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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



61596 to 61625— Continued. 



61609. LmuCOSCmPTBETM CANUM J. E. 

 Smith. Menthaceae. 



A stout-branched, densely hairy tree, 

 commonly about 30 feet high, with large 

 narrowly ovate leaves, silvery hairy be- 

 neath and at times a foot long. The 

 small white or pinkish flowers are in 

 spikes. Native to temperate regions of 

 the Himalayan. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 57888. 



61610. Leycksteria beli.iana W. YV. 

 Smith. Caprifoliaceae. 



A small, graceful shrub with opposite, 

 membranous, lance-shaped leaves, and 

 sessile, 2 to 4 flowered spikes of rosy 

 white flowers. It is native in the Sik- 

 kim Himalayas near the Nepal border 

 at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 55686. 



61611. Leycesteria glaucophylla (Hook, 

 f. and Thorns.) C. B. Clarke. Capri- 

 foliaceae. 



A slender plant, closely allied to the 

 honeysuckle, with pale-green leaves and 

 bearing, in the early winter, a pro- 

 fusion of pink flowers, m short axillary 

 spikes. It is native to the subtropical 

 Himalayas at an altitude of 5,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 55907. 



61612. Meibomia cephalotes (Roxb.) 

 Kuntze (Desmodium cephaliotes Wall.). 

 Fabaceae. 



A tall shrub, with densely silky, 

 acutely angled, zigzag branches and dense 

 umbels of deep-red flowers. It is native 

 to the eastern Himalayas. Cattle and 

 goats are said to be fond of the leaves, 

 according to Watt (Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India). 



61613. Meibomia gyroides (DC.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium gyroides DC). Fabaceae. 



A shrubby leguminous plant, 8 to 10 

 feet high, from the warmer parts of the 

 central and eastern Himalayas. It has 

 hairy leaves and terminal clusters of red 

 flowers. 



61614. Morus laevigaga Wall. Moraceae. 



Mulberry. 



An Indian mulberry which occurs wild 

 and cultivated, though not common, in 

 the lower Himalayas, where, according to 

 Atkinson (Notes "on the Economic Prod- 

 ucts of the Northwest Provinces), it 

 forms a medium-sized tree with oval 

 leaves up to 7 inches in length. In early 

 spring the long - cylindrical, yellowish 

 white or pale-purple fruits appear : these 

 are edible, although of a rather insipid- 

 sweet flavor. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 55692. 



61615. Mucuxa macrocarpa Wall. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A woody climber, native to northeast- 

 ern India, which is described by Hooker 

 (Flora of British India) as having pur- 

 ple flowers and torulose pods over a foot 

 in length. 



61596 to 61625 — Continued. 



61616. Picea morindoides Rehder. Pina- 

 ceae. Spruce. 



A Himalayan spruce of spreading habit, 

 with slender pendulous branchlets. It 

 becomes over 200 feet tall. The young 

 cones are purple, turning to a pale brown 

 when mature. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 58912. 



61617. Piper attkn'Uatum Buch. - Ham. 

 Piperaceae. 



A woody, rambling, tropical plant, na- 

 tive to the warmer parts of the eastern 

 Himalayas. According to Hooker (Flora 

 of British India) the female spikes are 

 very slender, lengthening in fruit to 

 about 9 inches. The long-stemmed leaves 

 are roundish, with hairy lower surfaces. 



61618. Poraxa racemosa Roxb. Convol- 

 vulacea?. Snow creeper. 



One of the most beautiful of the Hima- 

 layan plants, described by Watt (Diction- 

 ary of the Economic Products of India) 

 as*^ occurring in dense masses, climbing 

 over other plants in the jungle, with the 

 dazzling white flowers resembling patches 

 of snow. 



61619. Prunus cebasoides D. Don. (P. 

 puddum Roxb.). Amygdalacea?. 



The pendulous flowers are campanulate 

 and deep rosy red. They are said to ap- 

 pear before the foliage, which is a bright, 

 glossy green. The tree, native to the 

 highlands of Burma, is said to endure 

 some frost in its native country. (Col- 

 lingwood Ingram, Benenden, Kent, Eng- 

 land, in note under 8. P. I. No. 57680.) 



61620. Pygeum acuminatum Colebr. 

 Amygdalaceae. 



A tropical relative of the peach, native 

 to Bengal, and described by Hooker as 

 an evergreen tree with narrow oblong 

 leaves, racemes of yellow-green flowers, 

 and dark-purple fruits about an inch in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 50721. 



61621. Quercus incaxa Roxb. Fagaceae. 



Oak. 



A large, evergreen oak from the moun- 

 tains of eastern India, with bark rich 

 in tannin and acorns which are eaten 

 by the wild animals of the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 50722. 



61622. Rubus niveus Thunb. Rosaceae. 



A subtropical Rubus, distributed 

 throughout the temperate Himalayas, 

 Burma, Ceylon, and Java. The berries, 

 which vary in color from red and orange 

 to bluish, are very palatable and are 

 commonly sold to Europeans in the 

 bazaars of British India. Introduced for 

 horticulturists experimenting with small 

 fruits. 



61623. Senecio scaxdexs Buch. -Ham. 

 Asteraceae. Climbing groundsel. 



An attractive, autumn-flowering com- 

 posite from the Himalayas, with a woody 

 stem and climbing habit. The yellow 

 flowers are in few-flowered loose panicle- 

 like clusters. Because of its rustic 

 beauty and its habit of flowering in 

 October, this plant is a very desirable 

 ornamental. 



