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44520 to 44549— Continued. 



situation for best results. (Adapted from Guimpel, Abbildung der 

 fremden in Deutschland ausdauernden Holzarten, p. 79, as B. cana- 

 densis. ) 



44526. Beeberis ilicifolia Forst. 



A straggling bush, native to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, about 8 

 feet in height, with yellow-brown young wood, angular stems, 3- 

 parted often curved spines, dark-green hollylike leaves, flowers in 

 axillary racemes, and deep steel-blue subglobose fruits. (Adapted 

 from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, vol. 18, pi. 4308.) 



44527. Beeberis pratti C. Schneid. 



A western Chinese shrub 6 to 10 feet high, with finely hairy 

 grooved young twigs; slender, 3-parted spines up to two-thirds of 

 an inch long; ovate leaves up to 1£ inches long in fascicles of four 

 or five; yellow flowers in narrow panicles; and ovoid salmon-red 

 fruits a quarter of an inch in length. It grows very freely and is 

 quite hardy in cultivation at Kew, England. (Adapted from Cur- 

 tis 's Botanical Magazine, vol. 140, pi. 8549.) 



44528. Beebeeis saegentiana C. Schneid. 



A black-berried barberry from western Hupeh, China, reaching a 

 height of 7 feet. It is the only evergreen barberry which has 

 proved entirely hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. (Adapted from 

 Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 359.) 



For further description, see S. P. I. No. 42973. 



44529. Beebeeis subcaulialata C. Schneid. 



A thickly branched shrub from Tibet, up to 41 feet high, with 

 spines up to an inch in length, finely membranaceous, lance-shaped 

 leaves about an inch long, and reddish yellow globular fruits a quar- 

 ter of an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes 

 Handbuch der Laubholzkundc, vol. 2, p. 919.) 



44530. Beebeeis vieescens Hook. f. 



This Himalayan barberry is a spreading shrub with shining 

 brown bark ; ovate, pale-green, spiny toothed leaves in tufts ; slender 

 3-parted thorns ; small greenish yellow flowers in fascicles or short 

 racemes ; and oblong or constricted scarlet or black berries. (Adapted 

 from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, vol 116, pi. 7116.) 



44531. Buddleia DAViDn Franch. Loganiacese. 



A tall shrub, native to the mountainous parts of northern China, with 

 very variable foliage. The opposite dark-green leaves are 4 inches to a 

 foot in length, oblong or narrowly lance shaped, and either coarsely 

 serrate or entire. The clear lilac-colored flowers are crowded in dense 

 heads 4 to 6 inches long, and the fruits are clavate capsules about a 

 quarter of an inch long. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, 

 vol. 124, pi. 7609, as Buddleia variabilis.) 



44532. Casuaeina cunninghamiana Miquel. CasuarinaceaB. 



An Australian tree 30 to 40 feet high, with slender branches, male 

 flowers in slender spikes, and globular fruiting cones not more than a 

 third of an inch in diameter. The wood is dark colored, close grained, 

 and prettily marked. (Adapted from Bailey, Queensland Flora, pt. 5, 

 p. 1491.) 



