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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



65298 to 65308— Continued. 



65303. Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze 

 (Dtsmodium stipulaceum DC). Fabaceae. 



An erect leguminous plant, 2 to 3 feet high< 

 with oval-oblong lea/lets and simple racemes o- 

 small pale-blue flowers. Native to tropica* 

 America. 



65304. Pennisetum orientale triflorum 

 (Nees) Stapf. Poaceae. 



A perennial erect or ascending grass, 2 to 6 

 feet high, with a stout, creeping rootstock, and 

 very narrow leaves 1 to 2 feet long. Native to 

 the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction, see No. 54553. 



65305. Rhaphis parviflora (R. Br.) Chase. Po- 

 aceae. 



A tall-growing coarse grass, about 3 feet high, 

 with deep roots. The narrow, long-pointed 

 leaves are 6 to 12 inches long. Native to India 

 and distributed throughout eastern Asia; found 

 also in Australia and South Africa. 



65306. Sesbania paulensis Barb.-Rodr. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A leguminous shrub described by Rodrigues 

 (Plantas Novas Cultivadas Jardin Botanico do 

 Rio de Janeiro, vol. 2. p. 13) as of erect habit, 

 about 10 feet high, with narrow, angular 

 branches, finely pinnate leaves, and handsome 

 yellow flowers in few-flowered racemes. 



65807. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine hispida 

 Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soybean. 



Locally grown seeds. 



65303. Vigna membranacea A. Rich. Faba- 

 ceae. 



An Abyssinian relative of the cowpea de- 

 scribed by A. Richard (Tentamen Florae 

 Abyssinicae, vol. 1, p. 219) as having a herba- 

 ceous stem, membranous leaflets, and violet 

 flowers. According to Richard, it grows in 

 humid places, and the native Abyssinian name 

 is ent-esterot. 



65309. Colocasia esculenta (L.) 

 Schott. Araceae. Dasheen. 



From Harbin, Manchuria. Tubers collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received November 20, 1925. 



No. 4446. October 5, 1925. Procured in the 

 market where they were shipped in from Cheff. 

 They are medium-sized and rather attractive in 

 appearance. (Dorsett.) 



65310 to 65313. 



From Tangar, Kansu, China. Seeds collected by 

 J. F. Rock, Arnold. Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass. Received November 19, 1925. Notes by 

 Mr. Rock. 



65310. Bettjla sp. Betulaceae. Birch. 



No. 13283. Kokonor. September 29, 1925. 

 A tree 20 to 30 feet in height, found with willows, 

 spruces, etc., on the rocky valley slopes, and 

 forming about 30 per cent of all the vegetation 

 in the Rako Gorge, at an altitude of 11,000 feet. 

 The bark, silvery gray to bluish, is curled in 

 bands 4 inches in width, the branches are ascend- 

 ing, and the crown is oblong pointed. The 

 deltoid leaves 1 inch broad and long are irregu- 

 larly serrate. 



85311. Picea sp. Pinaceae. 



Spruce 



No. 13281. September 29. 1925 A tree, 50 to 

 SO feet in height, with long, descending branches, 

 often assuming the shape of a wind-swept 

 Monterey cypress, and sometimes branching 

 from the base. It is a handsome tree with its 

 deep-green needles, the cones being 3 to 4 inches 

 long, an inch in diameter, and greenish drab 



65310 to 65313— Continued. 



colored. This species occurs singly in the ra- 

 vines of the Kokonor Mountains, at altitudes of 

 11,000 to 12,000 feet, or associated together with 

 Betula sp., No. 13283 [No. 05310]. 



65312. Picea sp. Pinaceae. 



Spruce. 



No. 13282. September, 1925. A tree 40 to 50 

 feet high, which occurs in pure stands near 

 Bamba, southeast of the Kokonor, at an altitude 

 of 8,500 feet. The trunk of this tree is straight, 

 the bark gray and scaly, resembling that of 

 Pkcu meyeri, and the needles are glaucous. 

 No large trees were observed, as they are rapidly 

 cut down. 



65313. Rhododendron sp. Ericaceae. 



Rhododendron. 



No. 13278. Rako Gorge, Kokonor. Septem- 

 ber 28, 1925. A shrub 5 to 8 feet in height, which 

 occurs in remote valleys of the Kokonor region, 

 at an altitude from 10,000 to 11,000 feet. The 

 leaves are oval, pale fawn-colored beneath, and 

 3 to 4 inches long; the flowers are whitish to pink. 



65314. Abelia schumannii (Graebn.) 

 Rehder. Caprifoliaceae. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Plant presented by 

 Dr. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. Received 

 November 24, 1925. 



This handsome Chinese bush is described in 

 The Garden (vol. 89, p. 596) as follows: It is ever- 

 green, of somewhat spreading habit, and the young 

 branches are pendulous with the weight of the 

 flowers. The latter resemble small pentstemon 

 flowers, and are a beautiful pale mauve with a 

 white throat, a pale orange blotch, and are about an 

 inch long. In England the flowering period com- 

 mences in June and lasts for several weeks. 



65315 to 65320. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. W. M. Docters Van Leeuwen, Director. 

 Botanic Garden. Received November 11, 1925. 



65315. Bradburya ptjbescens (Benth.) Kuntze 

 (Centrosema pubescens Benth.). Fabaceae. 



A slender leguminous vine, up to about 6 

 feet in length, with trifoliate leaves and oval 

 leaflets, the latter about 2 inches long, and white 

 or yellowish small flowers. Native to tropical 

 America. 



For previous introduction, see No. 32780. 



65316. Cenchrus viridis Spreng. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



An erect or ascending tropical American 

 grass, usually about 2 feet high, branched or 

 simple, with flat leaves up to 15 inches long. 

 The spikes, usually dense and cylindrical, are 

 3 or 4 inches long. 



65317. Leptochloa 

 Poaceae. 



CHINENSIS 



(L.) Nees. 

 Grass. 



An erect or ascending annual grass, 2 to 4 

 feet high, with leaves sometimes a foot and a 

 half long. Native to eastern Asia and found 

 also in Australia. 



65318. Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A tall, perennial, tufted grass, 3 to 5 feet tall, 

 with long, narrow leaves. Although native to 

 India, it is found also in Egypt and Australia 

 (in the last-named country in low wet ground). 



65319. Limnocharis flava (L.) Buch. Alisma- 

 ceae. 



A perennial aquatic plant, native to the West 

 Indies and South America, with erect, angled 

 stems over a foot high in the flowering period; 

 narrowly oval or broadly oval leaves, and yellow 

 flowers in umbellike clusters. 



