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39627 to 39630— Continued. 



The species is described as "A deciduous shrub or small tree, 

 ultimately from 12 to 15 feet high, or upward, with long, slender 

 plumose branches. Leaves very small, pointed, the largest one- 

 eighth inch long, arranged at intervals along the flowering shoots; 

 the smallest one-fifth as large and crowded 50 or more to the inch. 

 Flowers arranged densely in slender, sometimes branching racemes, 

 1 to 5 inches long, each tiny blossom one-eighth inch across, rosy 

 pink ; they cover the whole terminal part of the current year's shoot, 

 which is thus transformed during August into a huge plumelike 

 panicle of blossom as much as 3 feet long. Sepals, petals, and 

 stamens all 5 in number. Native of southeastern Europe and Asia 

 Minor, especially on the banks of tidal rivers. This beautiful 

 tamarisk is quite hardy and one of the most pleasing of late-flowering 

 shrubs. It should be planted in groups large enough for its soft, 

 rosy plumes to produce an effect in the distance. To obtain it at its 

 best, it is necessary to cut it back every winter almost to the old 

 wood. It then sends up the long slender branches which flower for 

 six. weeks or so in August and September. It is propagated with 

 the greatest ease by making cuttings, 6 to 9 inches long, in early 

 winter of the stoutest part of the season's growth, and putting them 

 in the ground out of doors, like willows. It has been called a 

 variety of T. hispida, but that species is very distinct in its downy 

 twigs and leaves." (W. J. Bean, Trees and SJirubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. 575-577.) 



39629. Tamakix Florida albiflora Bunge. 



Edge of sandy deserts, Farab, Bokhara, Turkestan, October 14, 

 1914. Collected by Mr. H. B. Androsov. 



39630. Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv. Tamaricacese. 



A shrub from 6 to 8 feet high, with very narrow flat leaves, and spikes 

 of pink flowers, indigenous through most parts of Europe and the Cau- 

 casus and extending into the Himalayas. This species belongs to a 

 genus separated from Tamarix and containing those plants of the 

 order Tamaricaceae which have 10 stamens and feathery seeds inserted 

 in the middle of the valves of the capsule. The stems of this species are 

 slender, striate, glaucous green when young and the leaves are linear 

 lanceolate. Racemes 1 to 18 inches long, spiked, lateral or terminal, 

 and the bracts have broad membranous margins. The branches of this 

 species are employed in the Himalayas as a fodder for sheep and goats 

 and the wood, which is hard and of a whitish color, is used for fuel. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, Watt, Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India, and Lindlcy, Treasury of Botany.) 



39631 to 39634. 



From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie. University of 

 Nanking. Received December 31, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Bailie. 



39631. Zanthoxylum bungei Planchon. Rutacese. 



"Hua chiao. Leaves of shrub and seeds used in flavoring." 



39632. Solanum dulcamara L. Solanaceae. 



"A perennial vine of the nightshade family, with beautiful red berries 

 that make the hedges look ornamental." 



