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41771 to 41775— Continued. 



41771. Parosela johnsoni (S. Wats.) Vail. Fabaceai. 



(Dalea johnsoni S. Wats.) 

 Diffusely branched shrub with smooth, gray bark, leaves 1 to 2 feet 

 long, composed of 5 to 11 leaflets and loose racemes of deep-purple flowers 

 terminating the leafy branchlets. 



41772. Pentstemon palmeei A. Gray. Scrophulariaceaa. Beard-tongue. 

 A very attractive species 14 feet high, with narrow strap-shaped leaves 



and panicles of pale-purple flowers. 



41773. Pentstemon utahensis Eastw. Scrophulariacese. Beard-tongue. 

 A beautiful and showy plant 1 to 2 feet high, with glaucous foliage and 



velvety carmine flowers. 



41774. Salazaria mexicana Ton*. Menthacea?. 



A shrubby plant 2 to 3 feet high, with soft hairy branches crowned with 

 short racemes of purplish flowers. Leaves small, oblong. 



41775. Yucca angtjstissima Engelm. Liliacese. 



A very narrow-leaved species. Stemless ; leaves three-fourths to 2 inches 

 wide, white bordered ; inflorescence 3 to 5 feet high ; flowers bell shaped, 

 pure white. 



41776 to 41778. Jtjglans regia L. Juglanclacere. Walnut. 



From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. C. C. Galder, curator, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, at the request of Mr. A. C. Hartless. superintend- 

 ent, Government Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur. India. Received January 

 26, 1916. 



41776. " No. 1. Common walnut." 



41777. " No. 2. The large-leaved, large-seeded walnut. The tree of this 

 kind is more spreading than the common kind and not so lofty. It 

 attains a very large size (bulk)." (Caldcr.) 



41778. " No. 3. The endocarp of this has three valves instead of two, as 

 in the common species. The tree, though lofty, appears to be of more 

 slender habit than either of the others." (Caldcr.) 



41779 to 41793. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracege. Kaki. 



From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, Government 

 Horticultural Experiment Station. Received January 22, 1916. De- 

 scriptive notes by Mr. T. Kiyono, Semmes, Ala. 



41779. "No. 13. Chijo. Astringent. Kagoshima Province." 



41780. " No. 14. Moriya. Astringent. Kagoshima Province." 



41781. " No. 15. Niyorodo. Sweet. Fukushima Province." 



41782. " No. 16. Oranda-gosho. Sweet. Fukushima Province." 



41783. " No. 17. Manzu-gaki. Sweet. Fukushima Province." 



41784. " No. 18. Shyozaemon. Astringent. Fukushima Province." 



41785. " No. 19. Yotsumimi. Astringent. Tomiyama Province." 



41786. " No. 20. Mompei. Astringent. Tomiyama Province." 



41787. "No. 21. Hana-gosho. Sweet. Tottori Province." 



41788. "No. 22. Yoroi-odoshi. Astringent. Miyagi Province." 



41789. " No. 23. Gobangaki. Astringent. Kanagawa Province." 



