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" Native of Japan and China ; introduced from the latter country by Wilson 

 about 1901. Whether this is quite the same as the Japanese form is not cer- 

 tain, but in both countries they are characterized by hairiness of leaf and 

 shoot, and are thereby distinguished from S. pseudo-camellia. Little is known 

 of it in gardens, where only small plants exist, but it does not appear to be 

 equal in beauty to the other species." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy 

 in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 553.) 



40328 to 40330. Chrysanthemum spp. Asteraceoe. 



Chrysanthemum. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Haage & Schmidt. Received 

 April 26, 1915. 



40328. Chrysanthemum leucopilodes Hort. 



"A subalpine perennial with silver-white leaves and large yellow 

 flower heads. Suitable for rockery. Asia Minor." {Haage d Schmidt, 

 catalogue.) 



40329. Chrysanthemum kurdicum Hort. 



40330. Chrysanthemum macrophyllum Waldst. and Kit. 



A somewhat villous, erect Chrysanthemum with pubescent, nearly 

 sessile, pinnately parted leaves; broadly lanceolate, dentate lobes; com- 

 posite corymbs ; subglobose involvucres ; white-ray flowers and whitish 

 disk flowers. Eastern Europe. (Adapted from De Candolle, Prodromus, 

 vol. 6, p. 5S.) 



40331. Pyrus mamorensis Trabut. Malacese. Pear. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received April 24, 



1915. 



" Seeds of a Moroccan pear from the Mamora. It occurs with the cork oak 



in the forest of Moroccan Mamora. Very resistant to dryness in the sandy, 



noncalcareous soils. This vigorous tree will probably form a good stock. The 



fruit is rather large; the seeds very large." (Trabut.) 



40332. Actinidia arguta (Sieb. and Zucc.) Planch. Dilleniacese. 



From Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. D. F. Higgins, Peking, China, 

 Received April 26, 1915. 



" Korean, dareh. These seeds are in rather small fruits, on account of the 

 lateness of the season when they were gathered. They were secured through 

 the kindness of Mr. P. C. Kang, of Holkol, Chosen (Korea), a Korean friend of 

 mine. It is characteristic of the spirit of the Koreans that the coolies had to 

 go about 8 miles and over a pass which required an ascent and descent of more 

 than 2,000 feet and would receive but 20 sen (a little less than 10 cents, United 

 States currency) apiece for their day's work (half pay), because they could 

 not secure first-rate specimens of the dareh fruit." (Higgins.) 



40333. Meibomia uncinata (Jacq.) Kuntze. Fabaceae. 



(Dcsmodium uncinatum DC.) 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Oton Jimenez L., Costa 

 Rican National Museum. Received April 27, 1915. 

 "This seed was secured with much difficulty on the banks of the Rio 

 Torres, because at this inopportune time the inflorescences contain few seeds." 

 (Jim6nez L.) 



