70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



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49663 to 49686— Continued. 



49675. (Seeds of Wilson No. 1075.) 



49676. (Seeds of Wilson No. 1076a.) 



49677. (Seeds of Wilson No. 1290.) 



49678. PoPULUs yunnanensis Dode. Salicaceffi. Poplar. 

 (Cuttings.) A poplar from the Province of Yunnan, China, with 



oval or narrowly oval, lightly dentate acuminate leaves with whitish 

 lower surfaces. (Adapted from Dode, Exirait» d'Une Monographic 

 In^ddte du Genre Populus, p. 63.) 



49679. Pyracantha crenulata (Don) Roemer. Malaceae. 

 (Crataegus crenulata Roxb.) 



(Plants.) "A rather small hawthorn, closely allied to Crataegus 

 pyracantJia, with small glistening green foliage and bearing a multitude 

 of bright-red berries, found in stony places in Kansu, China, at altii- 

 tudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. It would be very attractive as an orna- 

 mental rockery shrub." {Frank N. Meyer.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40737. 



49680. X Rhododendron smithii Sweet. Ericacese. Rhododendron. 

 (Plants.) "A hybrid of Rhododendron arhoreum and R. ponticum 



with rose-purple flowers." (Rehder.) 



49681. Rhododendron sp. Ericaceae. Rhododendron. 

 (Plants of M. Yilmorin No. 5303.) 



49682. RiBES diacantha Pall. Grossulariacese. Currant. 

 (Plants.) A deciduous shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, native to Siberia and 



northern China. The obovate or rounded leaves are coarsely toothed 

 and often 3-lobed and are up to 2 inches in width. The male flowers 

 are yellow and are borne in erect racemes, and the smooth scarlet fruits 

 are about the size of a red currant. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40431. 



49683. Rosa LONcicrsPis Bertol. Rosacese. Rose. 

 {R. sinowilsoni Hemsl.) 



(Plants of Wilson No. 1334.) A rambling bush about 20 feet high, 

 native to western China, with sparse short prickles, large dark-green 

 leaves, and very large lax corymbs of white flowers, the latter up to 



2 inches in width. (Adaptetl from Kew, Bulletin of Miscellaneous In- 

 formation, 1906, p. 15S.) 



49684. Rosa soulieana Crep. Rosacese. Rose. 

 (Seeds.) A large straggling bushy rose, native to Szechwan, China, 



with short, very sharp prickles and pale-green leaves 2 to 3 inches long. 

 The creamy white flowers are about 2 inches wide and are borne singly 

 at the ends of the branches or in cymose clusters. The small globular 

 fruits are orange. (Adapted from Willmott, The Genus Rosa, pt. 4, 

 pi. 18.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 38159. 



49685. Spiraea japonica acuminata Franch. Rosacese. Spirea. 

 (Plants of Wilson No. .579.) A handsome, hardy, deciduous shrub, 



3 to 6 feet in height, native to western Szechwan and Hupeh, China, 

 at altitudes of 1,000 to 1,700 meters. In July and August appear the 



