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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



59000 to 59268— Continued. 



59152. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11130 (fruit), 9952 (flowers). Novem- 

 ber, 1923. A tiny shrub only 1 foot high found 

 in the alpine meadows of the Peima Mountains 

 at 15,000 feet altitude. The small oval leaves 

 are brown and silky beneath, and the flowers 

 are bluish purple. 



59153. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11132 (fruit) , 8866 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A small shrub 4 to 5 feet high found in 

 the Peima Mountains at 13,000 feet altitude. 

 The ovoid leaves are glabrous and paler be- 

 neath; the medium-sized flowers are lavender 

 blue. 



59154. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11133 (fruit) , 9960 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A shrub 6 feet high found on the alpine 

 slopes of the Peima Mountains at 14,000 feet 

 altitude. The leaves are oblong, dark green 

 with pale whitish yellow matted tomentum; 

 the very large, rich purple flowers are spotted 

 with dark purple. 



59155. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11134 (fruit), 9947 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A shrub 5 feet high found at 14,000 feet 

 altitude in the Peima MountaiDS. The ovate- 

 acute leaves are dark green with revolute mar- 

 gins and are densely matted beneath with 

 brown tomentum; the flowers are white. 



59156. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11137 (fruit) , 8947 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A low shrub 2 to 3 feet high found at 

 12,000 feet altitude in the alpine meadows of 

 Litiping, Mekong-Yangtze Divide. The oval 

 leaves are glabrous, and the bright-yellow 

 flowers are in large umbels. 



59157. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11139 (fruit) , 9161 (flowers) , November, 

 1923. A tree 12 to 15 feet high found at 12,000 

 feet altitude in the alpine forests of Litiping. 

 The oblong glabrous leaves are green, and the 

 deep-purple flowers are spotted with darker 

 purple. 



59158. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11140 (fruit), 9167 (flowers). November, 

 1923. A tall shrub 10 to 12 feet high found in 

 the alpine forests of Litiping at 11,000 feet alti- 

 tude. The oblong glabrous leaves are green, 

 and the purple flowers are not spotted. 



59159. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11141 (fruit) , 9068 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A small shrub 4 to 5 feet high collected 

 at 11,000 feet altitude on the slopes of the Yetche 

 Mountains. The leaves are small, oval, green, 

 and glabrous, and the flowers are lavender. 



59180. Rhododendron ixet t ticum Balf. f. and 

 Smith. 



Nos. 11142(fruit), 9075 (flowers). November, 

 1923. A shrub 6 feet high found in the Yetche 

 Mountains, Mekong Valley, at 10,000 feet alti- 

 tude. The leaves are oblong, lanceolate, acute 

 with brown tomentum beneath; the flowers are 

 pink. 



59161. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11143 (fruit), 8950 (flowers) November, 

 1923. A small shrub 3 feet high found at 12,000 

 feet altitude in the mountains of Anwa-Yetche. 

 The leaves are oval, acute with pale-yellow 

 matted wool; the flowers are pinkish red. 



59162. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11144 (fruit) . 8941 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A small shrub 3 feet high found at 14,000 

 feet altitude in the alpine regions of Anwa. 



59000 to 59268— Continued. 



The leaves are linear lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 densely rufous woolly beneath; the handsome 

 flowers are pure white. 



59163. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11146 (fruit), 8957 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A shrub 4 feet high found in the alpine 

 regions of Anwa, Mekong Valley. The leaves 

 are linear-oblong, deeply rufous beneath; the 

 large flowers are white. 



59164. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11147 (fruit) , 8930 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A shrub 4 feet high found in the alpine 

 regions of Anwa at 13,000 feet altitude. The 

 broadly obovate leaves are suborbicular, green, 

 and glabrous; the large flowers are bright yellow. 



59165. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11148 (fruit), 9391 (flowers). November, 

 1923. A little plant 1 foot high found on the 

 alpine slopes of the Moting Mountains, north- 

 east of Atuntze, at 14,000 feet altitude. The 

 leaves are very small, oval, brown, and tuber- 

 culate beneath; the small flowers are yellow. 



5916b. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11154 (fruit), 10219 (flowers). A rare 

 shrub only 1 foot high found in the Charnpu- 

 tong Mountains, Salwin-Irrawaddy Divide, 

 at 13,000 feet altitude. The leaves are obovate 

 elliptical with brownish black matted wool 

 beneath; the flowers are yellowish red. 



59167. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11157 (fruit), 10107 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A low shrub 1 to 3 feet high found at 

 13,000 feet altitude on the Champutong Moun- 

 tains, Salwin-Irrawaddy Divide. The spatu- 

 late leaves are dark green and purplish black 

 tomentose beneath; the rare flowers are yellow- 

 ish red. 



59168. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11158 (fruit), 10218 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A low shrub 1 to 2 feet high found at 

 13,000 feet altitude on the Champutong Moun- 

 tains, Salwin-Irrawaddy Divide. The leaves 

 are elliptical with drab tomentum beneath; 

 the flowers are reddish purple. 



59169. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11161 (fruit), 10109 (flowers) October, 

 1923. A small shrub 1 to 2 feet high found in 

 the Champutong Mountains, Salwin-Irra- 

 waddy Divide, at 14,000 feet altitude. The 

 branches are stiff and erect, the elliptical leaves 

 brownish beneath, and the flowers are yellow. 



59170. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11163 (fruit), 10150 (flowers). October, 

 1923. A tree 8 to 10 feet high found at Keni- 

 chunpu, Salwin-Irrawaddy Divide, at 13,000 

 feet altitude. The leaves are obovate-oblong 

 mucronate and densely matted with red- 

 brown tomentum; the flowers are red. 



59171. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11164 (fruit), 10162 (flowers). Novem- 

 ber, 1923. A small shrub 4 feet high found at 

 13,000 feet altitude on Mount Kenichunpu on 

 the Salwin-Irrawaddy Divide. The leaves are 

 obovate elliptical and covered with dark brown- 

 ish black tomentum beneath; the flowers are 

 pink. 



59172. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11165 (fruit), 10120 (flowers). Novem- 

 ber, 1923. A tree 18 to 20 feet high found on 

 Mount Kenichunpu on the Salwin-Irrawaddy 

 Divide at 13,000 feet altitude. The very large 

 leaves are obovate oblong, deep rich browu, 

 and evenly tomentose beneath; the flowers 

 are a rich yellow. 



