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42183 to 42199— Continued. 



42193. Hedysarum semenowii Regel and Herd. Fabacese. 



An erect Hedysarum from the steppes of the Balkasch region of Tur- 

 kestan. 



42194. Larix dahurica principis rupprechtii (Mayr) Rehd. and Wils. 

 Pinacese. Larch. 



"A tree in some parts of its native habitat as large as the common 

 larch ; bark scaling, but not fissured : young shoots pale brown, not 

 downy. Leaves 1 to If inches long, not so tapered at the tip as in the 

 common larch. Cones beautiful bright pink when young in April, ulti- 

 mately three-fourths to 1J inches long, egg shaped, tapered toward the 

 the top ; scales rounded, with the margins distinctly beveled, and differing 

 from those of Larix europaea in not being downy, at least as a rule. 

 Native of Saghalien, eastern Manchuria, and Siberia. The date of its 

 introduction is unknown, but it was cultivated as long ago as 1739, at 

 which time and for long afterwards it was thought to be a native of 

 Newfoundland, where, however, no proof of its being a native exists. 

 It thrives much better in Britain than L. sibirica, and in several places 

 is from 60 to 80 feet high. At Kew, in poor soil, it is 50 feet high, with 

 a trunk 3 feet 8 inches in girth. As a tree for park or garden it has 

 nothing to recommend it before the common larch except its interest and 

 the brighter hue of its young cones." (IT 7 . ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 6.) 



42195. Spiraea veitchi Hemsl. Rosacea?. 



"A strong-growing shrub, probably 10 or 12 feet high eventually, pro- 

 ducing gracefully arching shoots. Flowers in dense corymbs, 14 to 2* 

 inches across. Native of central China ; discovered by Wilson in western 

 Hupeh in 1900, and introduced by him for Messrs. Yeitch. It is a fine 

 species (Mr. Wilson has told me he considered it the best of Chinese 

 Spiraeas), somewhat similar in general aspect and in producing its 

 flowers on short leafy twigs from the growths of the previous summer to 

 the well-known Spiraea canescen-s (flagelliformis). It is readily dis- 

 tinguished from that species, however, by its smooth, entire leaves and 

 smooth fruit. Its entire leaves also distinguish it from two other allies, 

 S. henryi and S. wilsoni. I saw the plants first introduced in their young 

 state in the Coombe Wood Nursery, when they were making shoots as 

 much as 8 feet long in a season ; when these the following June were 

 wreathed from end to end with clusters of pure white blossom they 

 made a picture of remarkable beauty." (W. J. Bean, Trees and sJirubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 543.) 



42196. X Physalis bunyardi Hort. Solanacese. 



"An interesting hybrid, growing to a height of 3 feet and having large 

 fruits." (Bunyard's catalogue.) 



"The plant called Physalis bunyardi Hort. is a very free-fruiting form, 

 not so robust as P. franchetU, with glowing calyces ; probably a form of 

 that species or by some suggested as a hybrid with P. alkckcngi." 

 (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2608.) 



42197. Viburnum hupeiiense Rehder. Caprifoliacese. 



"A deciduous shrub, the young shoots stellately hairy the first year, 

 purplish brown the second. Leaves roundish ovate, coarsely toothed, 

 dark green and covered with loose stellate down above, paler and more 

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