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ornamental pear often open simultaneously, producing 

 a charming effect. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 

 292-293.) 



Pyrus ussuriensis Maximowlcz. (Malaceae.) 44056- Cut- 

 tings of pear from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 

 the Arnold Arboretum. A tree, native of Amur and Us- 

 suri, Siberia, from 20 to 30 feet high, with broadly 

 oval, sharply serrate, acuminate leaves, many-flow- 

 ered racemes of white flowers, and roundish-oval, um- 

 bilicate, mild-flavored fruits over an inch in dia- 

 meter, crowned by the persistent calyx. In autumn the 

 foliage turns a shining brownish-red, making the tree 

 very ornamental. (Adapted from E. Regel, in Garten- 

 flora, vol. 10, pp. 374-375, plate 345.) 



Rhus rufa Teijsm. & Binn. (Anacardiaceae . ) 44075. 

 Seeds from Ceylon. Presented by Father Jerome, St. 

 Leo, Florida. An erect, smooth-barked tree, native 

 of the peninsula of Menado, island of Celebes, Dutch 

 East Indies, with leaves composed of 12 to 14 pairs 

 o.f oblong lance-shaped leaflets with reddish-hairy 

 lower surfaces, and axillary and terminal panicles of 

 white, sessile flowers. The fruits are black, dry, 

 nearly globular drupes containing kidney-shaped seeds. 

 The inhabitants of Menado call this Kajoe-Kambing . 

 (Adapted from J. E. Teijsman and D. Blnnendljk, Na- 

 tuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, vol. 

 27, p. 52.) 



Sorbus pohuashanensis (Hance) Hedlund. (Malaceae.) 

 43996. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 

 the Arnold Arboretum. An evergreen shrub from northern 

 China, with reddish-brown twigs, leaves composed of 6 

 to 7 pairs of elliptic or lance-elliptic leaflets 

 from one and three-fifths inches long, and red fruits 

 about one-third inch In diameter. This shrub is in 

 cultivation at the Arnold Arboretum. (Adapted from 

 Schneider, Illustrlertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde , 

 vol. 1, p. 672.) 



Uvaria rufa (Dun.) DeCandolle. (Annonaceae. ) 44091. 

 Seed of banauac from Lamao , Bataan, P. I. Presented by 

 Mr. P. J. Wester, Lamao Experimental Station, through 

 Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Director, Manila Bureau of Agri- 

 culture. A much-branched shrub from Java, with a stem 

 about the diameter of a man's arm, alternate, elliptic- 



