34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



55775 and 55787— Continued. 



55780. LiLiUM sp. 



"(liikiang. Yunnan. July. 1922.) Bulbs of a lily with red stems 

 and thick, flesliy, light-green leaves, collected on the eastern slope 

 of the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 14.000 feet. The yellow- 

 ish green flowers are marked with purple stripes." 



55781 to 55784. Prunus spp. Amygdalacese. 



55781. Prunus tomentosa Thunb. Bush cherry. 



"(Likiang, Yunnan. July 18, 1922.) Seeds of a shrubby cherry 

 which grows on the Yunnan-Szechwan border about five days' jour- 

 ney north of Likiang in the scrub forests near Fengkow, not far from 

 the Yangtze River, at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The plant is 8 to 

 10 feet high, with a gray pubescence, branching from the base and 

 forming a large round bu.sh. It is a most prolific bearer, and in 

 the latter parf of July is loaded with the oval orange-.vellow cher- 

 ries of a sweetish sour flavor." 



55782. Prunus sp. Cherry. 



•'(No. 5052. Mill. Szechwan. July 10, 1922.) Seeds of a fine 

 spreading tree 35 to 40 feet in height, collected in the mountains at 

 an altitude of 12,000 feet. The small oval red fruits have very 

 small seeds. The tree should make a good stock plant." 



55783. Prunus sp. Plum. 



"(Near Puerhfu. Yunnan. July. 1922.) Seeds of a fine tree 

 which bears bright-yellow, very juicy fruits of a mild, sweet flavor, 

 the size of a small apple. This species could doubtless be improved." 



55784. Prunus sp. Plum. 



"(Near Puerhfu. Yunnan. July, 1922.) Seeds of a tree 35 to 40 

 feet high, with bright-yellow, slightly bitter fruits the size of a 

 small walnut." 

 55785 to 55787. Rubus spp. Rosacese. Raspberry. 



55785. Rubus sp. 



"(Likiang. Yunnan. July, 1922.) Seeds of a rambling shrub 

 cdllected on the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 15,000 feet 

 in exposed situations covered with snow in winter and early spring. 

 The entire plant is woolly white and slightly spiny, and the leaves 

 are snow white beneath. The fruits, the size of a thimble, have a 

 .><weet. delicious flavor, and tlie individual drupelets are large and 

 transparent." 



55786. Rubus sp. 



"(Likiang. July 20. 1922.) Seeds of a climbing shrub, with 

 leaves silvery beneath and green above, growing on the Likiang 

 Snow Range at an altitude of 13,000 feet. The orange-red berries 

 have a sweet subacid flavor and attractive color." 



55787. Rubus sp. 



"(Likiang. July 20, 1922.) Seeds of a slirul) 5 to 6 feet high, 

 collected on the slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude 

 of 13.000 feet. The small leaves are green on both sides, and the 

 scarlet berries are sweet and very palatable." 



55788. Rubus glaucus Benth. Eosaceae. Andes berry. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by B. M Young, Morgan (Mty, I^a. 

 Received September 25, 1922. 



" The Andes berry occurs as a wild plant from Mexico to Ecuador. It is a 

 vigorous raspberrylike plant, bearing maroon-coloretl fruits which resemble 

 Logan blackberries in flavor, but are sweeter. It can probably be cuiti- 



