Inventory 41, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate II. 



Fruiting Bf 



>f Xanthoceras sorbifolia. (See S. P. I. No. 39431.) 



This North Chinese plant, heliums to the horse-chestnut family. 1' is found wild as a 

 shruh in dry loess hunks and cliffs in Shansi, Honan, Shensi, ami Kansu, iu whi< b 



provinces the country ] pie eal the kernels, calling the plant Mu kua hva (quince 



flower i . presumably on account of the fruits Bomewhat resembling Japanese quinces 

 in appearance. In temple courts around Peking one frequently finds this plant cul- 

 tivated, and in such places it grows into a small tree, often with a dense head of 

 foliage. Though seldom seen in American gardens, it deserves to be more widely 

 planted, especially in dry, sunny situations, where its masses of white flowers with 

 yellow and red blotches in the center appearing in May make the plant of great 

 decorative value. (Photographed by Frank N.Meyer.at Chaoyu, Shansi, China, 

 Julv J:;, 1914; P12264FS.) 



