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44375 to 44404— Continued. 



44400. Rosa omeiensis Rolfe. Rosace?e. Rose. 

 A stout, branched shrub, from 3 to 10 feet high, with young shoots 



covered with dense bristles and the older stems armed with stout straight 

 thorns. The long green leaves are composed of 9 to 13 sharply serrate 

 leaflets, and the white flowers, which are over an inch in diameter, occur 

 singly on short lateral twigs. The bright-red fruits are up to half an 

 inch in length, and their yellow stalks are very striking in autumn. 

 These fruits are said to be eaten in China, where the plant grows at an 

 elevation of 8,000 to 9 500 feet. It thrives in good loamy soil and may 

 be propagated from the freely pi-oduced seeds. (Adapted from Curtis's 

 Botanical Magazine, pJ. SJfll.) 



44401. Rlbus irenaeus Focke. Rosacese. 



A prostrate evergreen shrub, native of central and western China, beset 

 with small decurved prickles and having white flowers, large red fruits, 

 and simple leaves, suggest ng those of coltsfoot. (Adapted from Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs HarcUj i^i the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 460.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 40.595 for further description. 



44402.. RuBUS lasiostylus dtzygos Focke. Rosacefe. 



An erect deciduous shrub, native of centred China, 4 to 6 feet high, 

 with waxy blue-white stems, compound leaves, small, rosy flowers, and 

 agreeably acid, red fruits an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p- -'i62.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 42587 for further description. 



44403. Styrax wilsonii Rehder. Styracacete. 



A very pretty, small, compact Chinese shrub witli alternate, oval, 

 irregularly dentate leaves up to two-thirds of an inch long, white flow- 

 ers in axillary and terminal racemes, appearing when the plant is but 

 a few inches high and 2 or 3 years old, and gray-velvety, roundish fruits 

 about one-third of an inch long. It is best propagated by seeds, although 

 layering may be used. On one occasion, in the nursery at Kew. England, 

 this shrub withstood a temperature of 12° F. (Adapted from Curtis's 

 Botanical Magazine, pi. S^H-) 



44404. ViBURNrji hupehense Rehder. Caprifoliacefe. 



A deciduous shrub, native of Hupeh, China, with coarsely serrate, 

 roundish oval leaves, and flowers in large flat corymbs. The red fruit 

 is ovoid, from one-third to two-fifths of an inch long. (Adapted from 

 Bean, Trees and Shrtibs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 650. ) 



See also S. P. I. No. 42197 for further description. 



44405. Nypa fruticans Wiirmb. Phcenicacese. Nipa palm. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, 

 director. Bureau of Agriculture. Received March 27, 1917. 



A creeping Philippine palm with a stout branching rootstock and large 

 leaves 5 to 10 meters long. The sap is collected from the immature inflorescence 

 and made principally into alcohol, and to a less extent into vinegar and sugar. 

 A good preserve is made by boiling the immature seeds in sugar. (Adapted 

 from the Philippine Agricultural Eevieic, third quarter, 1916, p. ll'i.) 



For an illustration of the nipa palm in fruit, see Plate VI. 



