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41771 to 41775— Continued. 



41771. I'arosela johnsoni ( S. Wats. ) Vail. Fabaceae. 



(Dalea johnsoni S. Wats.) 

 Diffusely branched shrub with smooth, gray bark, leaves 1 to 2 !• 

 long, composed of 5 to 11 leaflets and loose racemes of deep-purple flowers 

 terminating the leafy branchlets. 



41772. Pentstemon palmeki A. Gray. Scrophulariacese. Beard-tongue. 

 A very attractive species 1J feet high, with narrow strap-shaped leaves 



and panicles of pale-purple flowers. 



41773. Pentstemon utahensis Eastw. Scrophulariacese. Beard-tongue. 

 A beautiful and showy plant 1 to 2 feet high, with glaucous foliage and 



velvety carmine flowers. 



41774. Salazaria mexicaxa Torr. Menthacese. 



A shrubby plant 2 to 3 feet high, with soft hairy branches crowned with 

 short racemes of purplish flowers. Leaves small, oblong. 



41775. Yucca angustissijia Engelm. Liliacese. 



A very narrow-leaved species. Stemless : leaves three-fourl h- \>- 2 inches 

 wide, white bordered; inflorescence 3 to ."> feet high; flowers bell shaped, 

 pure white. 



41776 to 41778. Juglans regia L. Juglandacea\ Walnut. 



From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. C. C. Calder, curator, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, at the request of Mi-. A. < '. Hartless, superintend- 

 ent, Government Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India. Received January 

 26, 1916. 



41776. "No. 1. Common walnut." 



41777. "No. 2. The large-leaved, large-seeded walnut. The tr E this 



kind is more spreading than the common kind and am so lofty. It 

 attains a very large size (hulk)." (Calder.) 



41778. "No. 3. The endocarp of this has three valves instead of two. :is 



in the common species. The tree, though lofty, appears to I f more 



slender habit than either of the others." {Calder. i 



41779 to 41793. Diospyros xaki L. f . Diospyraceae. Kaki. 



From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented bj Prof, [shiwara, Government 

 Horticultural Experiment Station. Received January l"_'. L916. De- 

 scriptive notes by Mr. T. Kiyono, Sennnes. Ala. 



41779. "No.13. CMjO. Astringent. Kagoshima Province." 



41780. " No. 14. Moriya. Astringent. Kagoshima Province." 



41781. "No. 15. Niyorodo. Sweet. Fukushima Province." 



41782. "No. 16. Oranda-gosho. Sweet. Fukushima Province." 



41783. " No. 17. M anzu-gaki. Sweet. Fukushima Province." 



41784. "No. 18. Shyozacnion. Astringent. Fukushima Province." 



41785. "No. 19. Yotsumimi. Astringent. Tomiyama Province." 



41786. " No. 20. Mornpei. Astringent. Tomiyama Province." 



41787. "No. 21. Hana-gosho. Sweet. Tottori Province." 



41788. "No.22. Yoroi-odoshi. Astringent. Miyagi Province." 



41789. "No. 23. Qobangaki. Astringent. Kanagawa Province." 



