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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED 



59000 to 59268— Continued. 



59235. Rhododendron fulvoides Balf. f. and 

 Forrest. 



No. 11351. November, 1923. A tree 18 to 



20 feet high with branches more or less slender, j 

 found at 11,500 feet altitude below Shundsungla, 

 Mekong-Salwin Divide. The leaves are obo- 

 vate oblong, acute, and brown tomentose be- 

 neath. 



59236. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11354. November, 1923. A tree 18 feet 

 high found in a mixed forest on the slopes of 

 the Dokerla Mountains at 11,000 feet altitude. 

 The leaves are linear oblong, acute at both 

 ends, evenly green, and glabrous on both sides; 

 the flowers are red and the fruits numerous. 



59237. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11355. November, 1923. A shrub 4 to 

 5 feet high found on the outskirts of the pine 

 forest on the eastern slopes of the Karila- 

 Yangtze Divide at 12,000 feet altitude. The 

 broadly ovate-orbicular leaves are glaucous, 

 glabrous beneath, and the flowers are said to be 

 yellow. 



59238. Rhododendron sp. 



November, 1923. A large shrub 10 to 12 feet 

 high found along the streams in forests on the 

 Dokerla Mountains at 12,000 feet altitude. 

 The dark-green oblong leaves are glabrous on 

 both sides. 



59239. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11358. December, 1923. A tree 12 to 15 

 feet high found along the streams in the forests 

 of Pongela at 11,000 feet altitude. The linear- 

 lanceolate leaves are dull green above, paler 

 and glabrous beneath; the flowers are said to 

 be purplish red. 



59240. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11362. November, 1923. A low shrub 1 

 to 2 feet high found in swampy places near 

 Haraku, Likiang Snow Range, at about 11,000 

 feet altitude. The small linear leaves are pale 

 brown beneath, and the flowers are said to be 

 whitish pink. 



59241. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11364 (fruit), 8494 (flowers). November, 

 1923. A shrub 3 to 4 feet high found at 12,000 

 feet altitude on the Likiang Snow Range. 

 The elliptical leaves are glabrous green on both 

 sides, and the flowers are pale blue. 



59242. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11366 (fruit), 8214 (flowers). November, 

 1923. A tree 12 feet high found between 10.000 

 and 11,000 feet altitude on the western slopes 

 of the Likiang Snow Range. The linear-ob- 

 long leaves are glabrous and pale green beneath; 

 the flowers are purple. 



59243. Rhododendron sp. 



Xos. 11368 (fruit), 8562 (flowers) . November. 

 1923. A shrub 6 to 8 feet high found at 11,000 

 feet altitude on the Likiang Snow Range. 

 The small, oval, acute leaves are pale yellow 

 beneath, and the flowers are lavender. 



59244. Rhododendron sp. 



Xos. 11369 (fruit), 8212 (flowers). November, 

 1923. A shrub or small tree 8 feet high found 

 on the western slopes of the Likiang Snow 

 Range at 10,000 feet altitude. The linear- 

 oblong leaves are pale green and glabrous 

 beneath; the flowers are purplish red and 

 spotted with darker red. 



59245. Rhododendron niphargum Balf.f. and 

 Ward. 



Nos. 11370 (fruit), 8218 (flowers). November, 

 1923. A tree 25 feet high found on the western 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at 10,000 

 feet altitude. The obovate-oblong leaves are 

 covered with ash-gray tomentum beneath, and 

 the pale-pink flowers are on long pedicels in 

 large umbels. 



59000 to 59268— Continued. 



59246. Rhododendron niphargoi Balf. f. 

 and Ward. 



Nos. 11374 (fruit), 8216 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A tree 25 to 30 feet high with a trunk 1 

 foot in diameter found in forests on the western 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at 10,000 

 feet altitude. The large leaves are silvery 

 white beneath; the flowers, rose pink (not 

 spotted), grow in large umbels. 



59247. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11375 (fruit), 8215 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A tree 12 to 18 feet high found at Zinako 

 on the western slopes of the Likiang Snow 

 Range at 10,000 feet altitude. The leaves 

 are linear-oblong, glabrous, and dull green; the 

 large flowers are a delicate pink with a few 

 purple spots. 



59248. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11376 (fruit), 8217 (flowers). Zinako. 

 November, 1923. A tree 15 to 18 feet high 

 found at 10,000 feet altitude on the western 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Range. The oval- 

 oblong, acute leaves are pale yellowish gray 

 beneath, and the large flowers are uniformly 

 pinkish purple and not spotted. 



59249. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11377 (fruit), 8210 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A shrub 12 to 18 feet high found at 10,000 

 feet altitude in the forests above Ashi on the 

 western slopes of the Likiang Snow Range. The 

 oblong, bluntly acute leaves are pale green 

 beneath, and the large dark-purple flowers are 

 not spotted. 



59250. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11378 (fruit) , 8272 (flowers) . November 

 1923. A small tree 15 feet high found at 11,000 

 feet altitude in the mountains of Sungkwe 

 south of Likiang. The large oblong leaves are 

 densely rufous brown beneath, and the flowers 

 are white. 



59251. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11380 (fruit), 8262 (flowers) . November, 

 1923. A shrub 7 to 8 feet high found at 10,000 

 feet altitude in the Sungkwe Mountains south 

 of Likiang. The elliptical-oblong leaves are 

 pale green and paler beneath; the flowers are 

 deep reddish purple. 



59252. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11390. November, 1923. A shrub 6 to 8 

 feet high found in the fir forests of Litiping on 

 the Mekong-Yangtze Divide. The linear- 

 oblong, narrow leaves are dark green, paler 

 beneath, and the flowers are purple. 



59253. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11392 (fruit), 8362 (flowers). October. 

 1923. A small shrub 3 to 4 feet high found 

 growing on dry rocky limestone slopes at the 

 edge of pine forests beyond Heshwe, east of 

 the Likiang Snow Range, at 11,000 feet altitude. 

 The obovate-acute leaves are a pale golden 

 brown beneath, and the flowers are a rich 

 bluish lavender. 



59254. Rhododendron sp. 



Nos. 11393 (fruit), 8331 (flowers). October. 

 1923. A shrub 4 feet high found among lime- 

 stone bowlders in a larch forest on the road to 

 Baynva, east of the Likiang Snow Range, at 

 11,000 feet altitude. The elliptical-oval leaves 

 are silky brown beneath, and the flowers are 

 deep lavender. 



59255. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 11395. November, 1923. A small tree 2."> 

 feet high found in a fir forest on the western 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at 12,000 feet 

 altitude. The large oblong leaves are dark 

 green and densely rufous brown woolly be- 

 neath; the flowers are pink. 



