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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93871 to 93970 — Continued. 



and thin papery oblong leaves covered 

 with reddish glands, and all erect, or 

 nearly so. forming a narrow erect 

 crown. The short scapes, 6 to 9 in- 

 ches high, bear solitary purple- violet 

 vincalike flowers 1 to 2 inches across. 



93934. Frunus undulata Buch.-Ham. 

 Amygdalaeeae. 



No. 28586. A small tree, native to 

 India, with slender branches and mem- 

 branous crenate.serrate leaves varying 

 from oblong-lanceolate and 2 to 3 inches 

 long to linear-lanceolate and much long- 

 er. The small white flowers are in slen- 

 der racemes, and the globose fruits are 

 less than a quarter of an inch in di- 

 ameter. 



93935. Rheum delavayi Franch. Polv- 

 gonaceae. 



No. 28509. A perennial herb from 

 southwestern China with stems 6 inches 

 to nearly a foot high, thick cordate- 

 ovate leaves about 2 inches long, and 

 small purple flowers. 



93936 to 93939. Ribes spp. Grossularia- 

 ceae, 



93936 to 93938. Ribes glaciale Wall. 



A shrub 10 to 15 feet high, with red- 

 dish young shoots, rounded leaves, and 

 small flowers which are maroon or 

 purplish on the inside. The small cur- 

 rantlike fruits mature in Julv in the 

 higher altitudes of the Himalayas 

 where the species is native. 



For previous introduction see 58637. 



93936. No. 28421. 



93937. No. 28618. A form with 

 black fruits. 



93938. No. 28619. 

 93939. Ribes sp. 



No. 28580. 



93940. Rubus lutescexs Franch. Rosa- 

 ceae. 



No. 28510. A small shrub from 1 to 



2 feet high, native to alpine slopes from 



3 0.000 to 15,000 feet altitude in Yunnan, 

 China. The leaves are small, the flowers 

 a pale canary-yellow and the large deep 

 orange-yellow berries are sweet and very 

 delicious. 



For previous introduction see 56369. 



93941. Rubus stans Focke. Rosaceae. 



No. 28511. An erect shrub 3 to 4 feet 

 high, native to China. The densely pi- 

 lose, ternate leaves have round serrate 

 leaflets 1 inch long, and the axillary 

 rose-red flowers are nearly 1 inch across. 



93942. R U M E X YUNGNINGENSIS Hort. 



Polygonaceae. 



No. 28637. A name for which a place 

 of publication and a description have not 

 been found. 



93943 to 93945. Saussurea spp. Astera- 

 ceae. 



93943. Saussurea leucoma Diels. 



No. 28943. A thistlelike herbaceous 

 perennial, native to Yunnan, China, 4 

 to 9 inches high, with the leaves di- 

 vided into pinnate segments. The en- 

 tire plant, except the blue-purple 

 flower heads, is densely covered with 

 cottony white tomentum. 



93871 to 93970— Continued. 



93944. Saussurea poophylla Diels. 



No. 28527. A cespitose plant with 

 silky hairy stems, 5 or 6 inches high, 

 and narrow linear leaves ranging from 

 5 inches at the lower parts of the stems 

 to minute leaves above. The thistle- 

 like flower heads are white or yellow- 

 ish. Native to Tibet. 



93945. Saussurea sp. 

 No. 28531. 



93946. SCHEFFLERA DUMICOLA W. W. 



Smith. Araliaceae. 



No. 29004. A shrub 12 to 20 feet 

 high, native to Yunnan, China, with 

 compound leaves made up of five to nine 

 oblong-lanceolate entire leaflets 8 to 12 

 inches long, glaucous beneath. The small 

 flowers are in panicles 2 feet long, and 

 the fruits are purplish black. 



93947. Senecio sp. Asteraceae. 

 No. 28419. 



93948. Senecio sp. Asteraceae. 



No. 28677. 



93949 to 93959. Sorbus spp. Malaceae. 

 Mountain-ash, 



93949. Sorbus cuspidata (Spach) 

 Hedl. 



No. 29044. A tree, native to north- 

 ern India, with elliptic to obovate 

 doubly-serrate simple leaves, 3 to 8 

 inches long, densely white tomentose 

 beneath. The small white flowers are 

 borne in terminal corymbs 3 to 5 

 inches across and are followed by red- 

 dish fruits nearly 1 inch in diameter. 



93950. Sorbus epidendron Hand.- 



No. 29021. A clambering shrub, na- 

 tive to western China, with more or 

 less rosulate obovate papery leaves 

 about 4 inches long, deep green above 

 and paler beneath. The flowers are 

 in hemispherical corymbs about 2 

 inches across. 



93951. Sorbus harrowiana (Balf. 

 and Smith) Rehder. 



No. 29015. A tree up to 40 feet 

 high, native to China, with compound 

 leaves made up of three to nine ob- 

 long serrulate coriaceous leaflets 8 

 inches long. The small white flowers, 

 in compound terminal corymbs 6 to 

 8 inches across, are followed by ovoid 

 fruits a quarter of an inch in diam- 

 eter. 



93952 to 93955. Sorbus koehneana C. 

 Schneid. 



A shrub up to 10 feet high, native 

 to central China. The compound 

 leaves are made up of 17 to 25 ob- 

 long-lanceolate sharply serrate leaflets 

 1 to 2 inches long, and the white 

 flowers with brown anthers are in 

 corymbs 2 to 4 inches across and are 

 followed by small white berrylike 

 fruits. 



93952. No. 28369. 93954. No. 28620. 



93953. No. 28390. 93955. No. 28621. 

 93956. Sorbus rehderiana Koehne. 



No. 28656. A shrub or bushy tree 1 

 to 25 feet high, with ashy black branch- 

 es and pinnate leaves 3 to 5 inches 



