106 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40311 to 40324— Continued. 



Pods covered with small brown to red glands. Seeds brown. 

 (Adapted from Aschcrson and Gracbner, Synopsis der Mittel-Furo- 

 pdischen Flora, vol 6, p. 10^9.) 



40322. Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh. Spring bitter vetch. 

 "Perennial, stem simple, somewhat pubescent, 1 to 2 feet long; 



leallets two to three pairs, ovate acuminate, light green; stipules 

 entire ; peduncles five to seven flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 flowers blue-violet; keel shaded with green, nodding. May, June. 

 Hills and woods, southern and central Europe. The most popular 

 Orobus ; a compact, tufted plant, growing quickly in sun or a little 

 Bhade ; best in deep, sandy loam, in a sheltered position ; hardy." 

 (Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, vol. 2, p. SS9.) 



40323. Lathyrus vernus flacciuus Arcang. 



" Differs from the species in its narrower and longer leaflets and 

 lanceolate stipules." {Aschcrson and Gracbner, Synopsis der Mittel- 

 Europdischcn Flora, vol. 2, p. 10'iS.) 



Distribution. — Southern France and northern Italy. 



40324. Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh. 

 Var. azureus. A blue-flowered form. 



40325 and 40326. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley. 



From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Carleton Baker, American 

 consul. Received April 21, 1915. 



" Barley is not grown to any extent in the vicinity of Chungking. As stated 

 by Mr. E. H. Wilson, the botanist, in his book on Szechwan, ' it is only in the 

 mountainous Tibetan borderland that it is largely grown. The Chinese do not 

 care for the meal, and the grain is chiefly used for making spirits and for 

 feeding pigs and other domestic animals.'" (Baker.) 



40325. Hordeum vulgare nigrum (Willd.) Beaven. 



40326. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Seringe. 



40327. Stuartta monadelpiia Sieb. and Zucc. Theacese. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum, which 

 secured it from Dr. H. Shirasawa, Forest Experiment Station, Meguro, 

 near Tokyo, Japan. Received April 2S, 1915. 



Tama tsia (Japanese). An ornamental small tree or shrub with alternate 

 subflexuous branches; alternate, serrate, ovate-oblong leaves and small white 

 flowers solitary in axils of the leaves. The flower is subtended by a pair of 

 ovate or oblong bracts. Calyx five parted. Corolla regular, five petals. 

 Stamens indefinite, inonadelphous. Styles five. (Adapted from Sicbold and 

 Zuccarini, Flora Japonica, p. 181.) 



"A deciduous shrub or small tree, 30 feet high; bark peeling, young shoots 

 clothed at first with fine hairs. Leaves oval or ovate oblong. 1J to 4 inches 

 long, five-eighths to 1J inches wide; wedge shaped at the base, tapered at the 

 apex, toothed; at first hairy on both surfaces (but more densely so above) 

 and at the margin, becoming almost smooth; bright green on both sides; stalk 

 hairy, one-eighth to one-fourth inch long. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, 

 1 to 1$ inches across, white, fragrant. Stamens numerous, downy ; style united 

 into one column, 5-rayed at the top; bracts, sepals, and petals silky at the 

 back. 



