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40139 to 40201— Continued. 



short twigs that have sprung from the growths of the previous year. 

 Native of Yunnan, China ; introduced hy Wilson about 1904 to the 

 Coombe Wood nursery. It is most closely allied to C. francheti 

 among older species, but is dwarf er and stiffer in habit, the leaves 

 smaller, the berries a richer red, especially on the exposed side." 

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

 p. 406.) 

 40175. Cotoneasteb zabeli Schneider. 



"A deciduous shrub, 6 to 9 feet high ; young shoots covered 

 with loose grayish hairs, becoming smooth the second year and 

 dark brown. Leaves one-half to 1$ inches long, half to two-thirds 

 as wide ; variable in shape, but usually oval or ovate, mostly blunt 

 to rounded at the apex ; but sometimes pointed, the base rounded 

 to truncate ; dark dull green above, with loose, appressed hairs, 

 clothed beneath with yellowish gray felt ; stalk one-eighth inch 

 long, felted. Flowers in clusters of 4 to 10, small, rose colored; 

 stamens 20; flower stalk and calyx felted. Fruit red, roundish, 

 pear shaped, downy, one-third inch long. Native of western Hupeh, 

 China ; introduced in 1907 by Wilson, who described it as the 

 common cotoneaster of the thickets of western Hupeh. It is 

 allied to integcrrima and tomentosa ; from the former it differs in 

 Its felted calyx, and from both in the more numerously flowered 

 inflorescences." ( 1J\ J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 1, p. 416.) 



40176. Corokia duddleioides Cunningham. Cornacere. 



"A small tree, with long, narrow leaves, shining above and downy 

 beneath. Flowers in slender panicles. Corolla one-fourth inch long, 

 yellow. Drupe, orange-red. North Island: Mangonui to East Cape. 

 Flowers December. Native name Korokia-taranga." (Laing and Blaclc- 

 well, Plants of New Zealand.) 



40177. Deutzia longifolia Franchet. Hydra ngeacese. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 34533 and 34G00 for previous introductions and 

 description. 



"A deciduous shrub 4 to G feet high ; young shoots sparsely scurfy ; 

 afterwards smooth, bright brown, peeling. Leaves narrowly oval lan- 

 ceolate, rounded or tapered at the base, slender pointed, finely toothed ; 

 1J to 5 inches long, one-fourth to one-half inch wide, upper surface dull 

 grayish green, sprinkled with pale, flat, usually 5 or G rayed, stellate 

 hairs; under surface grayish white, covered with a close feltlike layer 

 of many-rayed stellate scales, the midrib and chief veins furnished on 

 each side with few to many white simple hairs. Flowers in corymbose 

 panicles, 2 to 3 inches long and wide, produced in June at the end of 

 short 2 to G leaved twigs; each flower is about 1 inch across, rich pur- 

 plish rose, paling at the margins of the petals. The wings of the inner 

 stamens are deeply bilobed at the top, the anthers set in the notch; 

 calyx lobes linear oblong, persistent, covered like the calyx tube and 

 flower stalks with pale, starry scurf. Fruit one-fourth inch across. 

 Native of western China ; introduced by Wilson in 1905. This is one of 

 the finest of the Chinese Deutzias, both in size of flower and richness of 

 tint. It is closely allied to D. discolor, but is distinguished by the 

 longer, narrower leaves, more distinctly veined beneath, and especially 



