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72453 to 72570— Continued. 



72535. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6962. A stout gnarled scrubby bush 

 2 to 3 feet high, growing among gneiss bowl- 

 ders on broken slopes, at an altitude of 12,000 

 feet. The buds are purplish pink, changing 

 to milk white, flushed purple without and 

 splashed dark reddish purple at the base 

 within. The leaves are not so rounded as 

 No. 6868 [No. 72524]. This plant is one of the 

 many species or varieties of this type found 

 in the Seinghku Valley. 



72536. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6967. A dwarf twiggy undershrub, 

 not rising more than 6 or 8 inches above the 

 general level of the carpet into which it is 

 woven, on precipitous broken slopes, at an 

 altitude of 13,000 feet. The leaf indumentum 

 is orange, and the few rather large flowers are 

 white with a touch of pink. 



72537. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6984. Limestone rose. A beautiful 

 plant found only on limestone rubble slopes 

 and rocks where in sheltered situations it 

 may form turlets 6 inches high, at an altitude 

 of 13,000 feet. The bright rosy purple flowers 

 appear about a month later than No. 6903 

 [No. 72526], from which this plant differs in 

 many technical points, besides the obvious 

 ones of habit and flower color. 



72538. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 6991. A scrub plant forming ex- 

 tensive colonies on the steep rubbly flank of 

 the sheltered slope, not extending far up the 

 face, at an altitude of 13,000 feet. The leaf 

 has a layer of chocolate-colored hairs on a 

 closely woven silver warp and the flowers 

 are blood red. 



72539. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7012. An early-flowering specimen 

 from a sheltered steep earth bank, at an alti- 

 tude of 11,000 feet. The rich magenta-purple 

 flowers are considerably larger than those of 

 No. 6903 [No. 72526]. The back of the corolla 

 is paved with broad bands of shining scales. 



72540. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7038. A compact dwarfed shrub, not 

 exceeding a foot in height, scattered among 

 scrub on steep granite slabs and cliffs, fully 

 exposed, at an altitude of 12,000 feet. The 

 flowers are cream or salmon pink, without 

 any of the bluish tinge seen in No. 6924 

 [No. 72528]. 



72541. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7046. A yellow-flowered species with 

 foliage waxy beneath and pleasantly aroma- 

 tic, growing at an altitude of 10,500 feet. 



72542. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7048. A small bush 1 to 2 feet high, 

 but smaller in exposed situations, found at an 

 altitude of 12,000 feet. It grows on turf 

 slopes, high alpine moorland, and among 

 bowlders on broken scrub-clad slopes. The 

 leaves are covered above with silvery-gray 

 scales and below with reddish brown scales. 

 The flowers are very dark purple magenta. 

 This is a late-flowering species characterized 

 by its crisp grayish mat foliage and dusky 

 flowers. It looks best in the sunshine. 



72543. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7048. A small fastigiate undershrub, 

 growing in colonies on open moorland slopes 

 at an altitude of 14,000 feet. The leaves are 

 very small and the flowers are purple. 



72453 to 72570— Continued. 

 72544. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7062. A bushy undershrub 12 to 18 

 inches high, growing in the hollows among 

 bowlders on broken rock-strewn slopes at an 

 altitude of 12,000 feet. 



Numbers 72545 to 72561 are from the Dichu 

 Valley. 



72545. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7108. A plant forming a small tight 

 bush on open slopes and a shrub 8 to 10 feet 

 high in the forest. The abundant flowers are 

 white or flushed pink with a large purplish 

 crimson blotch over most of the upper half. 

 The leaves are strongly aromatic. 



72546. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7121. A loose shrub 6 feet high, 

 forming thickets in fairly open places on the 

 edge of the forest, at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 



72547. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7122. A small gnarled tree 20 to 25 

 feet high, growing scattered in mixed forests 

 at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The leaves are 

 long and narrow. 



72548. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7123. A large shrub 12 to 15 feet high, 

 growing in mixed forest on bowlder slopes 

 and in thickets of Larix and rhododendron, 

 at an altitude of 10,000 feet. It sometimes 

 forms a small gnarled tree 20 feet high on the 

 granite cliffs, at altitudes between 11,000 and 

 12,000 feet. 



72549. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7124. A spreading tangled shrub, or 

 sometimes a small tree, scattered in mixed 

 forest with No. 7122 [No. 72547], at altitudes 

 between 9,000 and 10,000 feet. 



72550. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7125. A tree 40 to 50 feet high, with a 

 smooth polished reddish purple trunk and 

 large shiny leaves, with bright-red petiole 

 and midrib. It flowers as a comparatively 

 small bush and is found at an altitude of 

 10,000 feet. 



72551. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7136. A spreading bushy shrub, 

 growing socially in thickets or on bowlders 

 in the river bed, preferring shade, at altitudes 

 between 8,000 and 9,000 feet. The pure 

 white flowers with orange-red anthers are 

 fragrant and in trusses of four to six. 



72552. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7137. An undershrub growing in 

 massive tangles on large bowlders with No. 

 7136 [No. 72551], at altitudes between 8,000 

 and 10,000 feet. 



72553. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7138. A small wiry shrub growing in 

 thickets on the edge of the mixed forest, but 

 keeping in the open, at altitudes between 

 8,000 and 9,000 feet. 



72554. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7139. A tall slender loosely knit 

 shrub growing with No. 7136 [No. 72551], on a 

 huge granite bowlder in the river bed, at 

 altitudes between 8,000 and 9,000 feet. 



72555. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 7140. A medium-sized tree scattered 

 in mixed forest among rhododendron, Pinus, 

 Quercus, etc., at altitudes between 7,000 

 and 8,000 feet. The very small flowers are 

 cherry red with darker spots. 



