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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97630 to 97656— Continued 



97651. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



Collected at Rampur-Bushahr in a for- 

 est at 8,000 feet altitude. A well-formed 

 shrub, 15 feet hign, laden with attrac- 

 tive clusters of scarlet berries which are 

 pleasantly acid. 



97652. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



Collected at Kulu, Punjab, between 

 8,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. This vi- 

 burnum blooms from December until 

 April in this region. 



97653. (Undetermined.) 



From Rampur-Bushahr. A shrub 2 

 feet high, collected in dense forest at 

 7,000 feet altitude. The fruit and foliage 

 are very attractive, and the flowers are 

 said to be likewise. 



97654. (Undetermined.) 



From Abring, Zankskar. A shrubby 

 perennial, 4 feet high, chiefly interesting 

 for its fragrance. Collected on a dry 

 slope at 12,000 feet altitude. 



97655. (Undetermined.) 



Collected on an arid slope at 11,000 

 feet altitude in Ladakh Province. A 

 prostrate shrubby perennial with large 

 white fragrant flowers. 



97656. (Undetermined.) 



From Darkali, Rampur-Bushahr. Mon- 

 Tcey-apple. An attractive small tree 

 found growing in an oak forest at 9,000 

 feet altitude. The fruit is edible and 

 said to be very attractive to monkeys. 



97657 to 97678. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



From England. Seeds presented by J. R. 

 Stevenson, Ascot. Received February 25, 

 1932. 



97657. Rhododendron arboreum J. E. 

 Smith. Tree rhododendron. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97647. 



97658. Rhododendron burmanicum 

 Hutchinson. 



A large shrub, native to southwestern 

 Burma, with oblanceolate to obovate ever- 

 green leaves, densely scaly on both sur- 

 faces. The green-yellow fragrant cam- 

 panulate flowers, in 5- or 6-flowered um- 

 bellate clusters are scaly all over the 

 outside. 



97659. Rhododendron calophttd'm 

 Franch. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97383. 



97660. Rhododendron crocedm Balf. 



and Smith. 



Forrest No. 12731. A shrub up. to 22 

 feet high, with somewhat papery oblong 

 leaves 5 inches long and flesh-yellow, 

 red-spotted flowers over 1. inch long in 

 racemose umbels. Native to Yunnan. 



For previous introduction see 94111. 



97661. Rhododendron decorum Franch. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97623. 



97662. Rhododendron falconeri Hook. f. 



This shrub or tree, which sometimes 

 attains a height of 30 feet, is native to 



97657 to 97678— Continued 



northeastern India. The large deep-green 

 leaves, often a foot long, and the whitish 

 densely clustered flowers, make it a very 

 fine ornamental. 



For previous introduction see 58921. 



97663. Rhododendron floccigerum 

 Franch. 



Forrest No. 19769. A shrub 4 feet 

 high found in the alpine regions of 

 Tsehchung Mekong, Yunnan, China. The 

 linear-elliptical leaves are rich green and 

 covered with brown deciduous wool. The 

 flowers are red with a purplish tinge. 



For previous introduction see 59474. 



97664. Rhododendron fulvum Balf. and 

 Smith. 



A straggling tree, 9 to 18 feet high, 

 native to western Yunnan, China. The 

 obovate leathery leaves, 6 to 8 inches 

 long, are glabrous above and are covered 

 beneath with a pale-fawn to deep-crim- 

 son suedelike indumentum. The inflo- 

 rescence is a loosely rounded umbellate 

 truss of about 20 companulate flowers 1 

 to 2 inches long, which are white with 

 a deep-rose flush and have a crimson 

 blotch at the base. 



griersonianum 



97665. Rhododendron 

 Balf. and Forr. 



Forrest No. 15851. A shrub 5 to 10 

 feet high, native to western Yunnan, 

 China. The narrowly lanceolate leaves, 

 4 to 8 inches long, are green above and 

 covered beneath with a loose whitish to 

 buff woolly tomentum. The funnel-cam- 

 panulate flowers, in clusters of 5 to 12, 

 are 2 to 3 inches long and are bright 

 geranium-scarlet dappled inside with 

 darker spots. 



97666. Rhododendron haematodes 

 Franch. 



Forrest No. 6773. A shrub up to 10 

 feet high, native to Yunnan, China. The 

 oblong to obovate leaves, 2 to 4 inches 

 long, are dark green above and densely 

 rufus-woolly-tomentose beneath. The 

 fleshy tubular-campanulate flowers, in 

 umbels of 6 to 8, are 2 inches long and 

 have five pouches at the base of the 

 crimson corolla. 



97667. Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook. f. 



This is considered one of the finest 

 rhododendrons for foliage ; the leathery 

 dark-green leaves are up to 18 inches in 

 length, glossy above and covered with a 

 brown-red down beneath. The rosy lilac 

 flowers, 2 inches wide, are in dense 

 rounded trusses about 6 inches wide. 



For previous introduction see 58924. 



97668. Rhododendron insigne Hemsl. 

 and Wils. 



Wilson No. 1339. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 97395. 



97669. Rhododendron lacteum Franch. 



Forrest No. 6778. A tree 15 to 30 

 feet high, native to Yunnan, China. The 

 thick leathery oblong-elliptic leaves, 4 to 

 7 inches long, are glabrous above and 

 covered beneath with a dull-fawn suede- 

 like indumentum. The wide-campanulate 

 creamy white to canary yellow flowers 

 are 2 inches long and are borne in a 

 large racemose umbel made up of 20 to 

 30 flowers. 



