Hex insignis (Aquifoliaceae) , 55682. From Darjiling, India. Seeds 
presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. An attractive 
holly from the Sikkim Himalayas , where it grows at an altitude of 7,000 
feet. It forms a small tree or shrub with thick grooved branches which 
are purplish when young. The dark-green, leathery leaves are pinnately 
lobed, with the lobes spine tipped and alternately raised and depress- 
ed, so that there appears to be a double row of spiny lobes on each 
side. This holly has proved hardy in Ireland. (Adapted from .Garden- 
ers' Chronicle, 2d ser . , vol. 14, p. 296;) 
Jasminum dispermum (Oleaceae) , 55664. JASMINE. From Darjiling, 
India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. 
A climbing shrub common in temperate regions of the Himalayas at al- 
titudes of 2,000 to 8,000 feet. It bears very numerous white flowers 
in axillary cymes and terminal panicles sometimes containing a hun- 
dred flowers. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, 
p. 602. ) 
Leycesteria belliana (Caprifoliaceae) , 55686. From Darjiling, India. 
Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A small 
graceful shrub with opposite, membranous , lance-shaped leaves and ses- 
sile, 2 to 4-f lowered spikes of rosy white flowers. It is native to 
the Sikkim Himalayas near the Nepal border at an altitude of 10,000 
feet; it should prove hardy in England. (Adapted from- Transactions and 
Proceedings Of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, vol. 24, p. 173.) 
Ligustrum confusum (Oleaceae) , 55687. From Darjiling, India. Seeds 
presented by G. H. Cave , curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. This relative 
of our common privet is a -8018111 tree v sometimes 40 feet in height, *nd 
it is native to the mountains of northeastern India at altitudes of 
3,000 to 5,000 feet. The narrow, leathery leaves are sometimes as 
much as 3£ inches long, and the small white flowers are borne in dense 
panicles. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora British India, vol. 3, p. 616.) 
Lilium «pp. (Liliaceae), 55609, 55610, 55730. uly. From Likiang, 
Yunnan, China. Bulbs collected by J. F, Rock, Agricultural Explorer 
of the Bureau of Plant industry. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 
55609. Lilium sutchuenense, "(No. 4402. Likiang. June 13, 1922.) A 
lily 3 to 4 feet in height, growing among limestone rocks and along 
brooks in scrub vegetation at an altitude of 10,000 to 11,000 feet on 
the Likiang enoW range, near the Mosb village of Nguluke. The flowers 
are borne at the apex of the stem in twos or threes, and are very vari- 
able in color, ranging from orange-yellow to- red and.- reddish brown, 
the inner part of the corolla being spotted purple." 
55610. Lilium sp., "(No. 4532. Likiang. June 17, 1922. ) A plant 2 
to 2$ feet high, growing among limestone crags in pine and fir forests 
at altitudes of 12,000 feet and "higher. These bulbs were collected on 
the slopes of the Likiang snow range. The flowers, which are smaller 
than those of Lilium sutchuenense, are green and marked on the outside 
and inside with deep purplish spots. The lobes are much reflexed, 
making the perianth pitcher shaped. This species is not common, while 
L. sutchuenense is found more frequently." 
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