32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36563 and 36564. 



From Chang Chun, Manchuria. Presented by Dr. R. J. Gordon, Irish Presby- 

 terian Mission. Received October 25, 1013. 



36563. Lespedeza sp. 36564. Melilotus alba Desr. 



36565 and 36566. Linum usitatissimum L. Flax. 



From Bombay, Poona, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic 



botanist. Received November 1, 1913. 



36565. "From Punjab. Flax which is grown after the rice crop." (Burns.) 



36566. "From the United Provinces, Jalaun district. Grown at the Orai 

 farm. Flax which is grown after the rice crop." (Burns.) 



36567 and 36568. 



From Santa Cruz, Argentina. Presented by Mr. H. W. Reynard. Received 

 November 7, 1913. 

 38567. Fabiana imbricata Ruiz and Pavon. (?) 



" Malta verde. Grows on mud flats and river valleys; is of a softer nature than 

 the Matta negra and does not attain quite such a height, about 2 feet to 2 feet 

 6 inches." (Reynard.) 



"An evergreen shrub of heathlike appearance, ultimately reaching 6 to S 

 feet in diameter and in height; erect in habit when young, ultimately spreading. 

 Branches downy, long, and tapered, densely furnished with Bhort, .-lender 

 twigs, from one-half to 2 inches long. These twigs are themselves com- 

 pletely covered with tiny, pointed, 3-angled Leaves, one-twelfth inch long, 

 and, in June, are each terminated by a solitary pure white flower. Corolla 

 five-eighths to three-fourths inch long, tubular, but narrowing towards the I 

 with the rounded shallow lobes at. the apex reflected; calyx bell shaped, one- 

 twelfth inch long. 



"Native of Chile; introduced in 1838. This beautiful shrub is unfortunately 

 rather tender, and at Kew, although it occasionally survives the winter, has 

 never been a success in the open. In milder and more upland localities it is 

 a shrub of great beauty, flowering freely and transforming each branch into a 

 slender raceme of blossom. It likes a light soil, and can be Increased easily 

 by late Bummer cuttings in gentle heat." (11'. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs IJardy 

 in the British Isles, vol. 1, pp. 549-550.) 



36568. Berberis sp. Barberry. 

 "Califata. A prickly plant, very hardy, attains a height of about 5 feet, has 



a little black berry which is eaten by the natives of the country; grows in cor- 

 ners sheltered from the wind in little clumps of from 5 to r> bushes, but occa- 

 sionally one sees a hush standing alone on the high pamp: (Reynard.) 



36569 and 36570. 



From China. ( ollected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorerfor the 

 Department of Agriculture. Received November 7, 1913. 



36569. Euonymtjs S]>. 



"(No. L889a. Hsiao wu tai shan. Chihli Province, China. August 27, 

 L913.) A very small Eunoymus, somewhat like /' radica s, but of upright 

 growth. Rare, found in a stony hank. Of value as a small lining shrub along 

 pathways and Bhrubbery beds." {Meyer.) 



