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40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 



feet. Save for some children who eat these wild peaches, they 

 are otherwise considered worthless wild fruit. Local name 

 Yeh t'ao, meaning ' wild peach,' and Mao t'oa, meaning ' hairy 

 peach.' " 



40005. " (No. 2143a. Near Kwatsa (on the Hsiku River) , Kansu, 

 China. November 10, 1914.) Wild peaches found on stony 

 mountain slopes in a wild, very sparsely populated country. 

 No fruit trees whatsoever are cultivated by the local settlers 

 in the mountains, and the way some of these peach bushes 

 grow excluded them from ever having been brought there by 

 any man or even any quadruped ; only birds might have trans- 

 ported them." 



40006. "(No. 2144a. Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. 

 November 2, 1914.) Wild-growing peach of tall, bushy growth, 

 having the looks and habits of a type midway between the 

 wild peach and Potanin's peach. Collected at an altitude of 

 4,500 feet, at the foot of a dry mountain." 



40007 to 40009. Amygdalus persica potanini (Batal.) Kicker. Amyg- 

 (Prunus persica potanini Batal.) [dalaceae. 



40007. "(No. 2145a. Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu, China, 

 October 29. 1914.) Potanin's peach, collected at an altitude of 

 4.300 feet. Scions sent under No. 1223 [S. P. I. No. 39S99], which 

 see for further x'emarks." 



For an illustration of the trunk of this peach tree as found growing 

 in China, see Plate VII. 



40008. "(No. 2146a. Near Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu, China, 

 November 3, 1914.) A variety of Potanin's peach having very 

 much larger stones than the ordinary variety. Collected at an 

 altitude of 6,000 feet. Of value especially as a stock for stone 

 fruits ; also recommended as an ornamental spring-flowering tree, 

 especially for the drier parts of the United States." 



40009. "(No. 2147a. Near Paoji (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. 

 November 9, 1914.) Potanin's peach, collected from mountain 

 sides, where it is much cut for its fine straight shoots, which servo 

 for pipestems and for whip butts. Altitude, 7,000 feet." 



40010 and 40011. Amygdalus tangutica (Bat.) Korsli. Amygdalacese. 



(Primus tangutica Koehne.) 



40010. "(No. 2148a. Lantsai (near Hsiku), Kansu. China. Octo- 

 ber 29, 1914.) The Tangutian almond, collected at an altitude of 

 4,200 feet. Scions sent under No. 1222 [S. P. I. No. 39898], which 

 see for further notes." 



40011. "(No. 2149a. Near Kiucheng (New Taochow), Kansu, China, 

 November 27, 1914.) The Tangutian almond, collected along the 

 banks of the Tao River, at an altitude of 9,450 feet. It was here 

 that the Russian traveler G. N. Potanin obtained some of his ma- 

 terial in 1885. For further remarks, see X... 1222 I S. P. 1. No. 

 39898]." 



40012 and 40013. Prunus akmkniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot. 



40012. "(No. 2150a. Near Lantsai (near Hsiku), Kansu. China. 

 November 3, 1914.) Wild apricots, occurring very commonly in 



