14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43989 to 43996— Continued. 



and the bright-red oval fruit, a quarter of an incJi in diameter, usually 

 rontains three stones. One of the most effective fruiting shrubs for 

 rockeries. (Adapted from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horti/yiiUure. 

 vol. 3, p. S65.) 



43993. CoTONE.'VSTEB NiTENS Relid. and Wils. Malaceae. 



A shrub from western China, up to 4^ feet high, with deciduous, (nal, 

 obtuse, shining green leaves up to half an inch or more long; probably 

 pink flowers, and nearly black fruits, either solitary or in pairs, up to 

 one-sixteenth of an inch long, and containing two stones. In its native 

 country it grows at elevations of 7,500 to 10,000 feet. (Adapted from. 

 Sargent. Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, pp. 156-157.) 



43994. CoTONE.\STER OBSCTJBA Relid. and Wils. Malacefe. 



A shrub from western China, up to 10 feet in height, with elliptic-oval 

 leaves. 1 to 2 inches long. The fruit is dull red, one-third of an inch long, 

 and generally contains three stones. The flowers are white. (Adapted 

 from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 867.) 



43995. CoTONEASTEB TENUiPES Rehd. and Wils. Malaceae. 



A gracefully branched deciduous shrub from western China, up to 7 

 feet tall, with oval or elliptic-oval sharp-pointed leaves about If inches 

 long. The flowers are white; the fruits are nearly black, usually solitary, 

 and contain two stones. (Adapted from Sargent. Plantae Wilsonianae, 

 vol. 1. p. 171.) 



43996. SoRBus pohuashanensis (Hance) HeiU. Malacere. 



An evergreen shrub from northern China, with reddish brown twigs, 

 leaves composed of six to seven pairs of elliptic or lance-elliptic leaflets 

 from 1§ to 2 inches long, and red fru ts about one-third of an inch in 

 diameter. This shrub is in cultivation at the Arnold Arboretum. 

 (Adapted from Schneider, Illu.striertes Handbuch der Laubholzkundc. 

 vol. 1, p. 672.) 



43997 and 43998. 



From Caracas. Venezuela. Collected by Dr. .1. X. Rose, associate curator. 

 United States National Mu.«eum. Received .January 5, 1917. 



43997. Fragakia vesca L. Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



" Sra wherries are found wild in the mountains, but Dr. Ernst declares 

 rlsat they are not native." (Rose.) 



43998. PsiDiuM guajava L. Myrtaceae. Guava. 



■' Seeds of a very large guava. the largest I have ever seen. It is 4 

 inches long and resembles somewhat a large Bartlett pear. It may be 

 known to j'ou, but is new to me. It is called at Caracas the " Peruvian 

 guava.' but I saw nothing like it in Peru in 1914. It has only recently 

 been introduced into Caracas. I obtained the seeds from Mr. Frederick 

 I.. Pantln. acting manager of the Caracas & La Guaira Railroad." 

 {Rose.) 



