70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 



40709. Sybinga sp. Oleaceae. Lilac. 

 "(No. 2234a. Near Palitang, near Kingchow, Kansu, China. January 



17, 1915.) A small lilac, growing from 3 to 5 feet in height, having small 

 Leaves and apparently very fioriferous. Found covering whole loess hill 

 slopes in company with Amygdalus davidiana at an altitude of 3. 500 

 feet. Of value as a hardy flowering shrub for the dry and cool sections 

 of the United States." 



40710. Acanthopaxax leucorriiizus (Oliver) Harms. Araliacea?. 

 "(No. 223oa. Chishan, near Changhsien, Kansu, China. October 1, 



1014.) A shrub of erect and rather open growth, found beneath trees and 

 on clearings in woods at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet above the sea. 

 Leaves trifoliate to quinquefoliate ; in autumn loaded with multitudes 

 of heavy bunches of black berries. Of use as a cover shrub beneath trees ; 

 also eligible for shady corners." 



40711. Caragana sp. Fabacese. 



"(No. 2236a. Near Taochow, Kansu, China. November 26, 1914.) 

 A spiny shrub of low growth, found along dry loess ledges and in pehhly 

 banks; locally much utilized as a hedge plant. Able to withstand low 

 temperatures and great droughts. Of value as a hedge plant for the 

 drier colder sections of the United States. Collected at an altitude of 

 over 9,500 feet above the sea." 



40712. Hydrangea longipes Franchet. Hydrangeacea?. 



"(No. 2237a. Near Paodji, near Siku. Kansu, China. November 7, 

 1914.) A shrub growing to be from 3 to 5 feet tall, found in shady places. 

 Cuttings sent under No. 1232 [S. P. I. No. 3990S]." 



40713. Caryopteris incana (Thunb. ) Miquel. Verbenacese. 

 (CaryopU ris mastacanthus Schauer. ) 



"(No. 223Sa. Near Siku, Kansu, China. November 18. 1914.) A 

 small shrub, found amidst debris on dry hillsides and in rocky places 

 in general. Foliage rather small, of grayish green color, blooms very 

 late in the season, that is, from the end of September until the middle 

 of October, with blue flowers. I* much visited by bees. All parts of 

 the plant smell strongly of creosote; aromatic, somewhat like the sages 

 in the western United Stares. This plant possesses great value as a late- 

 flowering bee plant and deserves to be naturalized, in company with Vitex 

 incisa, in rocky and dry localities, and more specifically in the foothill 

 sections of the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada ranges in the United 

 States. Chinese name Shan /"/<> t:ii. meaning 'mountain wormwood." 



40714. Za.vi iioxyi.im a latum Roxb. Rutaceae. 



"(No. 22:'.!>a. Near Yuyinchen. between Liangtang and Hwelhsien, 

 Kansu. China. September 26, 1914.) A Chinese pepper tree with large- 

 winged foliage, covered with long spines; apparently semi-evergreen. 

 Found en sheltered shady places. Of use possibly as an ornamental 

 garden and park shrub for the mild-wintered sections of the United 

 States." 



40715. Hippoi'iiae rhamnodbes procera Rebder. Elseagnaceae. 



"(No. 2240a. Near Paodji. near Siku. Kansu. China. November 9, 

 1914.) A species of sea buckthorn, reaching a height of 40 feet, with a 

 trunk 2 feet in diameter; leaves larger than in 11. rhamnoides ; berries 



