54 SEEDS AND PLAINTS IMPOKIED. 



52622 to 52661— Continued. 



52631. Clematis tangutica (Maxim.) Korsh. Ranunculace». 



A superb species 10 to 16 feet high, closely related to Clematis 

 orietitalis, with foliage equally glaucous, flowering in July with large 

 bright-yellow, very abundant flowers with long-pointed petals. The fruit 

 forms silvery plumelike, very decorative tassels. (Adapted from 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux, Plantes Vivace et a Massifs, 1921, p. 29.) 

 52632 to 52639. Cotoneasteb spp. Malacese. 



52632. " Farrer Jf03." 52636. " Forrest 1J,864:' 



52633. " Forrest 33." 52637. " Forrest U948." 



52634. " Forrest 5567." 52638. " Forrest U976." 



52635. " Forrest A553." 52639. " Forrest 16031." 



52640. Deutzia schxeideriana laxifioba Rehder. Hydrangeaceje. 



A shrub 1 to 2 meters high with fuscous-purple branches and some- 

 what papery, elliptic, stellately hairy leaves, shining or white beneath. 

 The flower clusters are broadly paniculate, 3 to 6 centimeters long. 

 The oblong petals are about 10 millimeters long, stellately hairy on the 

 outer surface. The stamens, often longer than the petals, are dilated 

 and toothed at the tip, the teeth scarcely touching the anther. The 

 three graceful styles are about as long as the stamens. (Adapted 

 from Sargent, Plantae WiUonianae, vol. 1, p. 7.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40580. 



52641. Deutzia sp. HydrangeacejB. 

 " Forrest No. 15681." 



52642. Deutzia sp. Hydrangeacese. 

 " Farrer No. 109." 



52643. FoRSYTHiA sp. OleacejB. 

 " Sport." 



52644. Ilex faegesu Franch. Aquifoliacese. 



A glabrous species with black bark and thick, spreading leaves 10 

 to 15 centimeters long, linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, the lower 

 entire and the upper remotely denticulate. The flowers are crowded in 

 globose cymes on pedicels 5 to 6 millimeters long, and the spreading 

 petals are 5 millimeters long. The globose drupes are in clusters of 

 three to four in the axils of the leaves. Native to Szechwan, western 

 China. (Adapted from Journal de Botanique, vol. 12, p. 255.) 

 52645 and 52646. Lavandula spic.\ L. Menthaceae. Lavender. 



52645. " Variety Nana Glasnevin." 



52646. "Variety Ttcickel Purple." 



52647. Malus stla-estbis Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 

 {Pyrus malus L.) 



" Variety aldenhamensis. A rooted sucker of the original tree." 



52648. Paeonia lutea Delavay. Ranunculacese. Peony. 

 One of the most beautiful of the yellow species, found in Yunnan in 



1892. It is a hardy species and is a choice plant for garden effect. The 

 clear-yellow flowers are about 3* inches in diameter. (Adapted from 

 The Garden, vol. 61, p. 267, and vol. 76, p. 416.) 



