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from Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Company. A very vig- 

 orous new honeysuckle from western China, with long climb- 

 ing branches, and lengthened, very velvety 

 The young branches are covered their whole length 

 with odorous flowers, at first white, then yellow, 

 arranged in pairs and continuing to appear from June 

 until frost, with an abundant flowering in autumn. 



Malus astracanica Dum. Cours. (Malaceae . ) Apple seeds 

 from Leiden, Holland. Presented by the Director, 

 Botanic Garden. This species is perhaps native oi 

 southern Russia and western Siberia. It resembles M. 

 piimila in the fruit and the pubescence of the leaves, 

 but is nearer to M. baccata in the form, serration and 

 texture of the leaves and in the longer-stemmed fruits 

 and leaves. Introduced for breeding work of the Of- 

 fice of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations. 



Malus glaueeseens Rehder. (Malaceae.) 42760. Seed- 

 lings, from Rochester, N. Y. Presented by Mr. John 

 Dunbar. 



Nephelium lappaceum L. (Sapindaceae . ) Seeds from 

 Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. & Mrs. A. Hage- 

 doon. "One of the finest Kapoelasans (hairless rambutan) . 

 The fruits we took them from were of exceptional good 

 taste, flesh sweet to the stone, and stone as free as 

 any we saw; fruits very large, dark red." (Hagedoon. ) 



Olea chrysophylla Lamarck. (Oleaceae.) 42834. Seeds 

 from Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented by the Dire- 

 zione di Colonizzazione . Small tree, noteworthy be- 

 cause of the drab or golden color of the under surface 

 of the leaves; flowers small, in axillary panicles; 

 drupe rather large and blackish, globose or somewhat 

 ellipsoidal. Native of tropical Africa. (Bailey, Stand- 

 ard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, Vol. 4, p. 2333, 1916.) 



Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze. (Poaceae.) 42678. 

 Roots from Taihoku, Formosa, Japan. Presented by Mr. 

 M. Takata, Department of Productive Industries. A 

 grass from the Far East, often known as Zoysia pungens , 

 which seems to be succeeding in Florida as a lawn 

 grass. 



Oxytenanthera abyssinica (Rich.) Munro. (Poaceae.) 

 42835. Seeds from Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented 

 by the Direzione di Colonizzazione. A large bamboo 25 





