GENERA REPRESENTED in THIS NUMBER Lotus 315- A

T I ANT 1! GENERA REPRESENTED IN THIS NUMBER Page Page Amygdalus 1811 Michelia 1806 Annona 1804 Morus 1806 Brassica 1811 Myrica 1807 Buddleia 1804 Oryza 1807 Capsicum 1811 Persea 1807 Cephalostachyum 1804 Picea 1808 Citrus 1804 Prinsepia 1808 Clematis 1804, 1811 Prunus 1808, 1809 Cotoneaster 1811 Pyrus 1811 Hydrangea 1804 Rhododendron 1809 Ilex 1805 Rhopalostylis 1809 Jasminum 1805 Rubus 1810 Leycesteria 1805 Rumex 1810 Ligustrum 1805 Trifolium 1810 Lilium 1805, 1806 Vitex 1810 Lotus 1806 Zinziber 1811 Magnolia 1806 315- A young citrus orchard in Central Chile (Citrus spp.). 316. The Chilean wine palm at home {Jubaea ehilensis). EXPLANATORY NOTE This circular is made-up principally of notes received from agricultural explorers, foreign collaborators, and correspondents, concerning the more im- portant plants which have been received recently by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. It also contains reports on the behavior of plants which have been introduced in previous years. Descriptions appearing here are revised and later published in the Inventory of Seeds and Plants Import- ed,—the permanent record of plant introductions made by this Office. Plant Immigrants should be considered merely an ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ARRIVAL OF PLANT MATERIAL. As a rule all material is propagated before being distributed; this may require several years. The Annual Catalogue of New Plant Introductions describes briefly the plants available for distribution. Application for seeds or plants listed in Plant Immigrants may be sent at any time, however, and will be filed in the order of their receipt. When material is ready for distribution,these requests will be given first attention; if their number is sufficient to ex- haust the available supply of a given species,it will not be included in the Annual Catalogue. Plant breeders and experimenters who desire plants not available in this country are invited to correspond with this office which will endeavor to secure the required material tnrough its agricultural explorers, foreign collaborators, or correspondents. DAVID FAIRCHILD Agricultural Explorer in Charge f Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. Issued Dec. 26, 1922. Washington, D. C. Anyone desiring to republish any portion of this circular should obtain permission by applying to this Office. , Aanona dhreraifolia (Annotiaceae), 55709, ILAMA. From Tapachulay Chiapas, Mexico. Seeds purchased through R. 0.Stevenson, British Vics-Conaulate. "The ilama may br terfl&ithe cherimoya of the lowlands,.' Thr cherimoya does not succedd in the Tropics unless grown at elevations of: 4f000 to 6>000 feet, where the climate is cool. The ilaflia, on the other hand, belongs to the lowlands, tut is strikingly similar in character to a good cherimoya. It is a valuable recruit and one which can not be too strongly recommended for cultivation throughput the Tropics." (Wilsdn Popenoe.) Buddleia colvilei (Loganiaceae), 55675, From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden, A shrub or small tree 15 to 20 feet high from the vicinity of Sikkim, India, Where it is lûnd at altitudes of 9*000 to 12,000 feet* The oblong toothed leaves are about 6 inches long and the crimson flowers, an inch in length, are borne in large loose terminal clusters. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 4, p. 91.) Cephalo$tachyum capitatym (Poaceae), 55676. BAMBOO. From Darjiling, In^liaii Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. Abamboo from the hills of Sikkim, India, which develops strong, slen- der , yellow stems up to 30 jfd.et in height. These stems are used by the natives for bpws aQ<| arrpws, and the leaves are considered good fodder. (Adapted from Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers, p. 429,) Citrus sp. (Butaceae), 55624. From Johannesburg, Transvaal, Seeds presented by Col. A. J, Bester. "Wlên I visited the great Sym- babian -ruins in central Africa in 1911 I discovered a new citrous fj-yit; I collected seeds and brought the» back, and now the variety is distributed jail over the Transvaal. The smooth-skinned fruits are much like a big lime in shape, and the abundant fine-flavored juice is very sweet,M (Bester.) Clematis grewiaeflora (Ranunculaceae), 55677. From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by G. H, Cave< curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A large woody climber with densely lâiry, deeply &-lobed leaflets and m^ny-flowered panicles of hairy, tawny yellow flowers, with oblong sepals l£ inches long. The plant is native to the lower temperate and subtropical Himalayas at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. (Adapted from Johnsonls Gardener is Dictionary, p. 230, and from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 6.) ^ Hydrangea robuata (Hydrangeaceae), 55681. From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A very stout, nearly erect hydrangea from Sikkim, India. The short-stemmed, oval leaves $re coarsely toothed and the flowers, with white sepals, blue petals and 8tamens, are borne in rather loose, spreading corymbs with red pedicels. (Adapted from Curtis(s Botanical Magazine, pi. 5038.) -1804- Hex insignia (Aquifoliaceae), 55682. From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. An attractive holly from the Sikkim-Hlmalayas, 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 eer., vol. 14, pv 296;) Jasminum dispermum (Oleaceae), 55684. JASMINE. From Darji ling, India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A climbing shrub common in temperate regions of the Himalayas at altitudes 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)t 55686. From Darji ling, 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-flowered 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 froi* Transactions and Proceedings Of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, vol. 24, p* 173v) Ugustrum confusum (Oleaceae), 55687. From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by G.H.C^veV curator, Lloyd Botariic Garden. This relative of our common privet is a -6ioaii trdej sometimes 40 feet in height, and it is native to the inourttains 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.) Liliura spp. (Liliaceae), 55609, 55610, 55730. ULY. From Likiang, Yunnan, China, Bulbs collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant Iriduetry. Quoted note¥ by Mr. Rock. 55609. lilium «utchuenen»e, "(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 snofr range, hear the Mosb village of Ngirlbke. The flowers are borne at the apex of the stem in two6 or threes, eind are very variable in color, ranging from orange-yellow to red atid; reddish brown, the inner part of the corolla being spotted purple." 55610. Lilium sp., "(No. 4532. Likiang. Jixne 17, 1922V) A plant 2 to 2^ feet high, grbwing among limestone crags in pine and fir forests at altitudes of 12,000 feet and'îgher. These bulbs were coilacted 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." -1805- Lilium «p*, 5573a. ;^(N^» *756VuRguluIt^ near Liklang. Jtaie 27, 1S22V) Thi^ plant, grows on the Llkiang raftgs it-aflâltltud* of 11,000 feet,^ ie fe*t tall, with liftdar-iaftWi)l*t* l^v«* a&d large, reddish y*llow flowerr spotted withâ fri6h ptifplfc." - Lotus uliginoftus (Fabaceae), 55710. From Paris, France, Seed chased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co, A pasture plant of considerable importance, rather extensively"Utteid in Newr Zealand, from 10 toî^tefts of seed being sown annually. This plant prefers a wet or 8Wampy*H*M* tat. Seed sold in December, 1918, at about a dollar per pound. It is saved for seed mainly in the Auckland Province, but prior to'the war the greater portion was imporWd, mainly from Germany* Thid sfted *«• exported from the latter county under the hame of Lotus villdsug 6r Li to liginwiw, which names are the European trade names for the L rtiajiw^ of the New Zealand seed trade. This species is very variable with regard to certain characters such as hairiness, and in consequence several botanical names have been giVen?to the plant./ There are apparently a good many different strains, but whether these breed true from seed and are good agricultural species or whether they are due either to the habitat in which they are growing or to fertilization has not y*t been ascertained. (Adapted from The New Zealand Journal of Agricul- ture, vol.

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