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134375 to 134399— Continued 



134390. Beebeeis leucocarpa W. W. Smith. 



A barberry 6 to 8 feet high with fascicled, obovate to elliptic, leathery 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches long, racemes of about 20 flowers followed by white 

 fruits. Native to Yunnan Province, China. 



134391. Beebeeis lineaeifolia Phil. 



A handsome evergreen barberry of loose, erect habit, 4 to 8 feet high, 

 with entire, linear-oblong to elliptic leaves % to 1% inches long, dark-green, 

 shining above, and corymbs of 3 to 7 orange to crimson flowers followed by 

 dark-blue-black fruits. Native to Chile. 



134392. X Beebeeis lologensis Sandwith. 



An evergreen shrub described as a hybrid of Berberis darwinii and B. 

 linearifolia. 



For previous introduction see 114676 



134393. Beebeeis mekongensis W. W. Smith. 



A deciduous barberry about 6 feet high, with almost sessile, whorled, 

 obovate, spiny-dentate leaves about 1 inch long, and dense racemes of ovoid 

 fruits. Allied to Berberis brachypoda and B. dasystachya. Native to Yun- 

 nan Province, China. 



134394. Beebeeis Montana C. Gay. 



A spiny deciduous barberry up to 15 feet high with obovate to oblanceolate 

 leaves % to iy 2 inches long, in clusters of 2 to 7, and yellow or pale-orange 

 flowers, followed by small, blackish fruits. Native to the Andes of Chile and 

 Argentina. 



134395. Beebeeis euscifolia Pers. 



A shrub with spiny leaves and yellow flowers ; native to Argentina. 

 For previous introduction see 33926. 



134396. Beebeeis usteeiana (G. Schneid.) It. N. Parker. 



134397. Mahonia foetunei (Lindl.) Fedde. Berberidaceae. 



An evergreen shrub 5 to 6 feet high with erect, unbranching stems, leaves 

 6 to 8 inches long with usually 7 linear-lanceolate leaflets about 3 inches long, 

 and densely crowded yellow flowers in racemes 2 to 3 inches long. Native to 

 China. 



134398. Beebeeis napaulensis (DC.) Spreng. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



An attractive shrub which grows to a good size with stiff, bright-green spiny 

 leaves, yellow flowers and maroon-colored berries. Native to eastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 73148. 



134399. X Mahonia heteeophylla C. Schneid. Berberidaceae. 



An evergreen shrub 3 to 6 feet high with pinnate leaves 6 to 12 inches long, 

 usually with 5 or 7 lanceolate or narrow, oblong, shining green leaflets. A 

 hybrid of Mahonia aquifolium and fortunei. 



134400 and 134401. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From California. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Chico. Numbered October 18, 1939. 



134400. Selection (D. R. 16- T 17) from P. I. 80089. 



134401. Selection (D. R. 16- T 18) from P. I. 80089. 



134402. Chloeis gayana Kunth. Poaceae. Rhodes grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by H. J. Every, Assistant 

 Director of Native Agriculture, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Received October 

 12, 1939. 



For previous introduction see 134235. 



