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40139 to 40201— Continued. 



cylindrical, smooth. In a wild state this species extends from the 

 souch of Russia to Japan. It was introduced in 1752. It is a 

 pretty shrub in flower, and is often quite neat and graceful in 

 habit, especially when 3 or 4 feet high, with its numerous thin 

 twigs, rather pendulous. It is distinct in being unarmed and with- 

 out down." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 290.) 



40159. Carmichaelia flagelliformis Colenso. Fabacese. 



"A deciduous or often leafless shrub, 4 or 5 feet high, with numerous 

 erect-growing, slender, grooved branches, flattened or convex when young, 

 round when old. Leaves very small and inconspicuous, consisting of three 

 or five tiny leaflets, which are somewhat larger in young plants than in 

 old ones. Flowers purplish lilac, pea shaped, produced in axillary downy 

 racemes; there are from one to three racemes at each joint of the twigs 

 and from three to seven flowers in each raceme, the whole forming a 

 short, dense cluster. The flowers, although small, about one-eighth inch 

 long, are borne in extraordinary profusion. Pod one-fourth to one-half 

 inch long, nearly as wide, ending in a stout-pointed beak, and contain- 

 ing usually two seeds. Native of New Zealand, long grown at Kew in a 

 greenhouse, and for the last 20 years unprotected in the open ground, 

 where, although slightly injured at the younger parts in severe winters, 

 it is on the whole quite hardy and produces both flowers and seeds in 

 abundance. It is not very showy or ornamental, but its flat, erect 

 branches give it a quaint and unusual aspect. These green shoots per- 

 form the usual functions of leaves. It is not so attractive a plant as its 

 ally, Notospartium carmichaeliae, but is hardier. The Notospartium dif- 

 fers in its stouter twigs and more pendulous habit, in its larger pink 

 flowers, and in the longer, narrower, jointed pod containing more seeds." 

 ( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, />. 292.) 

 40160 and 40161. Chaenomeles spp. Malacese. Quince. 



40160. Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis (Hemsl. ) Rehd. 



"A deciduous shrub of open habit, sparsely branched and more or 

 less thorny. The branches are tortuous, furnished with spiny spurs 

 several inches long. Leaves short stalked, lanceolate, 3 to 5 inches 

 long, finely toothed, pointed, tapering at the base; smooth above, 

 reddish downy beneath. On the young growths of the year the 

 stipules are large, broad, and leaflike, oblique, 1 inch long, toothed. 

 On year-old shoots the leaves are in tufts springing from the axil of 

 a spine; stipules small. Flowers two or three together in short 

 clusters; each flower 1* inches in diameter; petals white, round, 

 overlapping; calyx ciliate. Stamens numerous, shorter than the 

 petals. Fruit very large and heavy, 4 to 6 inches long, 2£ to 3* inches 

 wide; somewhat egg shaped, but abruptly contracted near the base. 

 Seed three-eighths inch long, wedge shaped, pointed at one end. 

 Although this quince is probably a native of China, nothing appears 

 to be definitely known of its habitat. Henry collected it in the 

 Province of Hupeh, China, but never undoubtedly wild. It has long 

 been grown at Kew, and by Canon Kllaconibe at Bitton, but its 

 introduction is unrecorded. It is perfectly hardy and bears fruit 

 freely, but this does not ripen always oul of doors. Although not in 

 any way showy, its habit is quaint, and the huge fruits stuck close 



