﻿106 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40311 to 40324— Continued. 



Pods covered with small brown to red glands. Seeds brown. 

 (Adapted from Aschcrson and Graebner, Synopsis der Mittel-Euro- 

 paischen Flora, vol 6, p. 10^9.) 



40322. Lathyeus vebnus (L.) Benin. Spring bitter vetch. 

 " Perennial, stem simple, somewhat pubescent, 1 to 2 feet long ; 



leaflets two to three pairs, ovate acuminate, light green; stipules 

 entire; peduncles five to seven flowered, shorter than the leaves; 

 flowers blue-violet; keel shaded with green, nodding. May, June. 

 Hills and woods, southern and central Europe. The most popular 

 Orobus; a compact, tufted plant, growing quickly in sun or a little 

 shade ; best in deep, sandy loam, in a sheltered position ; hardy." 

 {Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 8S0.) 



40323. Lathyeus vebnus flaccidus Arcang. 



" Differs from the species in its narrower and longer leaflets and 

 lanceolate stipules." (Ascherson and Graebner, Synopsis der Mitteh 

 Europdischen Flora, vol. 2, p. 10 f iS.) 



Distribution. — Southern France and northern Italy. 



40324. Lathyeus vebnus (L.) Bernh. 

 Var. azureus. A blue-flowered form. 



40325 and 40326. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. Barley. 



From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Carleton Baker, American 



consul. Received April 21, 1915. 



" Barley is not grown to any extent in the vicinity of Chungking. As stated 



by Mr. E. H. Wilson, the botanist, in his book on Szechwan, • it is only in the 



mountainous Tibetan borderland that it is largely grown. The Chinese do not 



care for the meal, and the grain is chiefly used for making spirits and for 



feeding pigs and other domestic animals.' " {Baker.) 



40325. Hobdeum vulgabe nigbum (Willd.) Beaven. 



40326. Hobdeum vulgabe pallidum Seringe. 



40327. Sttjartla monadelpiia Sieb. and Zucc. Theaceoe. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum, which 



secured it from Dr. H. Shirasawa, Forest Experiment Station, Meguro, 



near Tokyo, Japan. Received April 28, 1915. 

 Yama tsia (Japanese). An ornamental small tree or shrub with alternate 

 subflexuous branches; alternate, serrate, ovate-oblong leaves and small white 

 flowers solitary in axils of the leaves. The flower is subtended by a pair of 

 ovate or oblong bracts. Calyx five parted. Corolla regular, five petals. 

 Stamens indefinite, monadelphous. Styles five. (Adapted from Siebold and 

 Zuccarini, Flora Japonica, p. 181.) 



"A deciduous shrub or small tree, 30 feet high ; bark peeling, young shoots 

 clothed at first with fine hairs. Leaves oval or ovate oblong, 1* to 4 inches 

 long, five-eighths to If inches wide; wedge shaped at the base, tapered at the 

 apex, toothed; at first hairy on both surfaces (but more densely so above) 

 and at the margin, becoming almost smooth ; bright green on both sides ; stalk 

 hairy, one-eighth to one-fourth inch long. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, 

 1 to 1£ inches across, white, fragrant. Stamens numerous, downy ; style united 

 into one column, 5-rayed at the top; bracts, sepals, and petals silky at the 

 back. 



