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but the bracteoles show that it belongs to P. serrulata. 

 The branches are erect-spreading and the flowers 

 white, single, or nearly so." (Wilson, The Cherries 

 of Japan, p. 34, under P. serrulata, var. pubescens, f. 

 sirayuki. ) 



Surugadai-nioi. (47143). A moderately large tree with 

 brown-gray twigs , brownish red young leaves and white, 

 fragrant flowers. Blossoming time about the end of 

 April. (Adapted f rom Miyoshi , Japanische Bergkirschen, 

 p. 132, under P. serrulata, f. surugadai-odora.) "Flowers 

 semidouble, fragrant, nearly white, pendulous on long, 

 slender pedicels. This is a late-flowering form." 

 (Wilson, The Cherries of Japan, p. 51, under P. 

 lannesiana, f . surugadai-odora. ) 



Taki-nioi. (47144) . A medium- si zed tree with spreading 

 branches, brown-gray twigs, brown-red young leaves, 

 flower buds with reddish tips and white, fragrant 

 flowers. Blossoming time about the end of April. 

 (Adapted from Miyoshi , Japanische Bergkirschen, p. 133, 

 under P. serrulata, f. cataracta.) "Flowers single, white, 

 and very fragrant. The vernacular name (taki-nioi) 

 signifies 'fragrance from a cataract.'" (Wilson, The 

 Cherries of Japan, p. 48, under P. lannesiana, f. cataracta. ) 



Ukon-zakura. (47145). "A medium-s ized tree wi th light 

 yellow-green flowers, the outermost petals of which 

 are pinkish on the outer surface. Blossoming time 

 the last of April. A subform lutioidcs, of lighter yellow- 

 green color (Asagi.) is found in Kohoku. (Adapted from 

 Miyoshi, Japanische Bergkirschen, p. 124, under P. 

 serrulata, f. luteo-virens.) "Flowers greenish yellow, 

 semidouble or double. This is a very striking cherry 

 with large flowers, borne in great profusion. The 

 Japanese names are Ukon and Asagi." (Wilson, The Cherries 

 of Japan, p. 56, under P. lannesiana, f. grandi flora. ) 



Pyrus communis (Malaceae), 47227. Pear. From 

 Mustapha-Alger, Algiers. Cuttings from Dr. L. Trabut . 

 "Kontoula pear from Achaia. Grafts of an early pear, 

 which bears abundantly a very sweet little pear which 

 is quite fragrant. This vigorous tree, which rapidly 

 attains large dimensions, appears interesting to me. 

 In 1914, the Botanical Station received from Greece 

 some grafts of a pear whose fruits are much esteemed 

 because of their earliness; in Elis and Achaia, where 

 it is much cultivated, it bears the name of Kontopodaroussa 

 or Kontoula; there it attains large dimensions and is 

 remarkable for its great and regular f ruitfulness. 

 Grafted upon Pyrus gharbiana,a species native to Algeria 



