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27112 to 27150— Continued. 



27117. Berberis concinna Hook. f. 



Distribution. — Interior valleys of the Himalayas, at an elevation of 12,000 to 

 13,000 feet, in the Province of Sikkim, northern India. 



27118. Berberis dictyophylla Franch. 



Distribution. — Slopes of the mountains in the Province of Yunnan, southern 

 China, at an elevation of 10,000 feet. 



27119. Berberis pachyacantha Koehne. 



Distribution. — Slopes of the Himalayas, at an altitude of 10,000 feet, in the 

 Province of Kashmir, northern India. 



27120. Berberis thunbergii DC. 



Distribution. — Slopes of the mountains on the island of Kiushu, Japan. 

 Generally cultivated as an ornamental. 



27121. Berberis umbellata Wall. 



Distribution. — Temperate slopes of the Himalayas at an elevation of 9,000 to 

 11,000 feet, from Kumaon to Bhotan, India. 



27122. Berberis virescens Hook. f. 



Distribution. — Slopes of the Himalayas at an elevation of 9,000 feet, in the 

 provinces of Sikkim and Bhotan, northern India. 



27123. Malus medwietzkyana Dieck. 



Note. — These seeds were received under the name Pyrus niedzwetzkyana. 

 The first name given to this apple, Malus medwietzkyana, appears in the Neu- 

 heiten-Offerte des National-Arbore turns zu Zoeschen bei Merseburg, for 1891, 

 page 16. Dr. Dieck here states that it was collected by "Herrn Gerichtspraisi- 

 denten Medwietsky." In the same catalogue for 1892-3, Dr. Dieck gives the 

 collector's name as "Herrn Gerichtspraisidenten Niedzwetsky," and calls the 

 apple "Malus niedzwetzkyana." Being trade catalogues, a description printed 

 therein is not considered as botanical publication of these names. Another 

 notice of this apple appears in the Wiener Garten Zeitung for April, 1891, 

 page 164. Here, under the name Malus Medwietzkyana, are given the state- 

 ments found in Dieck's 1891 catalogue, and the description being sufficient 

 for identification, it is regarded as the place of botanical publication. Also, 

 in the Gardeners' Chronicle for April 11, 1891, page 461, under the name Malus 

 medwietzkyana, the same notes and descriptions are given, evidently taken from 

 Dieck's catalogue. 



Koehne, Deutsche Dendrologie 259, 1893, under Malus paradisiaca, mentions 

 M. niedzwetzkyana, stating that he is not sure it is a form of M. paradisiaca. 

 Hemsley, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, plate 7975, 1904, under the name Pyrus 

 niedzwetzkyana, gives a figure and a detailed description of the plant and cites 

 all the above-mentioned publications. Regarding the specific name he re- 

 marks: "As to the spelling of the distinctive name, we have adopted the 

 one used by the author in his second account of the plant, where, however, 

 he gives no explanation of the deviation from the first." 



As to the correct spelling of the name of Dr. Dieck's patron, Mr. A. V. Babine, 

 assistant in charge of the Slavic section of the Library of Congress, in reply to 

 an inquiry as to the correct spelling of the name, states: "I have looked up the 

 name you mention. The second form given by you (Medwietzky) is more 

 nearly correct." There seems, therefore, to be no reason for the change of 

 spelling adopted by Hemsley, and the correct name for this apple remains 

 Malus medwietzkyana, as first used by Dieck and as published in the Wiener 

 Garten Zeitung, above cited. (H. C. Skeels.) 

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