JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1910. 89 



27400 to 27417. 



From Paris, France. Presented by Mr. Maurice L. de Vilin'orin. Received 

 March 21, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



27400 and 27401. Berberis dictyophylla Franch. 



27400. Variety albicaulis. 



27401. Variety petiole rose. (Vilm. No. 4.113.) 



27402. Berberis henryana Schneider (?). 

 Distribution. — Discovered in the Province of Hupeh, central China. 



27403 and 27404. Berberis tibetica Hort. (?) 



27403. (Vilm. No. 3.939.) 



27404. (Vilm. No. 4.681.) 



27405. Berberis yunnanensis Franch. 



Distribution. — On the mountains at an altitude of about 10,000 feet in the 

 Province of Yunnan, southern China. 



27406. Berberis sp. 

 (Vilm. No. 3.448.) 



27407. Cotoneaster adpressa Bois. 



Distribution. — This species is reported from China without any definite 

 locality. It was grown in the Vilmorin nurseries near Paris. 



27408. Corylus ferox tibetica (Bat.) Franch. 



Distribution. — Along the banks of Tshagon River in the Province of Kansu, 

 and in the Provinces of Hupeh, Shensi, and Szechwan, China. 



27409. Juglans mandshurica Maxim. 



Distribution.— Among the mountains in the Provinces of Chihli, Hupeh, 

 Szechwan, and Yunnan, in China, and in Manchuria and Amur, eastern Siberia. 



27410. Lonicera syringantha Maxim. 



Distribution. — Known only from the Province of Kansu in northwestern 

 China. 



27411. Prunus canescens 'Bois. 



Distribution. — Known only from the Province of Szechwan in central China. 



27412. Prunus mandshurica (Maxim.) Koehne. 



Distribution. — Southern Manchuria in the vicinity of Lake Khanka and along 

 Sungari River. 



27413. Prunus sp. 

 (Vilm. No. 1037.) 



27414. Rosa sericea Lindl. 

 Variety fructo luteo. 



27415. Vitis pagnuccii Rom. 



Distribution. — The Provinces of Shensi and Hupeh in central China. 



27416. Vitis titanea Ndn. (?) 



27417. Zanthoxylum chensi Hort. (?) 

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