Ab 
MS. dete 7 2. 
1. Flower showing bilobed petals and petaloid stamens; 2. detals ; 
3. petal with claw; 4-8. various petaloid stamens ; 9. stamen. 
P. Conradinae was raised from seed sent from the Arnold 
Arboretum late in 1907. It had been collected by Wilson the 
previous June in Western Hupeh at 3500 to 4000 ft, elevation. 
Of very early flowering trees, this promises to be the best of 
recent introduction. 
Pterocarya hupehensis, Skan. J uglandaceae. 
An addition to a group of trees of such distinction as the 
Wing-nuts is welcome. A few fine trees of P. caucasica are — 
scattered over the country, but considering its adaptability for 
dampish places it has not been planted so generally as one might : 
expect. 
- hupehensis, introduced from the province of Hupeh, China, 
to the Coombe Wood nursery by Wilson during one of his ont 
18 deciduous and grows upwards of 70 ft. in heicht. The you" 
oe “pe glabrous. On the type specimens collected by Henry 
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one there, the leaflets number five to nine on each leaf, but on 4 
young tree growing at Kew there are sometimes as many 3&8 
is oval-lanceolate, obliquely rounded 
at the base, acuminate, finely serrate, and the largest are 4 t0 
