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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97581 to 97629 — Continued 



97612. Fuchsia thymifolia H. B. K. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with 

 small ovate nearly opposite leaves pu- 

 bescent above, red flowers having obo- 

 vate undulate petals, and red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 90091. 



97613 to 97616. Kalanchoe spp. Cras- 

 sulaceae. 



97613. Kalanchoe bentii C. H. Wright. 



A succulent with dull olive-green 

 stems about 3 feet high, thick fleshy 

 spreading and recurved terete leaves 3 

 to 6 inches long, and panicles of erect 

 tubular white flowers half an inch 

 long, the buds being pink. It is native 

 to Arabia. 



For previous introduction see 91822. 



97614. Kalanchoe carnea N. E. Brown. 



A succulent perennial with simple 

 stems about 2 feet high, oval to obo- 

 vate, crenate-dentate leaves, and 

 branched cymes of light rose or pink 

 very fragrant flowers. Native to 

 southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 86231. 



97615. Kalanchoe crenata Haw. 



A succulent perennial, native to trop- 

 ical Africa, 2 to 6 feet high, with a 

 thick fibrous root, oblong or roundish 

 oval-crenate leaves about 2 inches 

 long, and bright-yellow flowers half an 

 inch long in terminal and axillary 

 cymes. 



For previous introduction see 93091. 



97616. Kalanchoe rotundifolia Haw. 



A succulent perennial, 1 to 3 feet 

 high, with a slender stem which has 

 a few leaves at the base and is naked 

 above. The fleshy leaves, 1 to 2 inches 

 long, vary in shape from broadly obo- 

 vate to spatulate and are entire or 

 crenate. The small orange or yellow 

 flowers are borne in flat-topped pan- 

 icles. Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 88752. 



97617. Gaya lyallii (Hook, f.) Baker f. 

 (Plagianthus lyallii Hook. f.). Mal- 

 vaceae. Lacebark. 



A beautiful tree up to 30 feet high, 

 graceful and spreading, with the branch- 

 lets covered with stellate hairs. The cor- 

 date leaves are 2 to 4 inches long on 

 slender petioles and the large white 

 flowers, an inch across, are borne in 

 axillary clusters. Native to New Zea- 

 land. 



For previous introduction see 



>37. 



97618 and 97619. Podophyllum emodi 

 Wall. Berberidaceae. 



Himalayan mayapple. 



97618. For previous introduction and 

 description see 97521. 



97619. Variety chinense. Probably a 

 form from China. 



97620. Ranunculus gramineus L. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Grassy buttercup. 



A smooth herbaceous perennial with 

 rosettes of linear to lanceolate leaves and 

 bright-yellow flowers on stalks 6 to 12 

 inches high. It is native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 95494. 



97581 to 97629— Continued 



97621 to 97627. Rhododendron spp. Eri- 

 caceae. 



97621. Rhododendron campylocarpum 

 Hook. f. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 97386. 



97622. Rhododendron chartophyllum 

 Franch. 



A fine species native to Yunnan, 

 China, where it grows at altitudes 

 between 9,000 and 12,000 feet. It is 

 deciduous at flowering, and the large 

 flowers are all shades from white to 

 mauve, deep pink, and even blue 

 smoke colored. 



For previous introduction see 97388. 



97623. Rhododendron decorum 

 Franch. 



A western Chinese evergreen shrub 

 with glabrous leaves, glaucous be- 

 neath, and broadly bell-shaped white 

 or pink flowers 2 inches- across. 



For previous introduction see 86759. 



97624. Rhododendron galactinum 

 Balf. f. 



A tree, 15 to 22 feet high, native 

 to Szechwan, China. The oblong to 

 lanceolate leaves, 5 to 8 inches long, 

 are glabrous and dark green above and 

 covered beneath with buff -gray or pale- 

 cinnamon indumentum. The bell- 

 shaped flowers, over 1 inch long, are 

 in clusters of about 15. and are pale- 

 rose with deep crimson blotches in- 

 side. 



97625. Rhododendron hippophaeoides 

 Balf. and Smith. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 97394. 



97626. Rhododendron pentaphyllum 

 Maxim. {R. quinquefolium roseum 

 Rehder). Fiveleaf azalea. 



A deciduous shrub of the section 

 Rhodora, up. to 25 feet high with usu- 

 ally five elliptic-lanceolate leaves at the 

 ends of the branches. The rose-pink 

 flowers, 1 to 2 inches across, are soli- 

 tary or in twos, appearing before or 

 with the leaves which turn orange or 

 crimson in the autumn. Native to 

 Japan. 



For previous introduction see 92033. 



97627. Rhododendron pseudoyanthi- 

 num Balf. f. 



A shrub 1 to 9 feet high, with 

 ovate-lanceolate thick and rigid leaves 

 up to 3 inches long, glossy dark green 

 above and pale green beneath. The 

 campanulate flowers. 2 inches across, 

 are pink spotted crimson within and 

 are in a racemose umbel of 9 or more 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 66477. 



97628. Syringa tomentella Bur. and 

 Franch. (S. adamiana Balf. and 

 Smith). Oleaceae. Felty lilac. 



A bushy shrub, about 10 feet high, 

 with elliptic leaves which are hairy be- 

 neath and loose long-branched spikes of 

 fine mauve-pink flowers, produced in late 

 May and early June. It is native to 

 western China. 



For previous introduction see 91833.. 



