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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89699 to 89719— Continued. 



89717. Phyllostachys puberula ni- 

 gra-punctata H. de Lehaie. 



Received as Phyllostachys nigra 

 punctata. This bamboo grows over 15 

 feet high, the culms changing from 

 olive green to a speckled black in the 

 second year. Three branches, one 

 much larger than the other two, ' are 

 borne at each node. The leaves, up 

 to 2^4 inches long by V 2 inch wide, 

 are 6 to 14 on a branch. There are 

 three to five pairs of secondary veins 

 and five to nine intermediate ones. 

 The foliage, color of culm, and general 

 habit of the plant make it a handsome, 

 bamboo. It may be added that the 

 culm of the plant received changed to 

 practically solid black instead of 

 speckled. 



89718. Phyllostachys sulfurea 

 (Carr.) A. and C. Riviere. 



On the small plant received there 

 are 10 to 12 leaves on a branch, and 

 the largest leaf is 2% inches long by 

 T % inch wide. There are three to five 

 pairs of secondary veins and five to 

 eight intermediates. The tessellation 

 is normal. In England the culms are 

 said to reach a height of 20 feet and 

 to be somewhat golden, with a fine 

 line of vivid green. 



89719. Phyllostachys violascens A. 

 and C. Riviere. 



This bamboo is said to reach a 

 height of 13 feet in England. The 

 young culms are violet but change to 

 brown the second year. On the small 

 plant received, there are two to three 

 branches at a node and 6 to 10 leaves, 

 dark green above, on a branch. The 

 leaves are 2y 2 to 4 inches long and & 

 to 3 A inch wide. There are three to 

 six pairs of secondary "veins and five 

 to nine intermediates. The auricular 

 hairs are unusually persistent. 



For previous introduction see 7824. 



89720 to 89793. 



From China. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 7, 1930. 



89720. Abelmoschus manihot (L.) 

 Medic. (Hibiscus manihot L.). Malva- 

 ceae. 



No. 7133. From the Botanical Garden, 

 outside of Peiping, September 2, 1930. 

 The white flowers are over 6 inches 

 across and quite ornamental. The fruit 

 is good but mealy. 



For previous introduction see 76892. 



89721. Aeschynomene indica L. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 7143. From near the Kuan Yiu 

 Miao Temple, Changli, China, September 

 6, 1930. An interesting sensitive beggar- 

 weedlike plant over 3 feet high, found 

 on poor, clayey, gravelly, decomposed 

 granitic soil. 



For previous introduction see 82103. 



89722. Asparagus sp. Convallariaceae. 



No. 7251. From Chinglungchiao, Sep- 

 tember 21, 1930. A wild asparagus col- 

 lected near the Great Wall. It is an 

 open-growing variety and was found on a 

 rocky mountain side on the north ex- 

 posure. 



89720 to 89793— Continued. 



89723 to 89727. Astragalus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Milkvetch. 



89723. Astragalus adsurgens Pall. 



No. 7238. From Chinglungchiao, 

 September 20, 1930. A decumbent 

 astragalus, collected on the Great 

 Wall, and found there primarily. This 

 may prove of value as a cover or green- 

 manure crop on poor soils and in ex- 

 posed positions. 



For previous introduction see 21636. 



89724. Astragalus davuricus (Pall.) 

 DC. 



No. 7172. From Peiping, September 

 11, 1930. A plant 3 to 5 feet high 

 which seeds profusely ; collected in the 

 grounds of the Temple of Heaven. 



89725 and 89726. Astragalus melilo- 

 toides Pall. 



For previous introduction see 65294. 



89725. No. 7247. From Chinglung- 

 chiao, September 20, 1930. A 

 white-flowered type, collected on 

 the mountain side near the Great 

 Wall, growing in a dry rocky situ- 

 ation. 



89726. No. 7255. From Chinglung- 

 chiao, September 21, 1930. A 

 white-flowered type which is in- 

 clined to be shrubby, and, judging 

 from the base of the stem, it is a 

 perennial which, if cut or broken, 

 would readily grow new shoots. 

 The upper side of the leaves is 

 dark green, the under side has a 

 silvery tinge ; the seed pods are 

 larger than any other we have 

 seen. 



89727. Astragalus sp. 



No. 7178. From Langshan. Septem- 

 ber 15, 1930. A plant with purple 

 pea-shaped flowers and flattened pods 

 with the keel and hinge on the back. 



89728. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. 



No. 7293. Collected near the Chieh Tai 

 Ssu Temple, September 28, 1930, in the 

 mountains. 



89729. Campanula sp. Campanulaceae. 



Bellflower. 



No. 7244. From Chinglungchiao, Sep- 

 tember 20, 1930, near the Great Wall. 

 A plant with small bell-shaped blue 

 flowers which are produced abundantly 

 over a long flowering season. It is well 

 worthy of trial in the herbaceous border 

 and also in rock gardens. 



89730. Cassia mimosoides L. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 7167. From near Peiping, Chihli 

 Province, September 12, 1930. A sensi- 

 tive plant with pea-shaped flowers, col- 

 lected at Patachu, Western Hills, from 

 dry rocky situations. 



89731. Celastrus articulatus Thunb. 

 Celastraceae. Oriental bittersweet. 



No. 7206. Near Fa Hua Ssu Temple, 

 September 17, 1930. A shrub with round 

 yellow fruits, found growing on the moun- 

 tain sides on decomposed granitic soil in 

 very dry situations. 



For previous introduction see 82507. 



89732 to 89734. Clematis spp. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. 



