'64 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44372 to 44374. Citrus spp. Eiitaceae. 



From Lamao, Bataan. Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by Mr. P. J. 

 "Wester. Lamao Experiment Station, through Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Di- 

 rector of Agriculture, Manila. Received March 31, 1917. 



44372 and 44373. Citrus medica L. Citron. 



44372. The identification of this nuniljer was apparently questioned 

 by Mr. We.ster, but it seems to be at least a form of Citrus medica. 



44373. An unnamed variety received without description. 



44374. CiTRfs MEDICA ODOEATA AVestcr. 

 Tihi-tihi. 



See also S. P. I. No. 44139 for further description. 



44375 to 44404. 



From Elstree, Herts. England. Plants presented by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, 

 through ;Mr. E. Beckett, The Gardens, Aldenham House. Received 

 March 28, 1917. 



44375. Acer hookeri Miquel. Aceraceie. Maple. 



A tree, 40 to 50 feet high, native of the eastern Himalayas, with 

 green, cordate, entire, finely serrate leaves 3 to 6 inches long, flowers in 

 simple racemes 2 to 4i inches long, and glabrous samaras with venose 

 wings. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 69Jf.\ 



44376. AEScrrrs glabra letjcodermis Sarg. Aesculacefe. 



Horse-chestnut. 



This form is characterized by the smooth, pale, often nearly white 



bark of the trunk and branches and is found in the southeastern United 



States. (Adapted from Keiv Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 



Appendix 3, 191.'t, p. 51.) 



44377. Alxl'S sitchensis Sarg. Betulacese. Sitka alder. 

 A tree, native of northwestern United States and Alaska, up to 40 



feet in height, with a narrow head of short and nearly horizontal 



branches, ovate, light-green, dentate leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and 



staminate catkins 4 to 5 inches long. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hard!/ in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 18^.) 



44378. Aralia chinensis L. Araliacese. Chinese Ang'elica tree. 



Var. fastiyiata. A garden variety with the branches more or less 

 parallel with the main trunk. 



44379. AronIa aebutifolia (L.) Pers. Malacese. 

 {Pyrus arhutifolia L. f. ) 



Var. fjrandiflora. A large-flowered garden variety of a bushy shrub, 

 native of eastern North America. It is from .5 to 10 feet high, with 

 narrowly oval leaves with dark-gi-een upper surfaces and gray velvety 

 lower surfaces. It has white or slightly rosy flowers produced in small 

 corymbs and small, nearly globular red fruits. 



44380. Bekberis sargentiaxa C. Schneid. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 A black-berried l)arberry from western Hupeh, China, reaching a 



height of 2 meters. It is the only evergreen barberry which has proved 

 entirely hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, and for this reason is one 

 of the most desirable of the recent introductions as a garden plant. 

 (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonia7iae, vol. 1, p. 359.) 



