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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93169 to 93222 — Continued. 



93201. Dracocephaldm speciosum Benth. 

 Menthaceae. Dragonhead. 



A robust herbaceous perennial 18 

 inches high with radical leaves on petioles 

 up to 1 foot long. The leaf blades are 

 orbicular-cordate, crenate, and 2 to 4 

 inches across ; the tubular flowers, 1 incb 

 long, are blue purple with black spots 

 and are borne in dense heads. It. is 

 native to the Himalayas in India. 



. Dysoxylum binectaeifeeum 

 (Roxb.) Hook. f. Meliaceae. 



An evergreen tree, 30 feet or more in 

 height, with compound leaves 9 to 18 

 inches long, composed of five to nine 

 leaflets, and panicles of pale-green flow- 

 ers. The leathery reddish fruits are over 

 2 inches long, and the dark-purple seeds 

 are polished. 



For previous introduction see 47840. 



93203. Sloanea dasycarpa (Benth.) 

 H e m s 1. {Echino carpus dasycarpus 

 Benth.). Elaeocarpaceae. 



A Chinese tree about 15 feet high, with 

 rigidly erect flowering branches. The 

 lanceolate leaves are coriaceous ; the nod- 

 ding flowers are axillary or in terminal 

 corymbs ; the sepals are broad, and the 

 cup-shaped corolla is toothed and scarcely 

 longer than the very numerous stamens. 

 The prickly capsule dehisces into 5 

 valves, each valve bearing a fleshy golden 

 aril containing 4 or 5 seeds. 



For previous introduction see 49655. 



93204. Elaeocarpus sikkimensis Mas- 

 ters. Elaeocarpaceae. 



A handsome evergreen tree, native to 

 Sikkim, India, with erect racemes of small 

 white flowers and sharp-pointed serrate 

 leaves about 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 65251. 



93205. Elsholtzia densa Benth. Men- 

 thaceae. 



A dwarf annual, 6 to 18 inches high, 

 native to northeastern India and western 

 Tibet. The slender stems are branched 

 from the base, the ovate to elliptic leaves 

 are 1 to 3 inches long, and the small 

 lavender flowers are borne in spikes about 

 2 inches long. 



93206. Elsholtzia flava Benth. Men- 

 thaceae. 



A bushy annual, 3 to 5 feet high, na- 

 tive to the temperate slopes of the Hi- 

 malayas in India. The long-petioled, cor- 

 date leaves are 4 to 8 inches loqg, and 

 the small yellow flowers are borne in 

 axillary and terminal spikes 2 to 4 inches 

 long. 



93207. Enkianthus deflexus (Griffith) 

 C. Schneid. (E. himalaicus Hook. f. 

 and Thorns.). Ericaceae. 



The whorled branches of this Hima- 

 layan shrub are characteristic of the 

 entire genus and give the plant a pecu- 

 liar appearance. The branchlets are red 

 and the margins and petioles of the obo- 

 vate leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, are red 

 when the leaves are young. The flowers, 

 produced in dense, drooping racemes, 

 have yellow corollas, striped dark red, 

 with darker lobes. 



For previous introduction see 76187. 



93169 to 93222 — Continued. 



A greatly variable herbaceous peren- 

 nial with stems usually 8 inches high, 

 but often up to 2 feet. The opposite 

 ovate nearly sessile leaves are 1 inch 

 long, but the leaves are sometimes peti- 

 oled and 3 inches long. The small, pur- 

 ple to white flowers are axillary or gath- 

 ered into spikes at the ends of the 

 branches. It is native to the alpine 

 slopes of the Himalayas in India. 



. Epilobium origanifolium Lam. 

 Onagraceae. 



. Epilobium reticulatum C. B. 

 Clarke. Onagraceae. 



A perennial herb with pubescent stems 

 2 to 4 feet high, narrowly lanceolate, 

 minutely denticulate leaves 3 to 6 inches 

 long, and rose-purple flowers nearly 1 

 inch across, in terminal spikes. It is 

 native to the Sikkim region in India. 



93210. Erianthus rufipilus (Steud,) 

 Griseb. (E. fulvus Nees). Poaceae. 



Plume grass. 



A perennial grass found in the tem- 

 perate Himalayas between 5,000 and 

 7,000 feet altitude. The stems are 6 to 



8 feet high, and the leaves, 2 to 3 feet 

 long and from one-fourth to 1 inch wide, 

 are slightly rough. The margins of the 

 sheath are hairy. The panicle, 8 to 18 

 inches long is gray white or tinged with 

 purple. The spikelets, about one-tenth 

 of an inch long, are concealed by the 

 dense white basal hairs about 1 inch 

 long. The awn is half an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 39689. 



93211. Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f. 

 Malaceae. 



A stout tree with leathery leaves 6 to 



9 inches long and white flowers, half an 

 inch in diameter, appearing in panicles 

 3 to 6 inches long and broad. It is na- 

 tive to Sikkim, India, and the eastern 

 Himalayas, where it grows at altitudes 

 between 5,000 and 9,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 47679. 



93212. Eriophyton wallichianum Benth. 

 Menthaceae. 



A dwarf woolly herbaceous perennial 

 with a stout rootstock, simple stems 4 to 

 6 inches high, close-set orbicular toothed 

 leaves 2 inches across, and large yellow 

 tubular flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 crowded in the axils of the upper leaves. 

 It is native to the alpine slopes of the 

 Himalayas in Nepal and Sikkim, India. 



93213. Lilium giganteum Wall. Lilia- 

 ceae. Giant lily. 



A lily, native to the Himalayas, with 

 bulbs which grow close to the surface in 

 rich black mold, at altitudes between 

 7,500 and 9,000 feet, where it is covered 

 with snow from November to April. 

 The smooth hollow stems, 6 to 9 feet 

 high, are sometimes used for musical 

 pipes. The handsome cordate leaves, 

 shining dark green above and paler be- 

 neath, are 10 to 12 inches long on 

 petioles of equal length ; both become 

 smaller near the apex. In the large 

 white fragrant flowers, often 12 to a 

 raceme, the perianth tube is slightly 

 greenish, and the inner surface of the 

 segments is tinged with deep purple. 



For previous introduction see 80010. 



93214. Maesa macrophylla Wall. Myr- 

 sinaceae. 



A large shrub or small tree, native to 

 the eastern Himalayas. When the bark 



