66 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPOrvTED. 



44375 to 44404— Continued. 



44390. Hypkricum sp. Hypericacese. St.-John's-wort. 

 ■■ Wilson No. 256.'" '" From cliffs and thickets. "Wiisbaii Hsien, eastern 



Szechwan. at an altitude of 1.000 meters. 1907. A shrubby plant, 6 cm. 

 tall, with yellow flowers." {Sargent, Plantae Wilsotiianae, vol. 3, p. Jf52.) 



44391. JASMixrir sp. Oleaceje. Jasmine. 

 " Forrest No. 11472."' 



44392. Larix dahurica prixcipis-rupprechtii (Mayr) Rehd. and Wils. 



Pinacefe. Larch. 



A tree from northern China, with beautiful pink cones up to li inches 

 long and leaves up to If inches in length. (Adaptetl from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. .'/, p. 1823.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 42194 for further description. 



44393. Lairocerasus officixalis Roemer. Amygdalacese. 



(Prioius laurocerasiis L.) Cherry laurel. 



Var. camelliaefolia. A garden variety with leaves of ordinary size, but 

 curled and twisted. Curious but not ornamental. (Adapted from Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the Briti^sh Isles, vol. 2, p. 2JfO.) 



44394. Loniceka xitida Wilson. Caprifoliacete. Honeysuckle. 

 An evergreen shrub from western China, up to 6' feet high, with upright 



branches, broadly oval or oblong glossy leaves, fragrant whitish flowers 

 one-third of an inch long, and purple fruits. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. .',. p. 1901.) 



44395. LoxiCERA pileata Oliver. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 A imich-l)ranched. low, evergreen or partially deciduous shrub from 



central and western China, about a foot high, with slender branches, 

 oblong, lance-shaped, dark, shining-green leaves half to an inch long, 

 and pale-yellov.- flowers in almost sessile pairs. It is quite hardy in 

 England. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 8060.) 



44396. Abies sp. Pinaceae. Fir. 

 " Wilson Xo. 6744." 



44397. PiCEA KOYAMAi Shiras. Pinacese. Spruce. 



A Japanese tree, up to 30 feet in height, with bright reddish brown 

 branchlets. blu'sh white. 4-sided sharp-pointed leaves one-third to half 

 an inch long, and light brownish green cones li to 2* inches long with 

 broadly oval scales. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. .5. p. 2621.) 



44398. PiPTAXTHrs concolor Harrow. Fabaceae. 



" Wilson No. 885."' A bush, 1 to 1.6 nreters tall, found in western 

 Szechwan, China, at elevations up to .3.500 meters. It has alternate, tri- 

 foliate leaves, almost the same color above as below, with white hairs 

 on the margins; yellow pealike flowers: and silky pods about 6 mm. 

 long. (Adapted from Gardeners' Chronicle. December 16, 1916, p. 289.) 



44399. Pyracaxtha gibbsii A. .lackson. Malacere. 



A shrub from western China up to 14 feet high, nearly spineles.s, with 

 large, ovate-oblong, variable leaves up to 3 inches long and abundant fruits 

 about 7 mm. in diameter. The leaves are commonly used by the Chinese 

 for tea. (Adapted from Gardeners' Chronicle, December 30, 1916, p. 

 309.) 



