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293752 to 293865— Continued 



950 meters. Tree small, thorny, in wild; branches tomentose; leaves 

 dark greeri; fruits flattish. 



293844. Col. No. 1385. Open, dry fields, Barlakosh, Crimea. Eleva- 

 tion 950 meters. Handsome small tree, in wild; branches and leaves 

 tomentose; fruit round. 



293845. Col. No. 1394. Barlakosh meadow, Big Chuchel Mountains, 

 Crimea. Elevation 1,000 meters. Small tree in wild; foliage dark 

 green, tomentose. 



293846. Col. No. 1395. Roadside, Barlakosh meadow, Big Chuchel 

 Mountains, Crimea. Tree in wild, round headed; young branches and 

 leaves tomentose; foliage dark green. 



293847. Pyrus sp. 



Col. No. 1350. 'Vematayor'. State farm, Bostandek, Uzbek Republic. 

 Reportedly from China. Cultivated tree to 6 meters high; leaves broad 

 ovate; fruit small, round, similar to P. calleryana. Used as rootstoek in 

 dry regions. 



293848. Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) Roemer Malaceae. 



Nepal firethorn. 



Col. No. 1371. Dry hillside above Yalta. Shrub, in wild; fruit small. 

 May be cold tolerant. 



293849. Quercus pubescens Willd. Fagaceae. 



Col. No. 1363. Dry sea cliffs above Yalta. Tree to 1? meters high, in 

 wild; branchlets pubescent; leaves obovate. Drought '. rant. 



293850 to 293852. Quercus robur L. English oak. 



293850. Col. No. 1349. Barren hillsides above Bostandek, Uzbek Re- 

 public. Tree to 9 meters high, in wild. Used as fuel. Ornamental. 



293851. Col. No. 1428. Common in Strashensky Forest, Kholorash Re- 

 gion, Moldavia. Tree to 20 meters high, in wild; trunk straight, good 

 habit. 



293852. Col. No. 1429. Kholorash Region Forest, Moldavia. Tree to 

 20 meters high, in wild; trunk straight; acorns small. 



293853. Ribes dikuscha Fisch. ex Turcz. Grossulariaceae. 



Pavlovsk Experimental Station, Leningrad. 

 293854 to 293857. Ribes (hybrids) . 



(R. nigrum X R- dikuscha). 



293854. 'Pamiat Michurina'. 



293855. Tobeda'. 



293856. 'Sopernik'. 



293857. 'Stakhanovka Altaia'. 



293858 and 293859. Rosa canina L. Rosaceae. Dog rose. 



293858. Col. No. 1413. Top of Big Chuchel Mountains, Yalta. Eleva- 

 tion 1,300 meters. Plant upright, in wild; thorns large; hips large, 

 red. Growth excellent under extremely dry conditions. 



293859. Col. No. 1454. Dry, barren, open meadow, Barlakosh, Crimea. 



293860. Schinus polygamus (Cav.) Johnston Anacardiaceae. 



Peppertree. 



Col. No. 1403. Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta. Plant cultivated, appears 

 similar to S. molle, but reportedly hardier. 



