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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49613 to 49661— Continued. 



49629. Danthonia cachemyriana Jaub. and Spach. Poacese. Grass. 

 A perennial grass, with stems 1 to 2 feet liigh, ascending from a stout 



woody stock, densely tufted or creeping below aud clotlied with shining 

 sheaths. The long narrow convolute leaves are erect, wiry, and gla- 

 brous ; the lower sheaths rarely tomentose. The spikelets are erect, pale, 

 and rather shining. Native to the temperate and alpine Himalayas and 

 western Tibet at elevations of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British Indiw, vol. 7, p. 281.) 



49630. Dicentra scandens (D, Don) Walp. Papaveraceae. 



An herbaceous perennial, native to the temperate Himalayas from 

 Nepal to Garwhal at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. The angled stem 

 is slender and graceful, and each raceme bears 8 to 12 yellow or purple 

 flowers nearly an inch long, followed by membranous lanceolate capsules. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 121.) 



49631. DiCENTRA THALiCTRiFOLiA (Wall.) Hook. f. and Thorns, Papaver- 



acese. 



A slender climbing plant with a perennial root, native to the tem- 

 perate regions of the Himalayas from Nepal to Bhutan and in the 

 Khasi Hills at altitudes of 4,000 to 8,000 feet. Very similar to Dicentra 

 scandens except for the thick fleshy ovate-cordate capsule. (Adapted 

 from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 121.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47674. 



49632. DoBiNEA VULGARIS Buch.-Ham. Anacardiaceae. 



A branching shrub from Nepal, with opposite elliptic, acutely serrate 

 leaves, 4 to 6 inches long. The minute flowers are in lax panicles; the 

 staminate are campanulate and the pistillate apetalous. The narrow 

 capsule has winged margins. (Adapted from Don, Prodromus Florae 

 Nepalensis, p. 2^9.) 



49633. Elaeocarpus prunifolius Wall. Elseocarpacese. 



A tree native to Sylhet and the Khasi Hills at altitudes of 1,000 to 

 3,000 feet. The glabrous lanceolate leaves, 3 to 5 inches long and often 

 recurved, are on 2-inch petioles. The loose racemes of silky flowers, 

 nearly as long as the leaves, are followed by ovoid drupes nearly an inch 

 long. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. Jf07.) 



49634. Enkianthus deflexus (Griffith) C. Schneid. Ericaceae. 

 {E. Mmalaieus Hook. f. and Thoms.) 



A large ornamental shrub or small tree, 20 feet in hegiht, native to 

 Bhutan and Sikkim at elevations of 8,000 to 10,000 feet, with deciduous 

 leaves crowded toward the ends of the branches and whorls of drooping 

 flowers. The stifC slender branches have red-brown bark, the young ones 

 being bright red, as are also the petioles, midribs, and margins of the 

 leaves. The lanceolate serrulate leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, pubescent 

 beneath when young. The broadly campanulate flowers, half an inch 

 long, with dull yellowish red petals streaked and tipped with brighter red 

 are borne on pendulous hairy pedicels, li inches long. (Adapted from 

 Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 6460.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 88772. 



