30 



SEEDS AXD PLANUS MPOETED 



58901 to 58930 — Continued. 



58909. Michema excels a Blume. 



As ornamental plants for the warmer portions 

 I the Jnited States the various species rfmag- 

 nolias have acquired great and weft-deserved 

 popularity, and it may be expected thai 

 Michelia excelsa, winch belongs :: the sazir 

 family, will some day be wi lely cultivated in 

 the southernmost parts :: iliis ooantry. This 

 rail tree is native in the temperate r-nma- 

 layas of northeastern India at altitudes of 

 about 5,000 feet. The large, narrow leaves are 

 silky brown beneath, and the beautiful, white 

 fl : ~ers are 4 or 5 inches across. 



Tor nrevious introduction, see S. P. L 2s":. 

 -55690. 



58910. MlCKELIA LAXTGIXOSA Wall. 



This species is i-liaracterised by the white 

 woolly lower surfaces of its long, narrow, mag- 

 nolialike leaves. The white., solitary flowers 

 \:z l to 4 inches across. Aithn^gti this species 

 is a £-;_:_::- i: — Bring tree in northern India, 

 sphere :: is native, in SikMm it is said to form 

 an autumn-flowering bush. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 

 55691. 



56811. Nxssa szssilitxoba Hook. f. and Thorns. 

 Cornaceffi. 



An Asiatic relative of the black gum (SFgssa 

 sylratica), which is a tree 60 feet tall, with oblong, 

 punctate leaves. The soft, pay, even-grained 

 W>od is used for building purposes 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47741 



58912. Picea mobixdoides Rehder. Pinacea?. 



Spruce. 



A Himalayan spruce of spreading habit, with 

 :-: p-: -.i-j^_: us ":::z:_- :5 Z: : n. i -;-: 

 300 feet tall. The yourz zones are purple 

 ingto a pale brown when matorc 



58918. Picea smithtaxa (Wall.) Boiss. (P. m-oTinda 

 [ink. . Pinaoes. Srrire 



The Himalayan spruce is a lofty tree found in 

 mountains ::' no rthw e s tern India at altitudes 

 O0 to 11,000 feet; the terminal, drooping, 

 pale-green cones are 4 to 6 inches long. The 

 stiff, sharp, spirally arranged grtr: 

 crowded into hanging, taillike twigs when young. 

 The wood is extensively used for rough furniture 

 and planku \ 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. N« . : " - 



58914 to 589S0. Rhoi>oi a 



58914. Rhodo: i l sthofogos Don. 

 A small shrub. 1 foot high, with 



n b slang, annaman brown beneath and, 



The yell: ,5-rous short 



For previous introduction, see S. P. L No. 



58915. Rhododexdbox babbatum 



:f this ar": 

 rhododendron are borne in many-fi ; 

 Phe bristly stemmed, c 

 normally about 6 

 nat.- 



- 



58901 to 5S930 — Continued. 



1* MKfJJ* KT mBTTll 



r.HODODEXDBOX 



Hook. f. 



A Hiri. 



■- 

 and pur 



ride. 

 For p r e v i ou s - E I No. 



58917. Rh< 

 A laras 



i::i. 



a : : u' 



:j.]£?^r::i::v _ ;- ■ 



58918. Rhod : : emi ■ : s eahp 



Hozi: I 



i-n: La:;!, "be a 

 ::' ; .-li.fl: ~hi:.£ 

 It rarely exceeds 



For previoos i 



in:he= ~lie 

 B F I. Ni 



. Rhoi 

 Tins n 5: 



lark-green 

 in tMwiiw 



' l:1it5 : 



58921. Rh« 



1 Err ; ?. I. v 



»X VALCOXEBI Hook. 



This shrub or tree, which sometix 



a height of 30 feet, is native to nc 



T b e large, deep-green leaves, 



a '.:•:: ".;ig. 



:l:^--:s m^ir :: a '■-::■ z. 



r :: i:;-.:M5 in:: au:'::r. 5 .- ; : Z N:. 

 55700. 



58922. Rhoindbexdbox fulgexs Hook, f. 



- 



-1 



iraished by its blood-red 



Bow about an inch wide and crowded in 



Trusses over 3 inches in width. 



altitudes of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. 



58923. Rhodobexpeox graxde Wight. 



1 flowers about2Js iocbes 



are at first suffused with 



nt which later changes to white. 



J - r:-.-— :us .n:r : :u:::cr.. 5- - ?. 1. No. 

 17775 



58924. R.EOCODEXDEOX HODGSOXTI H 



I one of the fines - 



leathery, dark-green 

 - inches in length, glossy 



-.'• v ,:; --t.-:;-; t.;': i ':: ~:;^1. : i .:: wr. 

 beneath. The rosy lilac flowers, 2 inches 

 across, are in dense rounded trusses about 6 

 inches wide. 



