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43810 to 43935— Continued. 



43916. Rosa xanthina Lindl. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A remarkably hardy yellow rose, found in the vicinity of Peking, 



Chihli, China. It resists drought and extremes of heat and cold to an 

 unusual degree. (Adapted from a note of Frank N. Meyer, dated 

 March 31, 1908.) 



See also S. P. I. Nos. 17469, 22452, and 23034 for further description. 



43917. Rtjbxjs pileatus Focke. Rosacese. 



A woody climber from the Province of Hupeh, China, reaching 4 feet 

 in height, with pinnate leaves composed of five pairs of leaflets. The 

 flowers, two to four, occur at the ends of the branches, and the fruits, 

 which are about an inch in diameter, are edible and pleasant in taste. 

 (Adapted from Hooker's loones Plantarum, vol. 20, p. 3, under pi. 1952.) 



43918. Sageeetia pycnophylla C. Schneid. Rhamnacese. 



A climbing, spiny shrub from western China, up to 7 feet high, with 

 opposite brapches, small, opposite oval leaves up to three-quarters of an 

 inch long, and small sessile flowers in spikelike terminal and axillary 

 racemes. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, pp. 226, 

 227.) 



43919. Sambucus callicarpa Greene. Caprifoliacese. 



Red-berried elder. 



A shrub, very common in wet ground on the coast of the northwestern 

 United States, attaining a height of 7 to 15 feet, with smooth, brown 

 bark, leaves composed of five to seven lance-oblong, serrate leaflets 2 to 5 

 inches long, pyramidal panicles of cream-colored flowers, and bright 

 scarlet, sometimes chestnut-colored, rarely yellow berries. (Adapted from 

 Piper and Beattie, Flora of the Northwest Coast, p. 337.) 



43920. Spiraea lucida Dougl. Rosacese. 



A low shrub found at low elevations in the mountains of the western 

 United States. It reaches a height of about 24 inches and has small white 

 flowers and coarsely serrate leaves. It is hardly distinguishable from 

 the typical species found in the East. (Adapted from Piper and Beattie, 

 Flora of the Northwest Coast, p. 202.) 



43921. Spiraea media Schmidt. Rosacese. 



, An erect shrub, found from eastern Europe to Japan and Sakhalin 

 and growing to a height of 6 feet, with oval or oblong, more or less 

 serrate leaves up to 2 inches in length. The small white flowers are 

 produced late in the spring in long-stalked racemes. It is an ornamental 

 species, but is liable to be injured by late spring frosts. (Adapted from 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardij in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 639. ) 



43922. Syeinga beflexa C. Schneid. Oleacese. Lilac. 



A bush from western China, 7 to 10 feet high, with oval, sharp-pointed 

 leaves and violet flowers in long, hanging racemes. On account of the 

 remarkable inflorescence of this lilac it is quite distinct from all others 

 of its kind. (Adapted from Schneider, lUustriertes Handluch diei' Laub- 

 holskunde, vol. 2, p. 779, and from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, 

 p. 297.) 



