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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77661 to 77690— Continued. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62703. 



77663 to 77667. Ceanothus spp. Rham- 

 naceae. 



Half shrubby garden hybrids of various 

 species of Ceanothus which are ornamen- 

 tal shrubs, flowering in late summer and 

 autumn. 



77663. Ceanothus sp. 

 Arnouldi. Flowers pale blue. 



77664. Ceanothus sp. 



Azureus Orandiflorus. Large azure- 

 blue panicles. 



77665. Ceanothus sp. 



Jocelyn. Elegant dwarf panicles of 

 bright-nink flowers. 



77666. Ceanothus sp. 



Lucie Simon. Flowers clear blue. 



77667. Ceanothus sp. 



Palmare. A dwarf plant with globu- 

 lous panicles of violaceous pink flowers. 



77668 to 77672. Chaenomeles lagenaria 

 (Lois.) Koidz. (Cydonia japonica 

 Pers.). Malaceae. Japan quince, 



Ornamental shrubs with flowers vary- 

 ing from deep scarlet to white and open- 

 ing eariy in the spring before the leaves. 



77668. Apricot. A dwarf shrub with 

 beautiful salmon-red flowers. 



77669. Grenade. Large globular dark- 

 crirrrson flowers. 



77670. Nivalis. Flowers large and -the 

 whitest among the flowering quinces. 



77671. Orange. Large, clear, orange- 

 red flowers. 



77672. Vermilion. Very large scarlet- 

 vermilion flowers. 



77673. Deutzia mybiantha Lemoine. 

 Hydrangeaceae. 



A deciduous ornamental shrub of gar- 

 den origin with ovate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed leaves and corymbs of white 

 flowers nearly an inch across. 



77674. Deutzia wilsoni Duthie. Hy- 

 drangeaceae. 



A deciduous shrub, native to central 

 China, with chestnut-brown branchlets. 

 elliptic leaves stellate pubescent beneath, 

 and loose broad corymbs of white flowers 

 each nearly an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76186. 



77675. Dipelta flobibunda Maxim. Cap- 

 rifoliaceae. 



A deciduous ornamental shrub some- 

 what resembling Kolkwitzia, but larger 

 in all its parts, 15 to 20 feet high, na- 

 tive to central China, with remotely 

 toothed ovate leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 

 and small racemes of fragrant pale-rose 

 tubular flowers having orange-yellow 

 throats. 



77676. Diptebonia sinensis Oliver. 

 Aceraceae. 



A Chinese tree 30 to 40 feet high, with 

 compound leaves made up of 9 to 13 

 ovate-serrate or 3-foliolate leaflets 4 

 inches long, whitish flowers in panicles, 



77661 to 77690— Continued. 



followed by light-brown nearly orbicular 

 winged fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 61979. 



77677. Exochorda giraldii Hesse. Rosa- 

 ceae. Redbud pearlbush. 



A slender spreading deciduous shrub 

 10 to 15 feet high, native to northwestern 

 China. The petiole and ribs of the en- 

 tire or slightly serrate oblong leaves are 

 rosy purple as well as the young growths, 

 and the large pure white flowers in ter- 

 minal racemes appear in late spring. 



77678. Exochorda giraldii wilsonii 

 Rehder. Rosaceae. Wilson pearlbush. 



A central Chinese form of Exochorda 

 g-iraldii with a more upright and vigor- 

 ous habit and more flowers than the 

 type. It is a slender spreading decidu- 

 ous shrub about 10 feet high, with ob- 

 long-elliptic, occasionally serrate leaves, 

 and racemes of 6 to 10 pure-white flowers 

 which are 2 inches across appearing in 

 late spring. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65769. 



77679 to 77683. Hamamelis spp. Ham- 

 amelidaceae. "Witch-hazel. 



77679. Hamamelis japonica arborea 

 (Masters) Rehder. 



A small deciduous Japanese tree up 

 to 30 feet high, with nearly orbicular 

 leaves 4 inches long and flowers hav- 

 ing a deep vinous red reflexed calyx 

 and srolden-vellow petals. The flowers 

 appear in winter, and the delicate pet- 

 als are not injured by zero weather 



77680. Hamamelis japonica zuccabini- 

 ana (Ottolander) Gumbleton. 



A form of the Japanese witch-hazel 

 with more upright branches than the 

 type, and calyx lobes greenish yellow 

 inside and pale-yellow petals. 



77681. Hamamelis mollis Oliver. 



Chinese witch-hazel. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree. 

 native to central China, with densely 

 tomentose branchlets. broadly ovate 

 leaves 4 to 7 inches long, and flowers 

 opening: in winter having sepals rusty 

 tomentose outside and purple inside 

 while the petals are. golden yellow with 

 a reddish base. It is said to be the 

 handsomest of the witch-hazels. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 72873. 



77682. Hamamelis rubba Hort. 



A horticultural form described as 

 having red-orange flowers. 



77683. Hamamelis vebnalis Sargent. 



An upright deciduous shrub 6 to 8 

 feet high, native to Oklahoma, with 

 obovate" leaves 5 inches long and frag- 

 rant reddish flowers appearing in the 

 spring. Secured for comparative study 

 only. 



77684. Htmenantheba cbassifolia Hook, 

 f. Yiolaceae. 



A dense half-evergreen New Zealand 

 shrub about 6 feet high, with rigid 

 branches, crowded obovate leaves an inch 

 lonsr, small yellow axillary flowers fol- 

 lowed by globose white berries a quarter 

 of an inch in diameter. 



