62 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

90588 to 90648—Continued. 90649 to 90676—Continued. 90640. PAEONIA THNUIFOLIA L. 90649 and 90650. ABIES spp. Pinaceae. Fringed peony. Fir. A hardy herbaceous perennial 1 foot 90649. ABIES HOLOPHTLLA Maxim. or more high, densely leafy, with ter- nate, much-divided leaves, and an erect Needle flr. dark-crimson flower about 3 inches Nos. 6516 and 6517. No. 6517 was across. It is native to the Caucasus collected in the Ryining Province. A region. tall handsome flr, eventually 100 feet or more high, with stout spread- For previous introduction see 79925. ing or ascending branches and dark- green foliage. 90641. PAEONIA TRITERNATA Pall. A tall herbaceous peony, native to For previous introduction see 82470. Siberia, usually about 3 feet high, 90650. ABIES NEPHROLEPIS (Trautv.) with triternate leaves and purple Maxim. flowers. No. 6518. A Siberian conifer up to For previous introduction see 81353. 100 feet high, resembling the Siberian flr, Abies sibirica, but with a rough 90642. PAEONIA sp. bark, pubescent branchlets, shorter Variety Chamaeleon. leaves, and smaller cones. 90643 to 90645. ROSA spp. Rosaceae. For previous introduction see 78398. Rose. 90651 to 90655. ACER spp. Aceraceae. 90643. ROSA MEDWEDEWII Hort. Maple. A name for which a place of publi- 90651. ACER BARBINERVB Maxim. cation and a description have not been No. 6506. A shrubby maple, native found. to Manchuria, with coarsely toothed, 90644 and 90645. ROSA SPINOSISSIMA L. 5-lobed leaves. Scotch rose. For previous introduction see 72400. 90644. Variety sulbiserrata. 90652. ACER CAUDATUM UKURUNDUENSB 90645. Variety leptacantha. (Trautv. and Mey.) Render. No. 6510. A small Manchurian ma- 90646. SCILLA ROSENI Koch. Liliaceae. ple with coarsely toothed, 5-lobed or Squill. 7-lobed leaves. A bulbous plant, native to the Cau- casus, with linear-oblong leaves and small For previous introduction see 71133. white flowers. 90653. ACER MANDSHURICUM Maxim. For previous introduction see 79928. Manchurian maple* 90647 and 90648. SBMPERVIVUM spp. No. 6508. A hardy Manchurian ma- Crassulaceae. Houseleek. ple which forms a shrub or small tree. For previous introduction see 72401. 90647. SEMPERVIVUM GLOBIFERUM L. A stemless succulent with the main 90654. ACER TEGMBNTOSUM Maxim. rosette 2 to 3 inches across, rather flat, No. 6507. An interesting green- but the offsets, borne on scaly pedun- barked maple with seeds in long ra- cles 3 inches long, are globular. The cemes. obovate to elliptical leaves are slightly hairy, and the flower scape, 1 foot For previous introduction see 71132. high, is densely hairy. The 12-parted flowers have linear-lanceolate, pale- . 90655. ACER TRIFLORUM Komarov. yellow petals which are green-striate No. 6509. A tree up to 25 feet high, outside. It is native to southeastern with glabrous branchlets. The leaves Europe. are made up of three oblong-lanceolate leaflets with entire or coarsely toothed 90648. SEMPERVIVUM PUMILUM Bleb. margins, and the flowers, in groups of A succulent with the barren rosettes three, are followed by densely pubescent not more than 1 inch across and the fruits having wide-spreading, nearly numerous new rosettes on short pedun- straight wings about 2 inches long. It cles. The rosette leaves are oblanceo- is native to Chosen and Manchuria. late and green except the outer, which are tinted red-brown; the stem leaves For previous introduction see 82472. are hairy and are red-brown. The 90656. ARALIA ELATA (Miquel) Seem. flower stem, 3 to 4 inches high, bears a dense head of mauve-purple flowers Araliaceae. 1 inch across. It is native to the No. 6503. Caucasus region. For previous introduction see 85731. 90649 to 90676. 90657. BETULA COSTATA Trantv. Betula- ceae. Birch. From Manchuria. Seeds collected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural No. 6493. explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- ceived December 18, 1930. For previous introduction see 65487. Received from the forestry department, 90658. CELASTRUS ARTTCULATUS Thunb. Yugakujo Agricultural Experiment Station Celastraceae. Oriental bittersweet. (South Manchurian Railway), Hsiungya- No. 6523. ocheng, Yugakujo, Manchuria, November 17, 1930. For previous introduction see 82507.