﻿66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44375 to 44404— Continued. 



44390. Hypericum sp. Hyperrcacese. St.-John's-wort. 

 "Wilson No. 256." "From cliffs and thickets, Wushan Hsien, eastern 



Szechwan. at an altitude of 1,000 meters, 1907. A shrubby plant, 6 cm. 

 tall, with yellow flowers." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, p. 452.) 



44391. Jasminum sp. Oleaceae. Jasmine. 

 " Forrest No. 11472." 



44392. Larix dahurica prixcipis-rupprechtii (Mayr) Rehd. and Wils. 



Pinacese. Larch. 



A tree from northern China, with beautiful pink cones up to li inches 

 long and leaves up to If inches in length. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. J f , p. 1823.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 42194 for further description. 



44393. Laurocerasus officinalis Roemer. Amygdalaceae. 



(Primus laurocerasus L. ) Cherry laurel. 



Var. camelliaefolia. A garden variety with leaves of ordinary size, but 

 curled and twisted. Curious but not ornamental. (Adapted from Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 240.) 



44394. Loxicera xitida Wilson. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 An evergreen shrub from western China, up to 6' feet high, with upright 



branches, broadly oval or oblong glossy leaves, fragrant whitish flowers 

 one-third of an inch long, and purple fruits. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1907.) 



44395. Loxicera pileata Oliver. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 A much-branched, low, evergreen or partially deciduous shrub from 



central and western China, about a foot high, with slender branches, 

 oblong, lance-shaped, dark, shining-green leaves half to an inch long, 

 and pale-yellow flowers in almost sessile pairs. It is quite hardy in 

 England. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 8060.) 



44396. Abies sp. Pinacese. Fir. 

 " Wilson No. 6744." 



44397. Picea koyamai Shiras. Pinacese. Spruce. 

 A Japanese tree, up to 30 feet in height, with bright reddish brown 



branchlets. bluish white. 4-sided sharp-pointed leaves one-third to half 

 an inch long, and light brownish green cones 1* to 2\ inches long with 

 broadly oval scales. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2621.) 



44398. Piptaxthxts concolor Harrow. Fabaceae. 



" Wilson No. 885." A bush, 1 to 1.6 meters tall, found in western 

 Szechwan, China, at elevations up to 3,500 meters. It has alternate, tri- 

 foliate leaves, almost the same color above as below, with white hairs 

 on the margins; yellow pealike flowers; and silky pods about 6 mm. 

 long. (Adapted from Gardeners' Chronicle, December 16, 1916, p. 289.) 



44399. Pyracaxtha gibbsii A. Jackson. Malaceaa. 



A shrub from western China up to 14 feet high, nearly spineless, with 

 large, ovate-oblong, variable leaves up to 3 inches long and abundant fruits 

 about 7 mm. in diameter. The leaves are commonly used by the Chinese 

 for tea. (Adapted from Gardeners' Chronicle, December 30, 1916, p. 

 309.) 



