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44041 to 44056— Continued. 



clusters, and the brown fruits are globose and an inch in diameter. 

 (Adapted from Bailey, "Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, rol. 5, p. 

 2870. ) 



Received as Pyru» variolosa', which is generally referred to P. pashia. 



44053. Pyrus salicifolia Pad. 



Var. pendula Hort. A very elegant tree, native of! southeastern Europe 

 and Asia Minor, from 15 to 25 feet high, with pendulous branches, narrow 

 lance-shaped shiny green leaves 1* to 3i inches long, pure-white flowers 

 three-quarters of an inch wide in small dense corymbs, and pear-shaped 

 fruits 1 to lj inches long. The leaves and flowers of this very orna- 

 mental pear often open simultaneousjy, producing a charming effect. 

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

 2, pp. 202-293. ) 



44054. Pyrus sekotina Render. 



A tree native of central and western China, 20 to 30 feet high, with 

 oyal-oblong sharply serrate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, six to nine white flow- 

 ers in each raceme, and nearly globular, brown fruits with slender stalks. 

 This species or one of its forms has heen recommended on the Pacific 

 coast as a more or less blight-resistant stock for the European types. 

 (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, rol. 5, pp. 

 2868-2869. ) 



44055. Pyrus serrulata Rehder. 



A tree native of western China. 22 to 25 feet high, with oval or oval- 

 ohlong serrulate leaves up to -J4 inches long, six to ten white flowers in 

 each umbellate raceme, and nearly globular brown fruits about three- 

 fifths of an inch long. (Adapted from Pchder, Proceed inys of the Ameri- 

 can Academy of Arts and Sciences, rol. .50. pp. 234-235.) 



44056. Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim. 



A tree native of Amur and Ussuri, Siberia, from 20 to 30 feet high, 

 with broadly oval, sharply serrate, acuminate leaves, many-flowered 

 racemes of white flowers, and roundish oval, unihilicate. mild-flavored 

 fruits over an inch in diameter, crowned by a persistent calyx. In 

 autumn the foliage turns a shining brownish red. making the tree very 

 ornamental. (Adapted from E. Reyel. in (lartenflora. rol. 10, pp. 

 31. ',-31 5. ) ' 



44057 and 44058. Vtcia faba L. Fabaeeae. Broad bean. 



From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. Presented by the chief specialist, Plant 

 Breeding Department, Tiflis Botanic Garden. Received Jan nary 2, 1917. 



44057. Beans nearly circular in outline and of a dark reddish brown 

 color. 



44058. Beans approximately oblong and of a much lighter color. 



44059 and 44060. 



From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received January 12. 1917. 



44059. Chamaedorea sp. Phcenieaeea?. Pacaya palm. 

 "(No. 79a. Pacaya palm from Cohan, Decemher 13. 1916.) Nearly 



every garden in Cohan contains a number of these small, attractive 

 palms, planted not so much for ornament as for the edible inflorescences 



