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91240 to 91259— Continued. 



20 feet high, with glossy leathery leaves 

 like those of Andromeda japonic®, and 

 the numerous red berries are borne on 

 long stems. It is native to Mount 

 Fuji, Japan, at an altitude of 3,000 

 feet. 



91253. Ilex integba Thunb. 



An evergreen Japanese shrub or tree, 

 up to 40 feet high, with oval or oblong, 

 usually entire leaves 2 to 3 inches long, 

 and globular or ovoid red berries. 



For previous introduction see 67361. 



91254. Ilex purpurea Hassk. (J. old- 

 ham i Miquel). 



An evergreen tree with crenate-ser- 

 rulate, elliptic-lanceolate leaves 2 to 3 

 inches long and red berries, half an 

 inch long, in clusters of two to five. 

 It is native to Japan and central China. 



For previous introduction see 80095. 



91255. Ilex sugeroki Maxim. 



A dense evergreen shrub 6 feet 

 high, with pubescent branchlets, el- 

 liptic, acute leaves 1 to 2 inches 

 long, serrate above the middle, and 

 solitary fruits, about one-third of an 

 inch in diameter, on pedicels 1 inch 

 long. It is native to Japan. 



91256. Lespedeza daurica ( L a x m . ) 

 Schindler. Fabaceae. Bushclover. 



A tall plant with white, pealike 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 65493. 



91257. Iris rossii Baker. Iridaceae. 



An Apogon iris with a creeping 

 rhizome, linear green grasslike leaves 4 

 to 6 inches long, and a very short stem 

 with a single lilac flower an inch across. 

 It is native to Chosen and northern 

 China. 



91258. Lilium CORDIFOLIUM Thunb. Lilia- 

 ceae. 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 85683. 



91259. Michelia compressa (Maxim.) 

 Sarg. Magnoliaceae. 



A tree up to 40 feet high, with ob- 

 long to obovate coriaceous leaves 3 to 

 4 inches long, and fragrant yellow flow- 

 ers 1 inch across. It is native to Japan. 



91260 and 91261. Lilium spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. Lily. 



From England. Seeds purchased from W. 

 A. Constable, Paddock Wood, Kent. 

 Received January 21, 1931. 



91260. Lilium martagon L. 



Martagon lily. 



Variety Cattaneae. A form with 

 stems 6 to 7 feet high, five to seven 

 whorls of leaves, flower buds covered 

 with cottony down, and the rich-purple 

 flowers only slightly spotted. 



91261. Lilium philippinense formosa- 

 num (Baker) Wilson. 



Price's variety. A dwarf alpine form 

 which is said to be hardy in England. 



91262 and 91263. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by Prof. 

 Mitsunaga Fujioka, Division of Forestry, 

 College of Agriculture, Imperial Univer- 

 sity, Tokyo. Received January 21, 1931. 



91262. Larix leptolepis (Sieb. and Zucc.) 

 Gord. (L. kaempferi Sarg., not Carr.). 

 Pinaceae. Japanese larch. 



A deciduous tree up to 80 feet high, 

 with short horizontal branches and yel- 

 lowish or reddish-brown branchlets. The 

 soft rather broad obtuse leaves are less 

 than 2 inches long and are bluish green, 

 and the obovate-oblong cones are 2 

 inches long. It is native to Japan. 



91263. Thujopsis dolabrata (L. f.) 

 Sieb. and Zucc. Pinaceae. 



False-arborvitae. 



A pyramidal Japanese conifer 50 feet 

 high, with spreading frondlike branch- 

 lets, nodding at the ends, small gios. -y 

 dark-green leaves having white patches 

 below and broadly ovoid cones less than 

 1 inch long. The wood is very resistant 

 to decay and makes excellent poles and 

 ties. This variety seeds hut rarely, per- 

 haps having only one good crop in 13 

 years. 



For previous introduction see 78397. 



91264 to 91272. 



From Mexico. Seeds and tubers collected 

 by C. O. Erlanson and Max Souviron, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Jan- 

 uary 23, 1931. 



Nos. 91264 to 91268 were collected at 

 Chapala, Jalisco, January 3, 1931, at 5,000 

 feet altitude. 



91264. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 



No. 1. An ornamental leguminous 

 shrub, 8 feet high, with attractive deep- 

 red flowers ; found growing abundantly 

 in arid rocky soil. 



91265. (Undetermined.) 



No. 10. A rather common herbaceous 

 vine with milky juice, found on dry 

 barren hillsides. 



91266. Cardiospermum sp. Sapindaceae. 



No. 2. A woody vine with papery cap- 

 sules, found occasionally in arid rocky 

 soil. 



91267. Ceiba acuminata (S. Wats.) Rose. 

 Bombacaceae. Pochote. 



A close relative of the kapok tree 

 (Ceiba pentandra). It is a large or 

 medium-sized tree with a spiny trunk, 

 compound leaves, and hard, oblong fruits 

 about 7 inches long, which contain whit- 

 ish down, used for stuffing pillows and 

 life preservers and for making candle- 

 wicks. It is native to western and south- 

 ern Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 78244. 



No. 3. Seeds harvested by the natives 

 in October, when they were ripe, from 

 trees growing on rocky open hillsides 

 with southern exposure. 



No. 4. Seeds from a few stray fruits 

 left by natives. 



91268. (Undetermined.) 



No. 9. A herbaceous vine found on a 

 dry barren hillside ; the edible ovate 

 fruit, 6 inches long, is orange red and 

 marked with longitudinal rows of yellow 

 spots. 



