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105620 PITTOSPORUM SP.* From southern China. Collected in a valley at 1,100 feet 

 altitude in Kwangsi Province by Albert N. Steward and H. C. Cheo, University of Nan- 

 king. A small evergreen tree about 10 feet high, with obovate to elliptic acute 

 leaves. The foliage of the young plants resembles that of Pittosporum ferrugineum . 

 For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



111073. POTENTILLA GRIFFITHII . * From India. Presented by the Lloyd Botanic Garden, 

 Darjeeling. A tall bushy perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, with compound leaves 1 to 4 

 inches long, consisting of 5 to 7 leaflets, white-hairy beneath. The yellow flowers, 

 i to 1 inch across, are in loose corymbs. Native to the Sikkim Himalayas at an al- 

 titude of about 12,000 feet. For trial in all except the warmest and coldest parts 

 of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



107721. PRIMULA SP.* Primrose. From Bulgaria. Collected in the Rila Mountains 



by Dr. Edgar Anderson, Arnold Arboretum. An unidentified primula collected in an 



unusually dry and cold region. For trial throughout the northern states. (Glenn 

 Dale. Md.) 



105622. PTEROCARYA STENOPTERA. Juglandaceae . Chinese wingnut. From CI ina. Pre- 

 sented by A. N. Steward, University of Nanking. A handsome ornamental tree up to 

 60 feet high, with pinnate leaves 6 to 12 inches long having oblong, acute leaflets 

 2 to 4 inches long. The long pendulous catkins when the tree is in flower or fruit 

 add to its attractiveness. For trial on the Pacific coast and in the southern 

 states. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



103987. PyCNOSTACHYS URTICIFOLIA. * Menthaceae. From Cuba. Presented by the Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos. A much-branched herbaceous perennial 

 5 to 7 feet high, native to tropical and southern Africa. The densely pubescent ovate 

 leaves, 3 to 4 inches long, are deeply cut into rounded lobes, and the small bright- 

 blue flowers are in dense spikes 2 to 3 inches long. For trial in the Gulf region 

 and the milder parts of the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



107640. RHAMNUS RUPESTRIS. Buckthorn. From Bulgaria. Collected by Dr. Edgar Ander- 

 son of the Arnold Arboretum. A low spreading shrub 2 to 3 feet high, with nairy 

 branchlets, ovate to orbicular dull-green leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and umbels of 

 small fruits first red, then black. Plants grown from seeds collected in an unusually 

 dry, cold region. For trial in the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



107641 RHAMNUS SAXATILIS. Buckthorn. From Bulgaria. Collected by Dr. Edgar 

 Anderson of the Arnold Arboretum. A low, dense, very spiny shrub about 3 feet high, 

 native to mountainous regions in central Europe and western Asia. From seeds col- 

 lected in an unusually cold, dry region. For trial throughout the northern states. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



105918. SALVIA SP. Sage. From India. Collected at Nachar, Rampur, Bashahr, by 

 Dr. W. Koelz, University of Michigan. An attractive herb collected on a dry slope. 

 The leaves of the young plants are elliptical, obtuse at the apex, rugose, and thinly 

 white-woolly beneath. For trial in the southern states and on the Pacific coast. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



