- 24 - 



rose-purple flov,'ers. It was found growing along a stream. For trial throughout alT 

 but the v/armest parts of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



114799. SCHIZANDRA RUBRIFOLIA . * (Magnoliacec.e . ) From China. Conected in Szechwan 

 Province and presented by the Sun Yat-Sen Tomb and Memorial Park Commission, Nanking. 

 An evergreen climbing shrub with ovate, denticulate, leathery leaves 3 to 5 inches 

 long, axillary clusters of dark-red flowers, and persistent clusters of bright-red 

 berries. Native to western China. For trial in all but the warmest parts of the 

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



123109. SEDUM GRACILE. (Crassulaceae . ) From Turkey. Collected north of Gemushane 

 by H. L. Westcver and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. A rare, pretty little 

 sedum with intense green, tiny leaves, very densely placed on short clustered, erect 

 stems. The stems are procumbent below and truly perennial. Easily one of the best 

 of the small mat-forming sedums. The flov/ers are white and are on 2-to 4-branched 

 inflorescences, in June and July. Native to the Caucasus. For trial throughout the 

 North. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123110. SEDUM HISPANICUM. From Turkey. Collected by H. L. Westover and F. L. 

 Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. One of the perennial forms of this variable 

 specie.^, with glaucous gray leaves turning to a beautiful crimson in the winter. 

 The flowers, coming in June, are pinkish-whit?. For trial throughout the United 

 States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



114S02. SINOMENIUM ACUTUM.* (Menispermaceas . ) From China. Collected in Szechwan 

 Province and presented by the Sun Yat-Sen Tomb and Memorial Park Commission, Nanking. 

 A twining shrub up to 20 feet high, v/ith large ovate, entire or 3- to 7-lobed leaves, 

 and long panicles of small bluish berries. Native to Japan. For trial in all but 

 the warmest parts of the South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



136022. SOPKORA TETRAPTERA.* Fourwing scphcra. Fron Chile. Presented by Professor 

 G. Montero 0., Terauco. Pelu. A handsome large shrub or small tree to 30 feet high, 

 with slender spreading branches, found in sandy soil at the edge of woods. Its 

 glossy, evergreen pinnate leaves have numerous small leaflets. The deep-yellow 

 flowers, about 1-|- inches long, in small axillary pendulous racemes in the spring, 

 make it an attractive and desirable plant. 'Native to Chile and New Zealand. For 

 trial throughout the South and Southwest and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



137636. SPIRAEA MICRANTHA.* From Darjeeling, India. Presented by the Curator, 

 Lloyd Botanic Garden. A very attractive shrub of rather lax habit found in the 

 eastern temperate Himalayas between 5,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. The narrowly 

 ovate, doubly toothed leaves are sometimes 7 inches long and the small pale-pink 

 flov/ers, ~ inch across are borne in long loose panicles of small cymes. For trial 

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



137637. SWERTIA CHIRAYITA. (Gentianaceae . ) From Darjeeling, India. Presented by 

 the Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A tall herbaceous plant, native to India, with 

 stems 2 to 5 feet high, and subsessile leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The lurid green- 

 yellow flowers, in large panicles, are tubular, v/ith purple-veined lobes one fourth 

 inch long, having tv/o glandular depressions at the base of each lobe with a fringe 

 of long white or pink hairs at the summit. For trial in the milder parts of the Gu].f 

 region and of California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



