22 SEEDS AND PLANTS lAIPOETED 



55956 to 55863— Continued. 



to 14,500 feet among limestone bowlders on the Likiang Snow Range. 

 The leaves are linear, with the basal ones foiTning a rosette, and covered 

 with red hairs. The large bright-yellow flowers are 4 inches across." 



55958 to 55963. Rosa spp. Rosace^e. Rose. 



55958. Rosa sp. 



*'(Xo. GllS. August 27, 1922.) A handsome shrub with pendent 

 branches, which grows in fir and spruce forests at an altitude of 

 11,000 feet in the main gorge leading to one of the peaks (21,000 

 feet altitude) of the Likiang Snow Range. The flowers, which ap- 

 pear in April and May, are rich pink to mauve. The shrub fruits 

 in August." 



55959. Rosa sp. 



"(No. 6119. August 27, 1922.) A wild rose from the Likiang 

 Snow Range." 



55960. Rosa sp. 



"(No. 6120. August 27, 1922.) A shrub 15 to IS feet high, with 

 long rambling branches, found at an altitude of 10,000 feet on the 

 northern end of the Likiang Plain. It is a very ornamental species, 

 with large single white flowers and scarlet fruits covered with soft 

 spines." 



55961. Rosa sp. 



" (No. 6086. August 27, 1922.) A shrub 4 to 5 feet high, with 

 small leaves, found at altitudes of 13,000 feet and higher, in rocky 

 limestone situations on the Likiang Snow Range. It has verj" attrac- 

 tive pink flowers." 



55962. Rosa sp. 



" (No. 6089. August 27, 1922.) A very ornamental shrub 4 feet 

 high, growing on the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 13,500 

 feet. The stems and spines are red, as are also the flowers. The 

 fruits are scarlet and jellow." 



55963. Rosa sp. 



" (No. 6096. August 27, 1922.) A very small spreading shrub, 

 with small leaves, found at an altitude of 13,500 feet on steep alpine 

 meadows of the Likiang Snow Range, in company with junipers, 

 aconites, and spireas. The flowers are red, and the pear-shaped 

 fruits are orange-red." 



55964. AxxESLiA brevipes (Benth.) Lindm. Mimosacese. 



{Calliandra brevipes Benth.) 



From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds presented by J. Simao da Costa. 

 Received November 23, 1922. 



"A shrub with beautiful flowers, native to the arid zone of northeastern 

 Brazil." {Da Costa.) 



The plants of this genus are very attractive because of their graceful feath- 

 ery foliage and globose flower heads. These flower heads consist of very 

 numerous long purplish stamens which almost entirely hide the small corollas. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Journal of Botany, vol. 2, p. 13S.) 



55965 to 55971. Ptrus spp. Malacese. Pear. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Trees presented by E. H. Wilson, Arnold 

 Arboretum. Received November 11, 1922. Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson. 



55965. Pyeus calleryana dimoephophyxla (Makino) Koidz. 



" (No. 9635 W.) A variety which forms a tree about 80 feet high 

 with a trunk about a foot in diameter, growing at Hazu, Ise Province, 

 Japan. This tree was raised from seeds collected for me by the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Co. in the autumn of 1917." 



