20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 



44041 to 44056— Continued. 



clusters, and the bi-o\vii fruits are globose and an inch in diameter. 

 (Adapted fnmi lUtilc)/, >St<tn<hir<l Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 

 2870.) 



Received as I'lirun lariolosu. wliich is generally referred to P. pnshin. 



44053. Pyrus saj.icifolia Pall. 



\'ar. pcnduUi Hurt. A very eleiraiit tri-e. native of southeastern Euroiu' 

 and Asia Minor, from 15 to 25 feet high, with pendulous branches, narrow 

 lance-shaped shiny green leaves 1^ to 85 inches long, pure-white flowers 

 three-quarters of an inch wide in small dense corymbs, and pear-shaped 

 fruits 1 to I5 inches long. The leaves and flowers of this very orna- 

 mental pear often open simultaneously, producing a charming effect. 

 (Adapted from Bean. Trees and l^hrubs Hardy in flic Briti.'^h Islr.% vol. 

 2, pp. 292-293.) 



44054. Pykus sekotina Rehder. 



A tree native of central and western China. 20 to 30 feet high, witli 

 oval-oblong sharply serrate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, six to nine wliite flow- 

 ers in each raceme, and nearly globular, brown fruits with slender stalks. 

 This species or one of its forms has been reconmiended on the Pacific 

 coast as a more or less blight-resistant stock for the European types. 

 (Adapted from Baileii, !>!tandard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, pp. 

 2868-2869.) 



44055. Pykus serrulata Rehder. 



A tree native of western China. 22 to 25 feet h gli, with oval or oval- 

 oblong serrulate leaves up to 4^ inches long, six to ten white flowers in 

 each umbellate raceme, and nearly globular brown fruits about three- 

 tifths of an inch long. (Adapted from Rehder, Proceeding.^ of the y\mcri- 

 can Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 50, pp. 23.',-235.) 



44056. Pyrus itssuriensis Maxim. 



A tree native of Anuir and Ussuri, Sil)eria, from 20 to 30 feet high, 

 with broadly oval, sharply serrate, acuminate leaves, many-flowered 

 racemes of white flowers, and roundish oval, umbilicate, mild-flavored 

 fruits over an inch in diameter, crowned by a persistent calyx. In 

 autumn the foliage turns a .shining brownish red, making the tree very 

 ornamental. (Adapted from E. Regel. in Garlcnflora. vol. 10. pp. 

 37.^-375. ) 



44057 and 44058. Vjcia fap.a L. Fabaceae. Broad bean. 



From Tiflis. Caucasus. Russia. Presented by the chief specialist, Plant 

 Breeding Department, Tiflis Botanic Garden. Received .Tanuary 2, 1017. 



44057. lieans nearly circular in outline and of a dark reddisli brown 

 color. 



44058. Beans aitproximately oblong and of a nnich lighler color. 

 44059 and 44060. 



From (Juatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received .Tanuary 12, 1917. 



44059. (^iiAMAEDOREA sp. PhcenicacefB. Pacaya palm. 

 "(No. Tlt.i. I'acnya palm from Coban, December 13. 191G. ) Nearly 



every garden in (.'oban contains a number of these small, attractiv** 

 I>alnis, planted not so much for ornament as for the edible inflorescences 



