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93871 to 93970 — Continued. 



93916. MELIOSMA PDNGKNS (Wall.) 



Walp. Sabiaceae. 



No. 28992. A small tree, native to 

 the subtropical Himalayas in India, with 

 the branchlets and inflorescence covered 

 with rusty down. The coriaceous leaves, 

 5 to 9 inches long, are oblanceolate with 

 coarsely serrate margins, and the incon- 

 spicuous small flowers are in large 

 spreading panicles. 



93917. Parnassia delavayi Franch. 

 Saxifragaceae. 



No. 2S537. A perennial herb, with stems 

 about 8 inches high and a thick rhizome. 

 The basal leaves are long stemmed deeply 

 cordate round or reniform and nearly 

 2 inches across, while the stem leaves 

 are round and clasping. The white flow- 

 ers are about half an inch long. It is 

 native to Yunnan, China. 



93918. Pedicularis integrifolia Hook, 

 f. Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 28611. An alpine perennial, na- 

 tive to Sikkim, India, with a stout root- 

 stock and ascending stems 4 to 6 inches 

 high. The leaves are crowded, narrow- 

 ly linear, pubescent, and about 2 inches 

 long. The dark-purple flowers are in 

 oblong capitate spikes. 



For previous introduction see 80200. 



93919. Pedicularis rhodotricha Maxim. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 28525. A slender perennial herb 

 from western China, with linear-oblong 

 pinnatifid leaves 1 inch or more long and 

 rose-pink flowers, nearly 1 inch across, in 

 short few-flowered racemes. 



93920. Phlomis rotata Benth. Mentha- 

 ceae. 



No. 28592. A stemless plant with a 

 rosette of thick coriaceous orbicular cre- 

 nate leaves 3 to 6 inches across, densely 

 tomentose beneath, suddenly contracted 

 into tomentose petioles half an inch 

 broad. The small flowers are in whorls 

 on short peduncles, forming dense heads, 

 1 to 2 inches in diameter, in the center 

 of the rosette of leaves, and are cov- 

 ered with white hairs. It is native to 

 the alpine slopes of the Himalayas in 

 India. 



93921 and 93922. Piptanthds CONCOLOR 

 yunnanensis Stapf. Fabaceae. 



A shrub 3 to 12 feet high, with olive- 

 green glabrous branchlets and dull dark- 

 green trifoliolate leaves of lanceolate 

 leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, native to 

 northwestern Yunnan, China. The gold- 

 en-yellow pea-shaped flowers, 1 inch 

 long, are in terminal clusters and form 

 a pleasing contrast to the dark leaves. 



93921. No. 28392. 93922. No. 29018. 



93923. Pleurospermum sp. Apiaceae. 

 No. 28541. 



93924. POTENTILLA ERIOCARPA Wall. 



Rosaceae. 



No. 28625. A perennial herb with a 

 stout rootstock from which arise branches 

 4 to 10 inches long, densely clothed with 

 imbricating woolly stipular sheaths. 

 From the tips of these branches grow 

 the slender suberect flowering stems bear- 

 ing thin 3-lobed and incised leaves about 

 1 inch long and solitary yellow flowers 

 1 to 2 inches across. It is native to 

 northern India. 



93871 to 93970— Continued. 



93925 to 93933. Primula spp. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



93925. Primula beesiana Forrest. 



No. 28429. A remarkable free-flow- 

 ering and hardy Chinese primula found 

 growing close to the snow line in the 

 mountainous parts of Yunnan. Under 

 favorable circumstances the scape rises 

 to a height of over 3 feet and pro- 

 duces, in the early summer, its whorls 

 of showy flowers, a glowing velvety 

 purple color with conspicuous eyes. 



For previous introduction see 48352. 



93926. Primula Florida Balf. and 

 Forr. 



No. 28389. A perennial herb, native 

 to Yunnan, with ovate leaves, covered 

 with white meal, spreading flat on the 

 ground. The scape bears an umbel of 

 short-stalked, purple-blue flowers with 

 mealy calyxes. 



93927. Primula littoniana robusta 

 Forrest. 



No. 28450. A robust form with 

 spikes up to 15 inches long of pale 

 purplish blue flowers. It is native to 

 the Muli region of western China. 



93928. Primula poissoni Franch. 



No. 28414. Said to be a variety of P. 

 poissoni, which is a tall stout glabrous 

 herbaceous perennial, native to Yunnan, 

 China. The broad leathery ovate-ob- 

 long leaves, 9 inches long, have crisped 

 and twisted dentate margins folded up- 

 wards on each side. The flower scape, 



3 to 5 feet high, bears superposed um- 

 bels of 3 to 12 rosy flowers 1 inch 

 across with a golden ring at the mouth. 



93929. Primula polyneura Franch. 



No. 28400. Said to be a form of P. 

 polyneura, which is a perennial herb 

 with suborbicular crenate-lobed leaves 

 1 to 3 inches long and scapes 4 to 16 

 inches tall bearing one to three umbels 

 of purple flowers about half an inch 

 across. It is native to central China. 



93930. Primula sikkimensis Hook. 



No. 28422. Received as P. pseudo. 

 sikkimensis, which is now considered 

 to be a form of P. sikkimensis with 

 larger and brighter canary-yellow flow- 

 ers. It is native to Yunnan, China. 



93931. Primula secundiflora Franch. 



No. 28413. A perennial herb with 

 ovate-oblong finely serrulate papery 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, golden fari- 

 nose beneath when young. The stout 

 scape, 8 to 12 inches high, bears a 

 1-sided, 6-flowered to 10-flowered um- 

 bel of bright violet flowers nearly an 

 inch across. It is native to southwest- 

 ern China. 



For previous introduction see 59429. 



93932. Primula yargongensis Petit- 

 mengin. 



No. 28403. A primrose from eastern 

 Tibet with ovate-oblong obtuse leaves 

 1 to 2 inches long and one to three 

 deep rose-lilac flowers on a thick scape 



4 inches high. 



93933. Primula vinciflora Franch. 



No. 28391. A perennial herb, na- 

 tive to China, with a short rhizome 



