79043. 



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85848 to 85864— Continued. 



85860. Syrixga komarowi sargextiaxa 

 C. Schneid. Oleaceae. Sargent lilac. 



A shrubby lilac up to 15 feet high, 

 native to China, with rugose, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate leaves, 4 to 6 inches long, pube- 

 scent beneath, and very crowded nod- 

 ding panicles of salmon-rose flowers. It 

 is generally similar to S. reftexa. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78556. 



85861. Syrixga reflexa C. Schneid. 

 Oleaceae. Nodding lilac. 



A shrub 12 to 15 feet high, with rough 

 ovate leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and 

 nearly cylindrical drooping panicles 

 crowded with small flowers which are 

 deep carmine in bud, fading as the flow- 

 ers open to pink outside and white inside. 

 Native to central China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 45920. 



85862. Syrixga swegixzowii Koehne and 

 Ling. Oleaceae. Chengtu lilac. 



An attractive hardy lilac, about 10 

 feet high, native to western China. The 

 dark-green oval leaves are 2 to 4 inches 

 long, and the fragrant white flowers, 

 brownish rose in the bud, are borne in 

 June in terminal panicles up to 10 inches 

 in length. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79051. 



85863. Syrixga tomextella Bur. and 

 Franch. (8. adamiana Balf. and 

 Smith). Oleaceae. Felty lilac. 



A bushy shrub, about 10 feet high, 

 with elliptic leaves which are hairy be- 

 neath, and loose, long-branched spikes of 

 fine mauve-pink flowers, produced in late 

 May and early June. The shrub is na- 

 tive to western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 78159. 



85864. Syrixga 

 Oleaceae. 



yuxxaxexsis Franch. 

 Yunnan lilac. 



A handsome species of open spreading 

 growth, related to Syringa loiUonii, but 

 with pale-pink flowers in large panicles, 

 produced in June. The downy leaves 

 have a distinct red midrib, the color 

 being continued through the leafstalk. 

 Native to China. 



For previous introduction see No. 76277. 



85865. Dyer a costulata (Miquel) 

 Hook. f. Apocynaceae. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented 

 by the Director, Botanic Garden, Buiten- 

 zorg. Received February 28, 1930. 



A large tree up to 250 feet high and 

 nearly 7 feet in diameter. The large 

 coriaceous oblong-ovate leaves are borne in 

 whorls of six to eight, and the cymes of 

 small white salver-shaped flowers appear 

 after the leaves have dropped. Native to 

 the Malay Peninsula. 



For previous introduction see No. 31362. 

 85868 to 85868. 



From Japan". Seeds collected by P. H. Dor- 

 sett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 21, 1929. Numbered in 

 February, 1930. 



