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larger flowers attaining 5 mm. in diameter; the leaves 

 are usually pubescent above and vary in size and are 

 sometimes nearly entire, coarsely serrate or sinuate- 

 ly toothed. From western Szechwan. 



Caryopieris mongholica Bunge . (Verbenaceae . ) 42776. 

 Seeds from Madrid, Spain. Presented by the Curator, 

 Botanic Gardens. An ornamental, woody plant grown for 

 its lavender-blue flowers, profusely produced in the 

 fall. The flowers are in densely clustered, axillary 

 and in this species less numerous but larger than the 

 commonly known C. incana (C. mastacanthus) . (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, Vol. 2, 

 p. 679, 1914.) 



Cicer arietinum L. (Fabaceae.) 42761-42764. Seed of 

 chickpeas from Barcelona, Spain. Procured through Mr. 

 Carl Baily Hurst, American Consul General. 



Ciirullus vulgaris Schrad . (Cucurbitaceae . ) 42716. 

 Seeds of Tsama melon from Johannesburg, Union of South 

 Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt-Davy, Botanist, 

 Agricultural Supply Association. The famous forage 

 melon of the Kalahari desert, which furnishes forage 

 for cattle on the sandy plains flourishing under 

 temperatures of 110 on almost pure sand with very low 

 rainfall. Probably of no value for table use, but may 

 be useful in melon breeding. 



Clematis armandi Franchet. (Ranunculaceae . ) 42686. 

 One plant from Paris, France. Purchased from Messrs. 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Company. A new climbing Chinese 

 species, exceptional in its strongly persistent, cori- 

 aceous, trif oliolate , dark, shining blue-green leaves. 

 Flowers pure white, 5 cm. across, in many-flowered 

 axillary panicles. Flowers in April. Climbs to a 

 height of 5 meters or more. Collected by Wilson and 

 Henry in western Hupeh and Szechuan. Called Wei-ling-hsien 

 by the Chinese in Hupeh. 



Coriaria thymifolia Humb. & Bonpl. (Coriariaceae . ) 

 42817. Seeds from Ambato, Ecuador.. Presented by Pro- 

 fessor Abelardo Panchano, Ambato Agricultural School, 

 through the American Consul General at Guayaquil. 

 "This Coriaria is known under the Quichua name of pinan, 

 but in the northern provinces the plant is talked 

 about as Shanzhi or Zhanzhi. Its berries are rather poison- 

 ous, eaten in some quantity, as I had reason to verify 



