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TLA XT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77819 to 77870— Continued. 



77849. Tbiptbbtoium REGELII Spl'ague 

 and Takeda. Celastraeeae. 



A shrub about 5 feet high, with 

 reddish brown warty branches, light. 

 green broadly oval leaves, and termi- 

 nal panicles of small fragrant green- 

 ish-yellow flowers. 



77850 to 77852. VlBUBNUM spp. Capri- 

 foliaceae. 



77850. Viburxum hupehense Rehder. 



No. 18020. A deciduous shrub, 

 native to China, about G feet hijrh, 

 with broadly ovate, densely pubes- 

 cent, dentate leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long, cymes of small white flowers, 

 and clusters of ovoid red fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 7G602. 



77851. Vibubndm theiferum Rehder. 



An upright deciduous shrub, about 

 .12 feet high, with dark-green, oval- 

 oblong leaves about 4 inches long 

 and ovoid bright-red fruits. Native 

 to central China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67064. 



77852. VlBUBNUM wrightii Miquel. 



A handsome deciduous shrub, 

 native to Japan, about 10 feet high, 

 with hroadly oval or nearly round 

 leaves and showy red fruits. The 

 leaves turn crimson in early 

 autumn. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43736. 



77853. Cydoxia obloxga Mill. (Pyrus 

 cydonia L.). Malaceae. Quince. 



Scions of a large-fruited variety. 



77854. Males theifera Rehder. Mala- 

 ceae. Tea crab. 



No. 17474. Scions. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 77704. 



77855. Pruxus ixcisa Thunb. 

 dalaceae. 



Amyg- 



Variety Zansetsu. Scions of an or- 

 namental cherry, native to Japan, 

 which is a large shrub, or sometimes a 

 small tree, about 25 feet high. The 

 flowers, which appear in drooping clus- 

 ters before the deeply cut leaves, are 

 white or rosy, with bright-red calyxes, 

 and the anthers are bright yellow. 

 The petals fall early, but the calyxes, 

 which gradually grow brighter, remain 

 on the young fruits for some time and 

 are quite showy. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64669. 



77856 to 77870. From Highland Park, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



77856. ACAXTHOPAXAX DIVARICATUM 



(Sieb. and Zucc.) Seem. Araliaceae. 



A large deciduous spreading shrub 

 of vigorous habit, up to 10 feet high, 

 with handsome dark-green leaves and 

 spherical heads of inky black fruits. 

 It is native to Japan and is very 

 closely related to Acanthopanax ses- 

 HHflorum. Unlike the latter, this spe- 

 cies has downy young shoots, and che 

 lower surfaces of the leaves are also 



77819 to 77870— Continued. 



quite downy. It should probably 

 prove hardy in all but the coldest 

 parts of the United States. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75663. 



77857. Acantiiopaxax lasiogynb 

 Harms. Araliaceae. 



A prickly stemmed shrub up to 20 

 feet high, with light-gray branchlets, 

 attractive compound leaves composed 

 of three oblong leaflets, and umbels of 

 small black berries. Native to western 

 China. 



77858. Catalpa ovata Don. Bignonia- 

 ceae. Japanese catalpa. 



An ornamental tree, native to Japan, 

 up to 20 feet high, with large, broadly 

 heart-shaped leaves often 3-lobed to 5- 

 lobed, and fragrant yellow flowers, 

 striped with orange and violet within, 

 in many-flowered panicles 4 to 7 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 



77859. Cotoxeaster igxava E. L. Wolf. 

 Malaceae. 



A hardy ornamental shrub about 5 

 feet high, native to eastern Turkestan. 

 The oval-orbicular leaves are about an 

 inch long, and the dark-purple fruits 

 are in rather dense pendulous clusters. 



77860. Crataegus chlorosarca Maxim. 

 Malaceae. 



A small hardy pyramidal tree with 

 dark-green triangular-oval leaves and 

 black subglobose fruits about two- 

 fifths of an inch in diameter. Native 

 to Manchuria. 



77861. Evodia hupehexsis Dode. Ru- 

 taceae. 



A very common tree in the wood- 

 lands of western Hupeh, China, where 

 it grows to a height of 20 to 40 feet. 

 It has smooth, gray bark, spreading 

 tranches, and white flowers in large 

 flat corymbs. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 63357. 



77862 to 77864. Loxicera spp. Capri- 

 foliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



77862. Loxicera oriextalis loxgi- 

 folia Dipp. ( L. k es s el ring i 

 Regel.). 



A large deciduous shrub about 10 

 feet high, with oblong or lanceolate 

 leaves up to 2% inches long, small 

 reddish flowers, and black fruits. 

 Native to Kamchatka, Siberia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 41946. 



77863. Loxicera quixquelocularis 

 Hardwicke. 



An erect shrub, up to 15 feet 

 high, with spreading branches, downy 

 purplish young twigs, and dull-greeu 

 broadly oval leaves. The flowers 

 are creamy white, changing to yellow 

 and the berries are translucent 

 white. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 40187. 



