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G. H. Cave, Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A large ever- 

 green shrub found in the sub-Himalayan tract from Kumaon 

 to Assam, the Khasia Hills and Burma. It is very handsome 

 with long spikes of flame colored flowers. The wood is 

 white, . moderately hard and close-grained." (Watt, Diction- 

 ary of Economic Products of India.) 



Pyrus spp. (Malaceae.) 39538-541. Cuttings of Chinese 

 pears from the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Presented by the Director, Dr. C. S. Sargent. The spe- 

 cies, all of considerable ornamental value, now being 

 studied and soon to be described by Mr. Alfred Rehder. 



Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge . (Malaceae.) 39547-548. Seeds 

 from the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented 

 by Mr. Jackson Dawson. "A slender, quick-growing, grace- 

 ful tree, twenty to thirty feet high; young shoots covered 

 thickly with a grey felt which persists- the whole of the 

 year. Leaves ovate or roundish ovate, two to three inches 

 long, one and one-fourth to one and one-half inches wide, 

 long-pointed, tapered, or rounded at the base, regularly 

 and sometimes rather coarsely toothed, downy on both sur- 

 faces at first, remaining so on the veins throughout the 

 season, dark green, smooth and lustrous above; stalk one 

 to one and one-fourth inches long, grey-felted like the 

 shoot. Flowers eight to ten together in a corymb, white, 

 each about three-fourths inch across, on a downy stalk 

 three-fourths to one inch long; calyx downy, its short 

 triangular teeth falling away from the small roundish 

 fruit, which is about the size of a large pea, greyish 

 brown with white dots. Native of northern China, intro- 

 duced to Kew in 1882 through seeds sent by the late Dr. 

 Bretschnelder . The chief characteristics of the tree are 

 its quick graceful growth, and small fruits not crowned by 

 calyx teeth. Its fruit would appear to be of no value, 

 but the tree is used by the Chinese as a stock on which 

 they graft fruiting pears." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardv in the British Isles.) This seed from seedlings 

 grown at the Arboretum from seed sent in 1882 by Dr. Bret- 

 schneider. Probably of same lot as trees at Kew. This 

 species can be grown easily for cuttings and experiments 

 are being made with it as a stock for the cultivated pear. 



Randia uliginosa (Retz.) Poir. (Rubiaceae.) 39655. Seeds 

 from Darjeeling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, 

 Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. "A small deciduous tree of 

 eastern, central and southern India, but not commonly 

 found in the more northern parts of the Peninsula. The 

 fruit is used in dyeing as a color intensifier and also in 

 medicine as a remedy for diarrhoea and dysentery. The 

 fruit when boiled or roasted is eaten by the natives as a 



