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40561 to 40600— Continued. 



striking in this respect as those of R. biflorus, and its pendulous branches, 

 which give a remarkable fountainlike aspect to the shrub." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 458.) 



40595. Rubus irenaeus Focke. Rosacese. 



"An evergreen prostrate shrub; stems round, slender, covered with a 

 dense gray down, amidst which are set numerous small decurved prickles. 

 Leaves roundish with a heart-shaped base and an abrupt, pointed apex ; 

 6 inches or more across, margins toothed and bristly, sometimes obscurely 

 lobed ; upper surface smooth, dark green, lower one covered with a pale- 

 brown felt and more or less hairy on the yellow veins ; stalks 1* to 3 inches 

 long. Flowers white, produced singly or in pairs in the leaf axils and in a 

 small terminal cluster. Fruit large, red. 



" Native of central and western China ; introduced about 1900 by Wil- 

 son for Messrs. Veitch. It is one of the most striking and remarkable of 

 simple-leaved Rubi, the foliage being of a shape and size suggestive of a 

 colt's-foot leaf, but having on the upper surface a curious metallic luster. 

 Mr. Wilson informs me that it is common in woods up to 8,000 feet eleva- 

 tion, and will probably thrive best in partially shaded situations. It 

 may prove of value as a handsome covering for semishaded slopes or 

 wherever a low evergreen vegetation is desired." (IT'. J. Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. J/60.) 



40596. Senecio geeyi Hook. f. Asteracese. 



"Nearly allied to S. laxifolius. Grows well in the milder countries. 

 This has larger, broader leaves than S. la-xifolius and denser corymbs of 

 flowers. From the North Island, New Zealand." (W. J. Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 508.) 



40597. Sorbaria arborea Schneider, Rosaceae. 



" Recently introduced from China by Wilson ; is very closely allied to 

 Undleyana. It is apparently the most treelike of the Spiraeas and is some- 

 times 30 feet high. From Undleyana it differs chiefly in the hairs beneath 

 the leaf being clustered (not simple), and especially in the shorter calyx 

 tube and longer stamens." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. 538, under Spiraea arborea.) 



40598. Veronica cataractae Forster. Scrophulariacea?. 



" This species may be taken as a type of the semiherbaceous section of 

 the genus. The flowers are one-half inch broad and very pretty, the 

 petals being red, spotted with dark red at the entrance to the throat. 

 Stems prostrate at the base and ascending. Leaves very variable, oval or 

 oblong, one-half to 6 inches long, serrate. Racemes very slender, few 

 flowered. Generally on deep rocks, and often cultivated, particularly 

 around Dunedin." (Laing and Blackwell, Plants of New Zealand, pp. 

 383-384.) 



40599. Viburnum veitchi C. H. Wright. Caprifoliacese. 



" A deciduous shrub about 5 feet high ; young branches, leafstalks, and 

 under surface of the leaves densely clothed with stellate down. Leaves 

 ovate, pointed, heart shaped at the base ; 3 to 5 inches long, 2 to 3 inches 

 wide ; sharply and widely toothed ; upper surface with scattered stellate 

 down. Flowers white, uniform and perfect, one-fourth inch across; 

 produced on a stoutly stalked, very scurfy-downy cyme that is 4 or 5 

 inches across. Fruit red, then black. Native of central China ; discovered 

 and introduced in 1901 by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch. It is one of the 



