1879 
beautiful compact shrub, 10 to 15 feet high, which grows on the edge 
of alpine meadows in large groves at an altitude of 12,500 feet. In 
early spring the plant is one mass of flowers; these are lavender with 
the lower lip purple spotted." 
56358. rhododendron tauense. "(No. 6832. October, 1922.) A 
shrub 15 feet high, which grows on the upper slopes of the Likiang Snow 
Range at altitudes of 15,000 to 15,500 feet among limestone bowlders. 
The leaves are large and whitish mealy beneath and the large, light- 
pink flowers are in terminal clusters." 
56360. RHODODENDRON sp. "(No. 6744. November 28, 1922.) A shrub 
or small tree which grows on the summit of the Salwin Ridge (Shweli- 
Salwin Divide), at altitudes of 10,000 to 11,000 feet in a forest one 
stage from Chiangtso. The pale-green oblong leaves are whitish beneath 
and the flowers, which vary from pink to red, are terminal. The fruits 
are black and hairy." 
56362. rhododendron sp. "(No. 6826. October, 1922.) A very 
handsome shrub 10 to 12 feet high, which occurs on the edge of alpine 
meadows on the Likiang Snow Range at altitudes of 14,000 to 15,000 
feet. The leaves are small and elliptical and the rich-purple flowers, 
an inch and a half wide, are in terminal clusters." 
56363. rhododendron sp. "(No. 6827. October, 1922.) A shrub 
6 to 10 feet high, found among limestone bowlders on the Likiang Snow 
Range at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The leaves are small and ellipti- 
cal, white beneath when young and the flowers, pink with spotted-red 
lower lips, are in terminal clusters." 
56364. rhododendron sp. "(No. 6830. October, 1922.) A shrub 
2 feet high, found in rather dry situations in pine forests on the 
Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 11,000 feet. It has small, el- 
liptical leaves and small but handsome, bluish purple flowers." 
ribes spp. (Grossulariaceae) , 56365 and 56366. Currant From China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 
56365. RIBES sp. "(No. 6778. October, 1922.) A shrub, 5 feet 
high, with maplelike leaves and long, drooping racemes of large, oval, 
carmine fruits which have a subacid flavor. This shrub grows on the 
Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 15,000 feet." 
56366. RIBES sp. "(No. 6780. October ,1922. ) A shrub 4 feet high 
which grows on the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 15,000 feet. 
The leaves are small and maplelike and the small, oval, black fruits, 
crowned by the persistent calyx, are insipid." 
ROSA spp. (Rosaceae), 56367 and 56368. Ro»e. From China. Seeds 
collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 
