50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40561 to 40600— Continued. 



and crenately serrate, and of thicker texture; the veins are not as dis- 

 tinct as in var. acuta, hut more so than in var. radicans, where they are 

 almost invisible." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1. p. }8G.) 



40582. Fraxinus paxiana Lingelsheim. Oleaceae. Ash. 

 "(Wilson No. 4423.) Tree 22 m. tall, girth 2.G m. From woodlands, 



Fanghsien, Hupeh, altitude 1.800 to 2,300 m. ; October, 1910." {Sargent, 



Ptantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 259.) 



40583. Fuchsia thymifolia II. I>. K. Onagraceae. 



Received as F. reflexa, but later information gave the above name. 



40584. Helianthemum tuberaria Mill. Cistaeese. 



"A handsome herbaceous perennial, with terminal racemes of bright- 

 yellow flowers, 1 inch or more in diameter. Native of southern Europe 

 and rather tender, but suffering more from too much moisture than from 

 cold." (Sweet's Cistincae, pi. 18.) 



40585. Lonicera henryi Hemsley. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 "An evergreen climber, with slender, very downy young shouts. Leaves 



oblong, with a lance-shaped apex and a rounded or heart-shaped base; 

 li to 4 inches long, three-fourths to 11 inches wide: dark green above, 

 paler and rather glossy beneath; downy only on the midrib and margins; 

 stalk one-eighth to one-half inch long. Flowers purplish red. produced 

 during June at the end of the shoot in a cluster 2 or 3 inches across; 

 each stalk is twin flowered. Corolla 2-lipped, three-fourths inch across, 

 the lips much reflexed, the tube about one-half inch long, hairy within, 

 smooth outside; stamens slightly downy; style hairy, protruded one-half 

 inch beyond the corolla ; bracts awl shaped, about one-fourth inch long. 

 Fruit blackish purple. Native of China and Tibet; introduced by Wilson 

 in 1908, and first flowered at Nuneham in 1010. It is a free-growing 

 Climber of the same character as L. japonica, which is, however, very 

 distinct in the big leaflike bracts. Botanically, it is more closely allied to 

 alseuosmoides and gi7^aldii. ,, (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in 

 the British Isles, vol. 2, p. -'/J.) 



40586. Olearia traveusii (Muell.) Hook. f. Asteracese. 



"Akeake. A tree 20 to 30 feet high and sometimes 2 feet in diameter. 

 This may be considered as the only valuable timber tree in the Chatham 

 Islands, being durable and not subject to attacks of insects." {Buchanan, 

 Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, vol. 7, p. 

 837. I 



40587. OxYCOCCTJS MACROCARPUS (Ait.) 1'ers. Yacciniaeea\ Cranberry. 



40588. I'hoiima vii.i.osa (Thunb.) DC. Malaceae. 



"A deciduous shrub or small tree. Leaves ohovate. or ovate-lanceolate, 

 1$ to 3£ inches long, three-fourths to 1* inches wide; the apex drawn out 

 into a long fine point, tapered at the base, finely and regularly toothed, 

 each tootli gland tipped. Flowers white, mi corymbs 1 inch Ion-- and 1J 

 inches wide, produced in May; stalks conspicuously warted; each flower 

 about one-half inch in diameter. Trait the size and shape of common 

 haws. red. The foliage, too, is often a beautiful red in autumn. Native 

 of Japan, China, and Corea. It is a variable plant, especially in the 

 amount of down on the leaves, young shoots, and llower stalk. In the 

 typical Villosa the leaves are. as a rule, more ohovate and all the younger 

 parts of the plant hairy; the flower stalk is felted with grey down and 



