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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91237 to 91239. 



From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by I. B. Pole Evans, 

 Chief, Division of Plant Industry, De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Received Jan- 

 uary 20, 1931. 



91237. Pollichia campestris Ait. ■ Sile- 

 naceae. 



A diffusely branched, subshrubby plant 

 1 to 2 feet high, with linear-lanceolate 

 leaves half an inch long and minute 

 inconspicuous flowers. It is native to 

 South Africa and is of value as a cover 

 crop. 



91238. Tetragonia arbuscula F e n z 1 . 

 Aizoaceae. 



A much-branched, semishrubby peren- 

 nial, with fleshy leaves less than an inch 

 long, varying from linear to ovate-oblong. 

 The small inconspicuous flowers are borne 

 in leafy racemes and are followed by 

 3-winged to 4-winged nutlike fruits. It 

 is native to South Africa. 



91239. SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS (L.) R. 



Br. Fabaceae. 



A leguminous shrub about 3 feet in 

 height, with finely pinnate leaves and 

 showy scarlet flowers produced in short 

 axillary racemes. Native to the Mediter- 

 ranean countries. 



For previous introduction see 59297. 



91240 to 91259. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Chugai Shokubutsu Yen, Yamamoto, 

 Kawabegun, near Kobe. Received Janu- 

 ary 20, 1931. 



91240 to 91244. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



91240. Acer cissifolium (Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Koch. 



A Japanese maple of compact, 

 rounded habit becoming 30 feet or more 

 high, with leaves composed of three 

 leaflets up to 4 inches long. The 

 minute flowers are produced in May 

 with the leaves, and the keys, about 1 

 inch long, occur in long racemes. In 

 autumn the foliage turns red and 

 yellow. 



For previous introduction see 85678. 



91241. Acer mandshuricum Maxim. 



Manchurian maple. 



A hardy Manchurian maple which 

 forms a shrub or small tree. 



For previous introduction see 72401. 



91242. Acer nikoense (Miquel) Maxim. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, native to 

 Japan and central China, with attrac- 

 tive foliage which becomes brilliant red 

 or purple in autumn. 



For previous introduction see 77645. 



91243. Acer rufinerve Sieb. and Zucc. 



A tree up to 40 feet high, with 

 striped bark, glaucous branchlets, 3- 

 lobed, doubly serrate leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long, rusty tomentose on the 

 veins beneath when young. The flow- 

 ers are borne in upright, rusty pubes- 

 cent racemes, and the wings of the 

 fruits spread nearly at right angles. 

 It is native to Japan. 



91240 to 91259— Continued. 



91244. Acer caudatcm dkurunduense 

 (Trautv. and Meyer) Rehder. 



A small Manchurian tree with 

 coarsely toothed, 5-lobed or 7-lobed 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see 71133. 



91245 and 91246. Rhododendron reticu- 

 latum D. Don. Ericaceae. Azalea. 



A much-branched deciduous Japanese 

 shrub up to 25 feet high, belonging to the 

 section Sciadorhodion. The branchlets 

 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-campanulate flowers are 

 rose-purple to magenta. There are two 

 forms — the ordinary form with 10 sta- 

 mens, often called R. rhombicum, and a 

 form with 5 stamens, called R. dilatatum. 



For previous introduction see 85690. 



91245. Received as Azalea dilatata. 



91246. Received as Azalea rhombica. 



91247. Rhododendron pentaphyllum 

 Maxim. {Azalea quinquefolia rosea 

 Rehd.). Ericaceae. Fiveleaf azalea. 



A deciduous shrub of the section Rho- 

 dora, 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 before or with the leaves, 

 which turn orange to crimson in the au- 

 tumn. It is native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 85688. 



91248 to 91250. Eurta spp. Theaceae. 



91248. Eurta emarginata (Thunb.) 

 Makino. 



An evergreen shrub, native to Japan, 

 with short-stemmed obovate emarginate 

 leaves and axillary paired flowers, fol- 

 lowed by black berries about an eighth 

 of an inch in diameter. 



91249. Eurya japonica Thunb. 



Variety thunbergii. Said to be a 

 dwarf form with bright reddish-green 

 leaves. 



91250. Eurta ochnacea (DC.) Szysz. 



A shrub or small tree with coriaceous 

 oblanceolate to oblong leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long and usually solitary nod- 

 ding white flowe'rs 1 inch across, fol- 

 lowed by berrylike black fruits a quar- 

 ter of an inch in diameter. It is native 

 to Japan. 



91251. Hemiptelea davidii ( H a n c e ) 

 Planch. Ulmaceae. David zelkova. 



A shrubby, spiny, elmlike tree, native 

 to Chosen and northern China, which has 

 merit as an ornamental tree because of 

 its handsome dark-green foliage ; the 

 leaves are oval or oblong, deeply toothed, 

 and about 2 inches long. Because of its 

 spines, the tree may be useful for tall 

 hedges. 



For previous introduction see 67031. 



91252 to 91255. Ilex spp. Aquifoliaceae. 



Holly. 



91252. Ilex fujisanensis Hort. 



A place of publication for this name 

 has not been found, but a trade cata- 

 logue describes it as an evergreen tree 



