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105620. PITTOSPORUM GLABRATUM. (Pittosporaceae . ) From China. Collected at an 

 altitude of 1,100 feet near Ta Tseh Tsuen, Yung Hsien, Kwangsi Province, by Albert N. 

 Steward and H. C. Cheo, University of Nanking. A large open evergreen shrub or small 

 tree about 10 fest high, native to northeastern India and central China, with glossy 

 oblong-lanceolate leaves 3 or 5 inches long and mostly clustered near the ends of 

 short branches. The small fragrant yellow flowers, produced in corymbs, are suc- 

 ceeded by orange globose fruits which open and expose their red seeds. Vegetative 

 propagation is by terminal softwood cuttings. For trial in California and the Gulf 

 region. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



111371. PITTOSPORUft! GLABRATUM. From China. Presented by H. H. Chung, National 

 Wu-Han University, Wuchan, Hupeh. Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 

 105620) . Plants cf this introduction have withstood a maximum temperature of 113° F. 

 and a minimua of 12° F., under lath at Chico, Calif., and appear to be suited to pot 

 culture. (Chico, Calif.) 



114275. PODOPHYLLM EMODI . (Berberidaceae . ) Himalayan mayapple. From India. 

 Collected by the Asiatic Expedition. A herbaceous perennial with 3- to 5-lobed leaves 

 of splendid bronzy-red in early spring. The plants are in leaf throughout the 

 season. The flowers, often soft pink, open before the leaves mature and are held 

 above the foliage. The brilliant-red fruits are about 2 inches long. In other re- 

 spects this resembles the native P. EiiiSiM- ^^^ trial throughout the country. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



129267. PTEROCARYA SP.* ( Juglandaceae . ) Wingnut. From China. Collected in Tien 

 Chuan Hsien, Szechv/an Province, and presented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum and Botanic 

 Garden, Kiukiang. A handsome tree of rapid growth, sometimes attaining a height of 

 60 feet, with large, pinnately compound leaves. The flowers are insignificant but 

 the winged nuts that follow, in dense hanging racemes, are very showy. For trial 

 from Philadelphia southward. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



74222. QUERCUS MYRSINAEFOLIA . (Fagaceae.) Oak. A handsome evergreen oak up to 40 

 feet high, with lanceolate serrate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, smooth and shining 

 above and covered with a whitish bloom underneath. The ovoid acorns, nearly an inch 

 long and one-third covered by the smooth cup, are borne in short spikes. For trial 

 from Philadelphia to the Gulf and on the Pacific coast. (Savannah, Ga.) 



128995. QUERCUS SP . (Fagaceae.) From China. Collected by R. C. Ching, and pre- 

 sented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum, Kiukiang. An evergreen oak with bright-green, 

 entire, lanceolate leaves about 4 inches long. For trial from Washington, D. C. , 

 southward. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



128917. RANDIA SP. (Rubiaceae.) From India. Collected at Londa, Bombay Presidency, 

 by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A small tree or shrub with bright-green, 

 glossy, finely pubescent leaves about 2 to 3 inches long. For trial in the warmest 

 parts of Florida and the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



126349. RHAMNUS SP . (Rhamnaceae . ) From Afghanistan. Collected at Najil by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A rather attractive shrub with upright branches 

 about 6 feet long, found growing on a dry slope. The blackish fruit, about one- 

 quarter inch in diameter, is rather insipid. For trial in all but the warmest parts 

 of the Southern States and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale^ Md.) 



