70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



43703 to 43736— Continued. 



43730. ViBUENUM BUREJAETICUM Kegel and Herd. Caprifoliacese. 



A shrub, 4 to 10 feet high, native of Chosen (Korea). The small light- 

 green leaves and the small umbels of white flowers, followed by the jet- 

 black berries, make this plant vei-y ornamental. (Adapted from a note 

 of Frank N. Meyer, dated Aug. 20, 1906.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 2011.5 for previous introduction. 



43731. ViBUKNUM DiLATATUM Thuub. Caprifoliacese. 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with broadly oval, pointed, hairy 

 leaves. The pure white flowers are all fertile and are produced in .Tune in 

 a hairy 5-rayed cyme, 3 to 5 inches wide. The fruit is bright red and 

 roundish oval in shape. The shrub is a native of Japan and China and is 

 a very profuse bloomer. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy 

 in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 6!i7. ) 



43732. Viburnum hupehense Rehder. Caprifoliaceifi. Honeysuckle. 

 A deciduous shrub, native of Hupeh, China, with coarsely serrate, 



roundish oval leaves and flowers in large flat corymbs. The red fruit is 

 egg shaped, from one-third to two-fifths of an inch long. (Adapted from 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 650.) 

 See also^S. P. I. No. 42197 for further information. 



43733. Viburnum ichangense (Hemsl.) Rehder. Caprifoliacese. 



A slender-branched shrub, with yellowish green, oval, acuminate leaves. 

 The white flowers occur in terminal and lateral corymbs up to If inches 

 wide, and the fruit is an ovoid drupe about one-fourth of an inch long and 

 is red. The seed is brown. This shrub is a native of China. (Adapted 

 from Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, vol. 2, p. 105, ph 150.) 



43734. VrBUKNUM sargentii Koehne. Caprifoliacese. 



A shrub, growing to a height of from 5 to 8 feet, with roundish leaves 

 and flowers in flat corymbs. The rounded fruits are scarlet or orange- 

 scarlet and ripen in September. (Adapted from Florists'' Exchange, May 

 20, 1911.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 37612 for further information. 



43735. Viburnum theiferum Rehder. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 



A deciduous shrub of erect habit, up to 12 feet in height, with smooth, 

 gray stems. The narrowly oval leaves are sharply serrate, taper pointed, 

 and dark green above. The white flowers are all perfect and are pi-o- 

 duced in terminal cymes 11 to 2 inches in width. The red fruit is egg 

 shaped and nearly half an inch long. This shrub is a native of central 

 and western China. The specific name refers to the use of the leaves by 

 the monks of Mount Omei as a kind of tea. (Adapted from Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 657.) 



43736. ViBURXuM wrightii Miquel. Caprifoliacese. 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with erect stems. The bright- 

 green leaves are 2 to -5 inches in length and are slenderly pointed. The 

 white flowers are all perfect and are produced in May on smooth, downy 

 stalked, 5-rayed cymes, 2 to 4 inches in width. The roundish oval red 

 fruits are one-third of an inch long. This shrub is a native of .Japan and 

 China. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2. p. 660.) 



