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small tree, chiefly noteworthy for Hs fine foliage; the flowers, although pro- 

 fusely borne, are of too dull a white to be very effective. There is a tree 

 approaching 40 feet in height in Coombe Wood nursery. Much confusion has 

 existed between this species and C. controversa winch, although an alternate- 

 leaved species, has long been known on the Continent as C. macrophylla." 

 (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 390.) 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 13994, 13995, and 21971 for previous introductions. 



40809. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitacese. 



Watermelon. 



From Canton, China. Presented by Prof. G. W. Groff, Canton Christian 

 College, through Mr. F. D. Cheshire, consul general. Received May 24. 

 1915. 

 " Obtained in March from a melon of the red variety, grown at Nanhsiung, 

 North River, Kwangtung Province." (Groff.) 



40810 to 40815. 



From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by the director, Imperial Botanic 

 Garden. Received May 21, 1915. 

 40810 to 40813. Lathyrus spp. Fabacea?. 

 Introduced for the breeding experiments of Mr. David Burpee. 



40810. Lathyrus annuls Hoejer. 



Stalks glabrous, prostrate, winged, 2 to 7 dm. long. Leaves with 

 broadly winged petioles. p Leaflets 3 to 4 times as long as the petioles, 

 lanceolate, short acumiifate. Stipules small, semisagittate. not as 

 long as the petiole. Petals yellow, often reddish on the edges. Stand- 

 ard striped with brown. Keel greenish white. (Adapted from 

 AscJierson and Graebner, Synopsis der Mitteleiiropaischen Flora, vol. 

 6, pt. 2, p. 1004.) 



40811. Lathyrus sp. 



40812. Lathyrus sp. 



This species was received as /-. lusitanieus Mart., a name which has 

 not yet been found in the literature of this group. 



40813. Lathyrus pisiformis L. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 32192 and 40799 for previous introductions and 

 description. 



40814. I'akoma anomala L. Ranuneulacese. 

 Var. beresowsMi Komar. 



40815. Prunus prostrata Labill. Amygdalacese. Bush cherry. 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 28945 and 37642 Cor previous introductions and de- 

 scription. 



40816 to 40823. Ceratonia siliqua L. Csesalpiniacese. Carob. 



From Valencia. Spain. Presented by Mr. Claude I. 1 'aw son. American 

 consul. Cuttings received .May 24, 1915. 



40816. - Uatalafera." 



See S. P. I. Nos. 30911 and 35239 for previous introductions and de- 

 scription. 



