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44375 to 44404— Continued. 



44381. Bekbekis hookeei Lem. Berberidacese. Barberry. 



An evergreen spiny Himalayan shrub 3 to 5 feet in height, with tufted, 

 lanceolate-obovate, dark-green, leathery leaves 1 to 3 inches long with 

 slender teeth on the margins. The pale-yellow flowers are two-thirda 

 of an inch wide, and the black-purple, narrowly cylindrical berries often 

 remain on the plant until the following spring. (Adapted from Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 2^3.) 



44382. Betula japonica mandshukica (Kegel) Winkl. Betulacete. 



Birch. 



A white-barked tree, native of western China, 10 to 25 meters in 

 height, with very glabrous, regularly dentate leaves. The bark is used 

 for lining straw hats. (Adapted from Sargent, Planitae Wilsonianae, 

 vol.2, p. 461.) 



44383. Cissus striata Ruiz and Pav. Vitacese. 

 (Vitis striata Miquel.) 



A low, shrubby evergreen vine of graceful habit, native of Chile and! 

 southern Brazil, with small, three to five foliolate, serrate leaves, yellow- 

 ish flowers in many-flowered cymes, and round-flattened fruits about the 

 size of a pea. This vine grows well in southern California. (Adapted 

 from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 776.) 

 44384 and 44385. Cotoneastek spp. IVTalacese. 



44384. " Forrest No. 33." 44385. " Forrest No. 5667." 



44386. Cotoneaster dammeri C. Schneid. 



A prostrate evergreen shrub, native of central China, with pure- white, 

 solitary flowers, and coral-red fruits a quarter of an inch wide. It is 

 quite hardy and is very distinct among cotoneasters for its perfectly 

 prostrate habit. Its fruits are brightly colored, and the plant will no 

 doubt prove useful as an evergreen carpet shrub ; also for covering sunny 

 slopes, as it is very vigorous. It occurs wild on heaths and rocky ground. 

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



1, p. m.) 



44387. Cotoneaster roylei Hort. 



" I have labeled these [small-leaved] forms in several herbaria as 

 [C. racemiflora] var. royleana Dipp., because I believed that these (espe- 

 cially C. roylei or royleana Hort.) corresponded with the spontaneous 

 material; but I am now dubious about this and I am holding out the 

 spontaneous forms as the var. kotschyi. The named garden forms re- 

 main confused." (Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 

 vol. 1, p. 751}.) 



44388. Crataegus nitida (Engelm.) Sarg. Malacere. Hawthorn. 

 A tree, up to 30 feet high, from Illinois and Kansas, with spreading 



branches, coarsely serrate leaves, and dark dull-red fruits about half an 

 inch long. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticultxire, 

 vol. 2, p. 88S.) 



44389. Dieevilla japonica (Thunb.) DC. Caprifoliacese. 



" Forrest No. 7882." 



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