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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93980 and 93981— Continued. 



93980. Cyetostachys lakka Beccari. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A stately and elegant palm, native to 

 the East Indies, with a slender spineless 

 stem crowned with a cluster of boldly 

 arched leaves 3 to 4 feet in length. The 

 fruits are elongate-ovoid and about half 

 an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 68115. 



93981. Pigafettia elata (Mart.) Wendl. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A tall ornamental palm with a stout 

 trunk, spiny above, and spreading pin- 

 nate foliage resembling that of the coco- 

 nut. Native to the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see 67903. 



93982 to 93990. Triticum aestivtjm L. 

 (T. vulffare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 W. L. Waterhouse, University of Sydney, 

 Sydney, New South Wales. Received 

 August 3, 1931. 



A collection of Australian wheats intro- 

 duced for the use of department specialists. 



93987. Jonathan. 



93988. Thew. 



93989. Wandilla. 



93990. Warren. 



93982. Bena. 



93983. Bowen. 



93984. Cedar. 



93985. Firbank. 



93986. Indian F. 



93991 to 94063. 



From China. Seeds collected by the For- 

 rest Expedition, 1930-1932, to southwest- 

 ern China and presented by Maj. Lionel 

 de Rothschild, London, England. Received 

 August 4, 1931. 



93991. Actinidia venosa Render. Dillen- 

 iaceae. 



No. 29075. A climbing shrubby plant 

 up to 25 feet high with oval membranous 

 leaves, short clusters of buff-yellow 

 flowers, and small russet berries. It is 

 native to Szechwan Province, China. 



For previous introduction see 61803. 



93992. BUDDLEIA MYBIANTHA DielS. 



Loganiaceae. 



No. 29064. A shrub 6 to 10 feet high, 

 native to Yunnan, China, with lanceolate 

 serrulate leaves 5 to 7 inches long and 

 panicles 10 inches long of fragrant deep- 

 purple flowers covered with brown hairs. 

 It is allied to B. davidii. 



93993 and 93994. Thea pitabdii (C. 

 Stuart) Rehder (Camellia spedom 

 Melchior) . Theaceae. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to 

 Yunnan, China, with coriaceous ovate to 

 oblanceolate serrate leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long and rose-pink flowers 1 to 2 inches 

 across. 



J. A dark-flowered form. 



93994. Type. 



93995. Celasteds sp. Celastraceae. 



No. 29052. Said to be closely related 

 to C. loeseneri, which is a climbing 

 shrub with rather fleshy deciduous lan- 

 ceolate leaves 5 inches long having 

 crenate-serrate margins. The greenish- 

 white flowers, in axillary racemes, are 



93991 to 94063— Continued. 



followed by 3-valved yellow fruits a 

 third of an inch in diameter. 



93996. C O E N U S MACBOPHYLLA Wall. 



Cornaceae. 



No. 29067. A small, strikingly hand- 

 some deciduous tree 30 to 40 feet high, 

 chiefly noteworthy for its fine foliage. 

 The ovate or oblong leaves, often taper- 

 ing to a taillike point, are 4 to 7 inches 

 long and 2 to 3 inches wide, smooth 

 bright green above and glaucous beneath. 

 The numerous yellowish-white flowers 

 are produced in somewhat rounded ter- 

 minal cymes 4 to 6 inches across. Each 

 flower is less than 1 inch in diameter 

 and of too dull a white to be very 

 effective. 



For previous introduction see 40808. 



93997. Cotoneastee moupinensis Franch. 

 Malaceae. Mupin cotoneaster. 



No. 29090. A shrub, native to west- 

 ern China, 15 to 20 feet high with 

 spreading branches, rhombic-ovate dull- 

 green rugose leaves 3 to 5 inches long, 

 and many-flowered corymbs of pinkish 

 flowers followed by ovoid, jet-black 

 fruits a quarter of an inch in diameter. 



93998. Decaisnea f a r g e s i i Franch. 

 Lardizabalaceae. 



No. 29063. A handsome shrub up to 

 15 feet high, with large pinnate leaves 

 3 feet long, greenish flowers in long 



Eendulous racemes, and deep-blue fruits 

 to 4 inches long. Native to western 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 77828. 



93999. Delphinium sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Larkspur. 



94000. Dipelta yunnanensis Franch. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 29091. A shrub 10 to 15 feet 

 high, native to western China, with op- 

 posite entire lanceolate leaves 3 to 6 

 inches long and leafy racemes of 2- 

 lipped tubular-campanulate pinkish to 

 purple flowers having shieldlike floral 

 bracts. 



94001. Euonymus grandiflobus Wall. 

 Celastraceae. 



No. 29096. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 93891. 



94002. EtJPTELEA PLEIOSPEEMA Hook. f. 



and Thorns. Trochodendraceae. 



No. 29086. A tree 30 to 40 feet high, 

 native to the Tibet region, with slender- 

 stalked red flowers in axillary fascicles, 

 appearing before the leaves. The ovate- 

 crenate leaves 3 to 6 inches long are 

 glaucescent beneath and have very long- 

 acuminate tips. 



chinensis Batal. 



94003. Helwingia 

 Cornaceae. 



No. 29073. A shrub 6 to 8 feet high, 

 native to western China, with linear to 

 ovate-lanceolate serrate leaves 6 inches 

 long. The small greenish-white flowers 

 are borne in clusters on the midrib of the 

 leaves and are followed by globose berries 

 a quarter of an inch in diameter. 



94004. Ilex delavayi Franch. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



No. 29054. A bushy shrub with smooth 

 grayish bark and leaves an inch or more 



