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95379. Libocedkvs chilensis (Don ) 

 Engl. Pinaceae. 



Chilean incense-cedar. 



From Isle Victoria. Argentina, South 

 America. Seeds presented by Thornton 

 T. Munger, director, Pacific Northwest 

 Forest Experiment Station. Portland, 

 Oreg. Received December 1, 1931. 



An evergreen tree 60 feet high, native 

 to Chile, with a compact pyramidal head. 

 The flattened branehlets bear small erect- 

 spreading glaucous green leaves with a 

 silvery line beneath, and the ovate-oblong 

 cones' are balf an inch long. 



95380 to 95396. 



From China. Seeds collected by the For- 

 rest Expedition. 1930-32, to southwest- 

 ern China and presented bv Maj. Lionel 

 de Rothschild. London. England. Re- 

 ceived December 1, 1931. 



95380. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. 



Hawiihorn. 

 No. 29959. 



95381. Corylopsis sp. Hamamelidaceae. 



No. 29915. Corylopsis is a genus of 

 shrubs related to the witch-hazel, with 

 nodding spikes of fragrant yellow flow- 

 ers appearing before the leaves which 

 resemble those of hazel. 



95382. (Undetermined.) 



No. 29930. Received as Hamamelis 

 sp., but the seeds do not appear to be- 

 long to that genus. 



95383. Litsea sp. Lauraceae. 



No. 29730. Litsea is a genus of 

 shrubs or small trees with alternate 

 leathery leaves, small white or yellow 

 flowers in umbellike clusters, and small, 

 usually black fruits. 



95384. NomochAris lophophora (Bur. 

 and Franch.) Balf. f. Liliaceae. 



A bulbous plant from Szechwan, 

 China, with ovate to lanceolate leaves 

 about 3 inches long and yellow, some- 

 what lilylike flowers, often red punctate, 

 borne singly on a scape 6 to 12 inches 

 high. 



95385 to 95390. Primula spp. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



95385. Primula burmanica Balf. and 

 Ward. 



No. 29919. A stout, moisture-loving 

 primrose from western China, with 

 oblanceolate leaves up to a foot long 

 and red-purple flowers borne on a scape 

 2 feet high. It is a member of the 

 section Candelabra. 



For previous introduction see 79098. 



95386. Primula boreio-calliantha 

 Balf. and Forrest. 



No. 29925. A primrose of the sec- 

 tion Nivalis, with white-mealy lance- 

 olate leaves and flowers in small um- 

 bels borne on a stout scape half again 

 as long as the leaves. Native to 

 southwestern China. 



95387. Primula planiflora Hort. 



A name for which a place of pub- 

 lication and a description have not 

 been found. Said to be related to P. 

 ■poissoni. 



•95388. Primula rockii W. W. Smith. 



A small, woody primula, related to 

 the section Bullatae, to which P. 



95380 to 95396— Continued. 



forrcstii belongs, but very distinct. 

 The large, deep-orange flowers are 

 single on short peduncles and droop ; 

 the leaves are smaller and darker 

 green ; found at 10,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 84029. 



95389. Primula sinomollis Balf. and 

 Forr. 



No. 29917. A Chinese primrose 

 from the section Mollis, with a fleshy 

 rhizome and cordate-elliptic leathery 

 leaves up to 6 inches long. The flow- 

 ers, reddish purple with pale purple 

 lines down the centers of the petals, 

 are in clusters of four to six on a 

 scape often a foot high. 



95390. Primula sonchifolia Franch. 



A primrose with obovate-oblong 

 doubly sinuate papery leaves 6 to 8 

 inches long, native to southwestern 

 China. The simple umbel of short- 

 campanulate violet flowers is borne on 

 a pilose scape as tall as the leaves. 



95391. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



Cherry. 

 No. 30001. 



95392. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



Cherry. 



Mei-Hsi, 167. 



95393. Quercus sp. Fagaceae. Oak. 

 No. 29967. 



95394. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. Rose. 

 No. 29485. 



95395. Thea porrestii Diels. Theaceae. 



A shrub 3 to 8 feet high with slender 

 branches, ovate or lanceolate papery 

 leaves about an inch long, and small 

 creamy white flowers. Native to wooded 

 gullies in Yunnan, China. 



95396. Thea pitardii (C. Stuart) Rehder 

 ( T. speciosa Pitard). Theaceae. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to 

 Yunnan, with coriaceous ovate to oblan- 

 ceolate serrate leaves 2 to 4 inches long 

 and rose-pink flowers 1 to 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 93993. 



95397. SOLANUM AVICULARE Foi'St. f. 



Solanaceae. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by Alfred 

 Bircher, Middle Egypt Botanic Station, 

 El Saff. Received December 1, 1931. 



A branching Australian shrub with lan- 

 ciniate leaves 10 inches long, cymes of 3 to 

 10 large dark-purple flowers, and drooping 

 yellowish fruits an inch in diameter which 

 are used for making marmalade. 



For previous introduction see 77207. 



95398 and 95399. Hordetjm vulgare 

 coeleste L. Poaceae. 



Six-rowed barley. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by S. Kash- 

 iwada, Plant Breeding Laboratory, Ky- 

 usku Imperial University, Fukuoka. Re- 

 ceived November 28, 1931. 



Two varieties of glutinous barley, in- 

 troduced for the use of department special- 

 ists. 



95398. Murasaki-mochi. 



95399. Shiro-mochi. 



