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72453 to 72570— Continued. 



72495. Primula sp. 



No. 7054. A robust, bright-yellow-flow- 

 ered plant 12 to 15 inches in diameter, growing 

 on meadow-clad slopes. 



72496. Primula sp. 



No. 7226. A species growing on open 

 banks and alpine grass slopes. The fragrant 

 flowers are rich violet, with an orange tube. 



72497. Primula sp. 



No. 7228. A local plant 6 inches or less in 

 height, growing on gneiss rocks and gravel 

 slopes, facing south. It recalls Primula 

 cawdoriana, but is paler in color and altogether 

 more slight. The frail, pale-violet flowers are 

 often reduced to one, but sometimes there are 

 three or four. 



72498. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



No. 6851. A spreading tree 30 feet high, 

 growing in the uppermost rain forest, up to an 

 altitude of 10,000 feet. The large glossy leaves 

 make it an acquisition as a foliage tree. The 

 fruits and inconspicuous flowers are white. 



72499. Rheum sp. Polygonaceae. Rhubarb. 



No. 7101. A giant herb growing in stony wet 

 ground, along the courses of alpine streams. 

 The flowering stem, a stately column of maroon 

 sorrellike flowers, grows from the center of a mass 

 of rhubarblike leaves, reaching a height of 12 feet. 



72500 to 72565. Rhododendron spp. Ericaceae. 



Numbers 72500 to 72544 are from the Seinghku 

 Valley. 



72500. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6735. An epiphytic bushy under- 

 shrub, more or less confined to trees growing 

 on exposed ridges, found at an altitude of 

 6,000 feet. The young foliage is crimson, and 

 the flowers are bright orange with red anthers. 



72501. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 6735 or 6801. 



72502. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6736. A stout bush 10 or 12 feet high, 

 densely clothing an exposed cliff at an altitude 

 of 9,000 feet. 



72503. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 6751 or 6794. 



72504. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6752. A large shrub or small gnarled 

 tree about 20 feet high, wedged in the tangle- 

 wood on precipitous cliffs or growing more 

 freely in the upper mixed forest, at altitudes 

 between 9,000 and 10,000 feet. The flowers, 

 6 to 10 in a truss, are flushed purplish rose, 

 with a deep-crimson flash at the extreme base: 

 the calyx and pedicel are a ruddy pink, and 

 the whole inflorescence is bristly. 



72505. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6753. A small erect tree 30 feet high, 

 growing in the tanglewood at an altitude of 

 9,000 feet. The leaves are brilliantly silvered 

 beneath with a metallic sheen, and the 

 rounded truss contains many cream flowers 

 with twin violet spots at the base. 



72506. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6782. A magnificent tree, with a 

 straight trunk, 60 to 80 feet high, found at 

 altitudes between 8,000 and 9,000 feet. 



72453 to 72570— Continued. 



72507. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6792. A bush 10 to 15 feet high, 

 growing in thin tanglewood on the limestone 

 ridge or on the more sheltered flank, at 

 altitudes between 9,000 and 10,000 feet. The 

 flowers are sulphur colored with an aurora of 

 crimson purple at the base. This may be a 

 dwarf form of No. 6753 [No. 72505]. 



72508. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6793. An epiphytic leggy under- 

 shrub, found at altitudes between 9,000 and 

 10,000 feet. It grows on the scattered moss- 

 bound Tsuga and juniper trees which rise 

 above the tanglewood. The flowers are 

 large, bright canary-yellow with red-brown 

 anthers. 



72509. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6794. A small compact bush 3 to 5 

 feet high, at an altitude of 10,000 feet, in the 

 dense tanglewood thickets which cover the 

 side of a ridge. The leaves are smoke-gray 

 beneath and closely lepidote. The flowers, 

 five in a truss, are flesh pink or pink and 

 white, with a long crimson style; the calyx 

 is large, leafy, and persistent. 



72510. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6795. An undershrub 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with leaves like a dwarf thomsoni, growing in 

 low tanglewood on a ridge at an altitude of 

 10,000 feet. 



72511. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6829. A bushy undershrub, lining 

 the steep granite gullies or forming prostrate 

 turrets on alpine slopes, at altitudes between 

 10,000 and 11,000 feet. The waxy flowers are 

 bright blood red, with five coal-black pit 

 glands at the base. Sometimes there is little 

 or no pigment, and the flowers vary from 

 carmine to flesh-pink tints, with blood-red 

 glands. When in full bloom it is like sheets 

 of red-hot lava. 



72512. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6806. A small shrub 5 feet high, 

 growing on steep grass slopes and in thickets, 

 at altitudes between 9,000 and 10..000 feet. 

 The pendent flowers are bright yellow. 



72518. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6809. An epiphytic shrub growing 

 at an altitude of 7,000 feet. 



72514. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6818. A small tree or gnarled bushy 

 shrub forming a dense undergrowth on steep 

 faces clothed with Abies forest, or forming 

 thickets by itself at altitudes between 10,000 

 and 11,000 feet. The leaves are dark green 

 above and covered beneath with a cinnamon- 

 colored wool. The flowers, in large trusses, 

 are first pink, later turning cream, with a 

 flash of crimson purple at the base. 



72515. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6819. A small rather straggling under- 

 shrub liking deep shade, sometimes epiphytic 

 on Abies, more usually on cliffs where water 

 is always dripping. It is found at an altitude 

 of 10,000 feet. The pale-yellow flowers are in 

 trusses of two to three. 



72516. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6831. A compact shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high, forming dense scrub thickets in the 

 alpine region, often growing with No. 6829 

 [No. 72511], at altitudes between 10,000 aDd 

 12,000 feet. The leaves are at first woolly 

 beneath, the thin wool eventually coming 

 away and exposing the silvery surface. The 

 flowers are in sheets of scarlet to carmine. 



