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56080 to 56117— Continued. 



at an iiltitude of about 8.30(t feet. The imts are very tlnck slielled 

 and ditlicult to break and are gathered by the natives for the sake of 

 the oil. Tliere are several varieties whirh vary in the shape of the 

 nuts, sonio beinj; obloiii;-, some ovoid, and some glolmlar: all are thi<-k 

 shelled." 



56092 to 56099. Mat-tts spp. Malaoea'. Apple. 



56092. Mali s sp. 



••(N<». H(5S7. September 2S. 1J»22.) A large tree with a large 

 crown of ascending branciies, found beyond Taiiiingpu. three days* 

 journey west of Talifu. at an altitude of S.'JOO. IVet. Tb«" yellowish 

 green fruits are 2 inches in diameter, fragrant but sour." 



56093. Mm.us sp. 



"(No. 6G88. September liT. 1922.) A wild apple tree from the 

 Yangpi Mountains, two days' Journey from Talifu. whcic it grows 

 at an altitude of 7,800 feet. The fruits jirc brigiit red and yellow, 

 with rather numerous seefls.'" 



56094. :Malus sp. 



"(No. onOO. September 27. 1922.) A trj'e P,0 feet In heigiit with 

 a trunk 2 to 2A feet in diameter and straight a.sccnding l)rMnciics. 

 found wild in i-ed clayey soil all over the I'anges between V:ingpi 

 and Taijiiugjm. at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The olilong leaves are 

 dark green above and pale beneath; the very numerous fruits, the 

 size of small api»les. are yellowish with a bright reddish tinge, with 

 firm, very fragrant but sour tlesh. The tree is exceedingly hardy 

 and free from disease and occurs here where nothing else will irrow 

 ex'-ept th<> hardy Yunnan pine (Pinux sinoi.sis)." 



56095. IVlALrs sp. 



"(Xo. 6691. September. 1922.) A peculiar tree with long spread- 

 ing, drooping branches like a willow, found only along watercourses 

 between Yangpi and Taipingpu, at an altitude of H.'AUO feet. Tlie 

 tree was loaded with small oblong fruits less than an inch long 

 and half an incli in diameter, with dull carmine-red skin and very 

 .iuicy sour flesh. I did not .see this .species elsewhere." 



56096. Maxus s)j. 



"(No. 6696. September .SO, 1922.) A fine hardy free lo to 20 

 feet high, which grows Mild with CaHtanea s}).. in the hills between 

 Huanglienpn an.i Chutung. The yellowish red fruits are 2 inches 

 in diameter." 



56097. Malxjs sp. 



"(No. 6(i9(). Septemiier. 1922.) Seeds of the preceding [S. P. 1. 

 No. .%09»n collected be.vond Shiashuichi. The Uowers are red." 



56098. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6698. October 4, 1922.) A tree 20 feet tall which grows 

 Avild in the mountains be.vond Pingpo, on top of the western ridge 

 of the Mekong Valley, at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The tree was 

 loaded with thon.siinds of dark-crimson, oblnng, mealy fruits the size 

 of wild ('berries: in fact, the tree could be mistaken at a short dis- 

 tance foi- a cherry tree. If is a ])rolific bearer and grows in clay 

 loam mixed with slate." 



56099. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6713. October. 1922.) A wild apple tree 20 to 80 feet high, 

 sent to me through the kindness of Rev. Mr. Fullerton, of the Szem^m 

 Mission ; it grows in the mountains near Szemao at an altitude of 

 5,000 feet or more. The globose fruits are little more than an inch 

 in diameter and are called toi." 



