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44520 to 44549— Continued. 



44533. Cleeodendetjm teichotomttm faegesii (Dode) Rehcler. Verbena- 



ceae. 

 A Chinese shrub, 3.5 to 4 meters (10 to 15 feet) in height; with dark- 

 green, oval, lance-shaped leaves, 10 to 15 cm. (4 to 6 inches) long; very 

 fragrant light-pink flowers in axillary cymes ; and dark-purple drupes, 

 4 to 5 mm. (one-fifth of an inch) in diameter, with very hard, black seeds. 

 It is easily raised from seed in ordinary soil. (Adapted from J. Pinelle,' 

 in Revue Horticole, vol. 83, p. 522, as Clerodendron fargesii.) 



44534. Aeecastetjm eomanzoffianum (Cham.) Becc. Phcenicacese. 

 (Cocos romanzoffiana Cham.) Palm. 



Var. plumosa. " A Brazilian palm, commonly cultivated in Florida and 

 California as an ornamental, with an unarmed trunk about 30 feet high 

 and a foot in diameter, bearing a crown of plumelike pinnate leaves 12 

 to 15 feet long. It has two spathes, the inner somewhat woody, splitting 

 along one side and exposing the much-branching spadix which is crowned 

 with the monoecious flowers. The fruit is a pale-orange drupe about the 

 size of a large acorn, inclosing a bony seed which has three eyes near 

 the base." (C. B. Doyle.) 



44535. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyracese. 



A deciduous Chinese tree, usually less than 30 feet high in cultivation 

 in temperate countries, but probably twice as high in warmer climates. 

 It has oval, shining dark-green leaves 2 to 5 inches long, greenish red 

 dioecious flowers, the pistillate solitary and the staminate one to three 

 in a cluster. The purplish or yellowish, orange-shaped fruits are half 

 an inch to three-quarters of an inch across, but because of their astringent 

 quality are unfit for food. On damp days the trees emit a curious heavy 

 odor, probably due to an exhalation from the leaves. (Adapted from 



tBean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 494-) 

 Ordinarily used in China and Japan as a stock for the kaki, or Japa- 

 nese persimmon. 



44536. Dodonaea thunbeegiana Eckl. and Zeyh. Sapindaceae. 



A South African shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, with somewhat viscid, narrow 

 leaves If to 21 inches long and a quarter of an inch wide, dense racemes 

 of polygamous green flowers, and resinous, shining, winged capsules about 

 half an inch long and wide. A decoction of the root is used as 

 a purgative in fevers. (Adapted from Harvey and Bonder, Flora Capensis, 

 vol. 1, p. 242.) 



44537. Loniceea standishii Carr. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 A charming, fragrant, early-flowering, deciduous, Chinese shrub, with 



pale yellowish brown branches ; pale-green, oval to lance-shaped leaves 

 3 to 5 inches long; and white, sweet-scented flowers appearing in pairs, 

 one-fifth to half an inch long. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Maga- 

 zine, vol. 94, pi. 5709.) 



44538. Prunxjs coneadinae Koehne. Amygdalacea?. Cherry. 

 A graceful tree from central China, reaching a height of 25 feet, with 



oval or oblong, doubly serrate leaves 2 to 6 inches long; whitish or pink 

 flowers about three-quarters of an inch long in two to four flowered umbels 

 and red ovoid fruits one-third to one-half an inch long. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2840.) 





