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42310 to 42320— Continued. 



42312. Caeagana spinosa (L.) DC. Fabacese. Pea tree. 

 A deciduous shrub, 4 to 6 feet in height, with long, undivided, spiny 



branches and short-stalked bright-yellow flowers nearly an inch long. A 

 curious shrub of the same type as Caragana jubata and C. gerardiana, 

 but not so formidably armed or so downy. Native of Siberia. (Adapted 

 from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 291, 

 1914.) 



42313. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. Malacese. Hawthorn. 

 A small tree, 15 feet or more high, with or without short thorns; 



leaves wedge shaped or straightly cut at the base, 2 to 4 inches long; 

 pure white flowers three-fourths of an inch across, in downy-stalked 

 clusters, appearing at the end of May or early in June. Fruit red and 

 about five-eighths of an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Bean, Tree* 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 433, 1914.) 



42314. Juglans mandshurica Maxim. Juglandacese. 



Manchurian walnut. 

 A Manchurian walnut, 50 to 70 feet high, with leaves 1£ to 2 feet or 

 occasionally 3 feet long, composed of 11 to 19 leaflets. The fruit is 

 clustered on the stalk and is roundish ovoid, with deeply pitted nuts 1£ 

 inches long. It is very closely allied to Juglans sieboldiana ; it is re- 

 markably striking in the size of the leaves as a young tree. (Adapted 

 from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 666 r 

 1914.) 



42315. Lonicera chrysantha Turcz. Caprifoliacea?. Honeysuckle. 

 A shrubby honeysuckle from Japan, up to 12 feet high, with upright 



stems, somewhat rhombic leaves 2 to 5 inches long and yellowish white, 

 changing to yellow, flowers three-fourths of an inch long. It is particu- 

 larly handsome in autumn with its bright coral-red fruit. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, P- 1910, 1916.) 



42316. Lonicera hispida Pall. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 A honeysuckle, native of Turkestan, 3 to 5 feet high, with bristly 



young shoots and yellow or yellowish white flowers about an inch long 

 borne above two roundish, membranaceous bristle-edged bracts, up to an 

 inch long. Interesting because of the large bracts subtending the flowers. 

 (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 

 2, p. 45, 1914.) 



42317. Lonicera ruprechtiana Kegel. Caprifoliacea?. Honeysuckle. 

 A shrubby Manchurian honeysuckle up to 12 feet high, with nearly 



lanceolate leaves, somewhat grayish beneath, about 4 inches long, and pure 

 white flowers in pairs on long peduncles. The red, or sometimes yellow, 

 fruits are attractive. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol, 4, p. 1909, 1916.) 



42318. Ribes dikuscha Fisch. Grossulariaceas. Black currant. 

 This species is closely related to the common black currant, Ribes 



nigrum and is considered by Schneider to be possibly identical with the 

 northern black currant (R. hudsonianum Richards). 



42319. Syringa emodi Wall. Oleacea?. Lilac. 

 A large robust Himalayan lilac 10 to 15 feet high, closely allied to 



Syringa villosa, but with the leaves whiter underneath. The panicles are 



