INVENTORY 



86756 to 86766. 



From England. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 A. W. Hill, Director, Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew. Received April 1, 1930. 



86756. Ononis biflora Desf. Fabaceae. 



A leguminous plant with trifoliolate 

 leaves having oblong serrate leaflets and 

 longitudinally striped yellow flowers 

 borne in pairs. It is native to southern 

 Europe. 



86757. Ononis reclinata L. Fabaceae. 



An upright or sometimes prostrate 

 branched annual, up to 10 inches high 

 with small trifoliolate leaves and small 

 purplish flowers. Native to dry sandy 

 situations, especially along the coast in 

 the Mediterranean regions. 



86758 to 86763. Rhododendron spp. 

 caceae. 



Eri- 



86758. Rhododbndkon ambigudm Hemsl. 



A low Chinese evergreen species 

 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. 



86759. Rhododendron decorum Franch. 



A western Chinese evergreen species 

 with glabrous leaves, glaucous be- 

 neath, and broadly bell-shaped white 

 or pink flowers 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79041. 



86760. Rhododendron discolor Franch. 



A tall evergreen shrub 15 to 20 feet 

 high with yellowish branchlets, ellip- 

 tic to lanceolate glabrous leaves, dark 

 green above and whitish beneath. 

 The white to pale-pink funnelfoim- 

 campanulate flowers are 2 to 3 inches 

 across. The shrub is native to central 

 China. 



86756 to 86766— Continued. 



86761. Rhododendron racemosum 

 Franch. Mayflower rhododendron. 



An upright Chinese shrub up to 6 

 feet hign, with scaly branchlets, ellip- 

 tic to obovate leaves which are 

 glabrous above and glaucous beneath, 

 and few-flowered clusters of pink 

 flowers, so abundantly produced as to 

 completely cover the plant. 



For previous 



77018. 



introduction see No. 



86762. Rhododendron 

 Franch. 



rubiginosum 



A rigid evergreen shrub about 3 feet 

 high with ovate to lanceolate leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long and densely covered 

 with brownish red scales beneath. The 

 broadly funnelform bright rose-red 

 flowers, 1 to 2 inches across, are in 

 few-flowered clusters. It is native to 

 central China. 



86763. Rhododendron concinndm 

 Hemsl. 



A western Chinese shrub about 10 

 feet high, with oval-elliptic leaves and 

 small clusters of purple, sometimes 

 white, funnel-shaped flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66603. 



86764 to 86766. Syringa spp. Oleaceae. 



Lilac. 



86764. Syringa palibiniana Nakai. 



A shrub native to Chosen, about 10 

 feet high, with slender upright 

 branches, elliptic leaves 1 to 3 inches 

 long, and loose panicles of pale-lilac 

 or whitish flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76600. 



1 It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, 

 cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was 

 received when introduced by the Division of Foreign Plant Introduction and, further, that 

 the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption 

 in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American 

 trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes 

 necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to 

 change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible 

 identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these" inven- 

 tories are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or 

 herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The 

 only identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other 

 species of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications 

 therefore must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is 

 any question regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from 

 this division, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite 

 identification can be made. 



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