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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56288 to 56386— Continued. 



56341. Pyrtjs sp. 



"(No. 6759. Ganhaitze. October, 

 1922.) A tree very similar to the preced- 

 ing [S. P. I. No. 56340] but with few fruits, 

 which are pear shaped and yellow. It 

 grows at an altitude of 10,000 feet on the 

 Likiang Snow Range." 



56342. Pyrtjs sp. 



"(No. 6761. October, 1922.) A very 

 ornamental tree 30 to 40 feet in height, 

 which grows along watercourses among 

 limestone bowlders on the Likiang 

 Snow Range. It has oval dark-green 

 leaves, grayish beneath, and red and 

 yellow fruits the size of bullets." 



56343. Pyrtjs sp. 



" (No. 6763. October, 1922.) A tree 40 

 feet high from the Likiang Snow Range, 

 where it grows at an altitude of 14,000 feet. 

 The large oblong, coarsely toothed leaves 

 are dull green above and white beneath, 

 and the small globose yellow fruits, the 

 size of bullets, are in corymbs." 



56344. Pyrtjs sp. 



"(No. 6765. October, 1922.) A wild 

 pear which grows on the road from Ashi 

 to the Yangtze River, Likiang Snow 

 Range, at an altitude of 10,000 feet. It is 

 a tree 30 feet high, with large smooth 

 dark-green leaves and fruits 2H inches in 

 diameter, yellow, with small russet rings 

 and spots." 



56345. Pyrtjs sp. 



"(No. 6766. October, 1922.) A tree 30 

 feet high, with small crimson fruits, 

 found along stream beds among limestone 

 bowlders on the Likiang Snow Range 

 north of Ngulukeu, at an altitude of 10,000 

 feet." 



56346. Pyrtjs sp. 



"(No. 6767. Likiang. October, 1922.) " 

 Seeds of a domesticated pear. 



56347. Pyrtjs sp. 



"(No. 6823. Chinho. October, 1922.) 

 A wild pear collected two days' travel 

 south of Likiang, where it grows as a tree 

 :30 to 40 feet in height, with oval-elliptic 

 leaves and small, spotted, russet-brown 

 fruits the size of bullets. This is used as 

 a stock plant." 



to 58354. QuERCUSspp. Fagacese. Oak. 



56348. Qtjerctjs sp. 



"(No. 6748. October, 1922.) An oak 

 tree 30 to 40 feet high, found in the forest 

 on the road to Ashi north of Likiang at an 

 altitude of 12,000 feet. The leaves are 

 large, obovate, and coarsely toothed; 

 the acorns are not bitter." 



56349. Quercts sp. 



"(No. 6794. Ashi. October, 1922.) A 

 tree 50 feet tall, with a trunk 3 feet in 

 diameter, found on the Likiang Snow 

 Range in dry regions near the Yangtze 

 River at an altitude of 9,000 feet. The 

 small pale-green leaves are obovate, and 

 the small acorns have papery involu- 

 cres." 



56350. Quercts sp. 



" (No. 6817. October, 1922.) A tree 50 

 to 60 feet tall, from the western slopes of 

 the Likiang Snow Range on the road from 

 Ashi to the Yangtze River, at an altitude 

 of 11 ,000 feet. It has large sessile, oblong- 

 oval laciniate leaves and small edible 

 sweet acorns." 



56288 to 56386— Continued. 



56351. Qtjerctjs sp. 



"(No. 6822. November 30, 1922.) A 

 tree 30 to 40 feet high, which grows on 

 the Salwin Ridge at an altitude of 8,000 

 feet. The leaves are dark glossy green, 

 and the obovoid bitter acorns are in 

 spikes several inches long." 



56352. Qtjerctjs sp. 



"(No. 7004. Kuyung. November, 

 1922.) A tall tree, 70 to 80 feet in height, 

 with trunks 3 to 4 feet in diameter, which 

 grows in sandy soil in the mountains 

 north of Tengyueh, at an altitude of 

 7,500 feet. The numerous acorns are 

 borne in dense spikes 5 or 6 inches long, 

 the involucre inclosing the acorn." 



58353. Qtjerctjs sp. 



"(No. 7005. Kuyung. November, 

 1922.) Very similar to the preceding 

 [S. P. I. No. 56352], except that the acorns 

 are inclosed in a truncate involucre. The 

 tree, 70 to 80 feet tall with trunks 3 to 4 

 feet in diameter, grows in sandy soil in 

 the mountains north of Tengyueh at an 

 altitude of 7,500 feet." 



56354. Qtjerctjs sp. 



"(No. 7009. Kuyung. November, 

 1922.) A tall tree 70 to 80 feet in height, 

 with large straight trunks 3 or 4 feet in 

 diameter, which grows in the mountains 

 north of Tengyueh at an altitude of 7,000 

 to 8,000 feet. The acorns are inclosed in 

 conical involucres and are borne in stout, 

 densely packed spikes." 



56355 to 56364. Rhododendron spp. Eri- 

 caceae. 



56355. Rhododendron delavayi 

 Franch. 



"(Nos. 3012 and 6743. November 27, 

 1922.) A small tree 15 to 20 feet or more 

 in height, common throughout Yunnan; 

 these seeds were collected on the Salwin- 

 Shweli watershed at an altitude of 8,000 

 feet. The stiff, spreading narrow leaves 

 are brownish beneath, and the crimson 

 flowers are in large terminal heads." 



56356. Rhododendron fortunei LindL 

 " (No. 6829. October, 1922.) A shrub 



or small tree 15 to 20 feet in height, with a 

 trunk a foot in diameter, which grows on 

 the Likiang Snow Range at altitudes of 

 9,000 to 11,000 feet. The leaves are large 

 and smooth and the large, exceedingly 

 handsome, fragrant light-pink flowers are 

 in large terminal clusters." 



56357. Rhododendron heliolepis 

 Franch. 



" (No. 6828. October, 1922.) A beau- 

 tiful compact shrub 10 to 15 feet high, 

 which grows on the edge of alpine mead- 

 ows in large groves at an altitude of 

 12,500 feet. In early spring the plant is 

 one mass of flowers; these are lavender 

 with the lower lip purple spotted."' 



56358. Rhododendron taliense 

 Franch. — 



" (No. 6832. October, 1922.) A shrub 

 15 feet high, which grows on the upper 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at alti- 

 tudes of 15,000 to 15,500 feet among lime- 

 stone bowlders. The leaves are large and 

 whitish mealy beneath, and the large 

 light-pink flowers are in terminal clus- 

 ters." 



56359. Rhododendron sp. 



An unlabeled packet of rhododendron 

 seeds. 



