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129183. ALEI2ZIA THORELII. (Mimosaceae . ) Frcn China. Collected near Opie Ksien, 

 Szechwan Province, by R. C. Ching, The Lu-Shan Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Lu-Shan, 

 Kiukiang Province. A deciduous tree up to 35 feet high, with bipinnate leaves, very 

 similar to those of Albizz ia .julibrissin . For trial in the lower South and on the 

 Pacific Coast. (Glenn Dale. Md.) 



125184. ALNUS SP . "= (Betulaceae . ) From China. Presented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum 

 and Botanic Garden, Lu Shan, Kiukiang. The seedlings have attractive, glossy, elmlike 

 leaves but the mature habit of the plant is unknown. For trial in all but the warmest 

 and coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



127783. ALONSOA ACUTIFOLIA. (Scrophulariaceae . ) From Peru. Collected by H. L. 

 Blood and L. Tremelling, Bureau of Plant Industry. Local name, Shohomoav. A stout 

 bushy v/inter-flowering perennial about 2 feet high, with broad-lanceolate leaves and 

 showy orange flowers, found growing in an open alpine meadow at an altitude of 

 11,500 feet. Plants at Glenn Dale, Maryland, have grown well during the summer but 

 have not flowered. For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md. ) 



101289. AMPHICOIffi ARGUTA. (Bignoniaceae . ) From New Zealand. Obtained from A. 

 F^ilkinscn, Tauranga. A low herbaceous perennial, not over 3 feet high, native to 

 northern India. The compound leaves are made up of 5 to 9 deeply serrate lanceolate 

 leaflets 2 inches long and the rose-colored funnel-shaped flowers, .1 inch long, are 

 borne in terminal racemes 6 to S inches long. For trial in the middle part of the 

 California coast and in the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



129S28. AMPKICOME ARGUTA.* From China. Collected at an altitude of a.bout 7,500 

 feet, near Guhtzun, Muli, Yunnan, in the southeastern Himalayas, by T. T. Yu, with 

 the Yunnan Expedition of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, and presented by the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. The plant is a tender perennial from 2 to 4 

 feet high. The large trumpet-shaped flowers, ranging in color from light lavender 

 to rose-pink, are borne throughout the year in one-sided racemes well abo,ve the 

 foliage. The leaves are pinnately compound with 4 to 6 pairs of leaflets v/hich have 

 irregularly serrate margins. For trial only in the warmest parts of the country. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



119220. ARISAEMA SP. (Araceae.) From India. Collected near Kulu, Punjab, by 

 Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. An aroid with large 7-lobed bright-green 

 leaves on conspicuously mottled petioles, v/hich are produced during the summer. 

 The corm develops to a diameter of at least 4 inches. For trial in the Southern 

 States and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



132153. ARISTOLOCHIA SP . (Aristolochiaceae . ) From Brazil. Collected by Drs. 

 K. F. Baker and J. L. Collins, Experiment Station of the Pineapple Producers' Coop- 

 erative Association, Honolulu, T. H. The aristolochias are noted for their unusual 

 flowers, of odd colors and strange shapes. For trial in southern Florida and in the 

 warmest parts of the Southv/est. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



132154. ARISTOLOCHIA SP. From Paraguay. Collected by Drs. K. F. Baker and J. L. 

 Collins, Experiment Station of the Pineapple Producers' Cooperative Association, 

 Honolulu, T. H. Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 1321S3) . (Glenn 

 Dale. Md.) 



