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44520 to 44549— Continued. 



44533. Clekodendrum teichotomum fakgesii (Dode) Rehder. Verbena- 



cese. 

 A Chinese shrub, 3.5 to 4 meters (10 to 15 feet) in height; with dark- 

 green, oval, lance-shaped leaves, 10 to 15 cm. (4 to 6 inches) long; very 

 fragrant light-pink flowers in axillary cymes ; and dark-purple drupes, 

 4 to 5 mm. (one-fifth of an inch) in diameter, with very hard, black seeds. 

 It is easily raised from seed in ordinary soil. (Adapted from ./. Pinelle, 

 in Revue Eorticole, vol. 83, p. 522, as Clerodendron fargesii. ) 



44534. Arecasteum romanzoffianum (Cham.) Becc. Phcenicacese. 

 (Cocos romanzofflana Cham.) ' Palm. 



Var. plumosa. " A Brazilian palm, commonly cultivated in Florida and 

 California as an ornamental, with an unarmed trunk about 30 feet high 

 and a foot in diameter, bearing a crown of plumelike pinnate leaves 12 

 to 15 feet long. It has two spathes, the inner somewhat woody, splitting 

 along one side and exposing the much-branching spadix which is crowned 

 with the monoecious flowers. The fruit is a pale-orange drupe about the 

 size of a large acorn, inclosing a bony seed which has three eyes near 

 the base." (C. B. Doyle.) 



44535. DiosPYRos lotus L. Diospyracese. 



A deciduous Chinese tree, usually less than 30 feet high in cultivation 

 in temperate countries, but probably twice as high in warmer climates. 

 It has oval, shining dark-green leaves 2 to 5 inches long, greenish red 

 dioecious flowers, the pistillate solitary and the staminate one to three 

 in a cluster. The purplish or yellowish, orange-shaped fruits are half 

 an inch to three-quarters of an inch across, but because of their astringent 

 quality are unfit for food. On damp days the trees emit a curious heavy 

 odor, probably due to an exhalation from the leaves. (Adapted from 

 Bean, Trees and Shrul)S Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^9Jf.) 



Ordinarily used in China and Japan as a stock for the kaki, or Japa- 

 nese persimmon. 



44536. DoDONAEA THUNBERGiANA Eckl. and Zeyh. Sapindacese. 



A South African shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, with somewhat viscid, narrow 

 leaves li to 2i inches long and a quarter of an inch wide, dense racemes 

 of polygamous green flowers, and resinous, shining, winged capsules about 

 half an inch long and wide. A decoction of the root is used as 

 a purgative in fevers. (Adapted from Harvey and Sonder, Flora Capensis, 

 vol. 1, p. 2J,2.) 



44537. LoNicERA standishii Carr. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 A charming, fragrant, early-flowering, deciduous, Chinese shrub, with 



pale yellowish brown branches; pale-green, oval to lance-shaped leaves 

 3 to 5 inches long; and white, sweet-scented flowers appearing in pairs, 

 one-fifth to half an inch long. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Maga- 

 zine, vol. H, pi. 5709.) 



44538. Prunus conradinae Koehne. Amygdalaceae. Cherry. 

 A graceful tree from central China, reaching a height of 25 feet, with 



oval or oblong, doubly serrate leaves 2 to inches long ; whitish or pink 

 flowers about three-quarters of an inch long in two to four flowered umbels, 

 and red ovoid fruits one-third to one-half an inch long. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 28JfO.) 



