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43675 to 43701— Continued. 



43688. EuoNYMtis yedoensis Koehne. Celastracese. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, growing 10 feet or more high, with 

 pinkish purple fruit. This shrub is a native of Japan, and in autumn 

 its leaves turn a brilliant red. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 543. ) 



43689. Hydrangea eosthoenii Diels. Hydrangea cefe. 



• A shrub up to 12 feet in height, with roundish oval, slender-pointed 

 leaves from 4 to 9 inches in length. The white or purplish sterile 

 flowers occur in cymes 4 to 7 inches wide. This shrub is a native of 

 western China, and the flowers appear in July. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1622.) 



43690. Hydrangea xanthoneura Diels. Hydrangeacese. 



A deciduous shrub about 8 feet in height, of a loose, straggling habit. 

 The leaves, dark green above and pale beneath, are in threes and of an 

 oval shape. The creamy white sterile flowers are in flattish panicles of 

 a width of about 6 inches, and the perfect flowers are dull white and one- 

 fourth of an inch wide. This shrub is a native of central China. 

 (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shruis Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, 

 p. 631.) 



43691. Hydrangea xanthoneura setchuenensis Rehder. Hydrangea- 



cese. 



A shrub up to 15 feet in height, with the last year's branchlets light 

 brown. The narrow, elliptic, bright-green leaves are up to 8 inches 

 long and 4 inches wide, and the white, fertile flowers are in rather 

 loose corymbs from 5 to 10 inches wide, appearing in July. This shrub 

 is a native of western China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- 

 pedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1620.) 



43692. Hypericum patulum henryi Bean. Hypericacese. 



St.- John's- wort. 

 A hardy evergreen shrub, native of northern India and the Himalayas, 

 with very large dark-green leaves and large handsome yellow flowers. 

 (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 49^9.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 38153 for further information. 



43693. Lespedeza Formosa (Vogel) Koehne. Fabacese. 

 (L. sieboldii Miquel.) 



An herb, or in warm regions a shrub, up to 2 meters high, throwing 

 up strong, wiry shoots each year from the crown. The stems are hairy, 

 angled, reddish or brown, and the rosy purple flowers, nearly half an inch 

 long, occur in very numerous long, drooping racemes. The pod is about 

 half an inch long and pubescent. This plant, which is a native of Japan 

 and China, is a very desirable late bloomer. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. If, p. 1845.) 



43694. LiGUSTRUM acutissimum Koehne. Oleacese. Privet. 

 A much-branched shrub, with the branches often extending almost 



horizontally. The leaves are narrowly oval, with slender pointed tips. 

 The white flowers occur in dense panicles from three-fifths of an inch 

 to Ij inches long. This shrub has been found in Hupeh, China. (Adapted 

 from Urban iind Graebner. Festschrift ::iir Feier Herrn Aschcrson, p. 198, 

 1904.) 



