30 SEEDS AND PLANTS i:\IPOETED. 



55751 to 55753— Continued. 



55751 and 55752. Lilium spp. Liliacete. Lily. 



55751. Lilium sp. 



"(July, 1922.) A tall plant with purplish white flowers borne in 

 twos or threes ; collected in the mountains." 



55752. LixruM sp. 



"(No. 5054. July 12, 1922.) A rather rare species with pink 

 flowers speckled with purple, found in the mountains at an altitude 

 of 12.000 feet." 



55753. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 5053. July, 1922.) Tubers collected in the mountains." 



55754. Hypericum caxariexse L. Hypericacese. 



From Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. 

 Received September 15, 1922. 



"A small graceful tree with drooping branches, which will grow on the driest 

 and poorest of soils. The wood is the strongest I have ever seen : it is almost 

 impossible to drive a nail into it. The boys here use its thin straight stems 

 as net handles, all other kinds of wood breaking under the strain of pushing 

 the net through the water. I should think that such remarkably strong wood 

 which can be produced on such poor soil would have a practical value." 

 {Proschoicsky.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47581. 



55755. Rubus sp. Rosacea. Blackberry. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Seeds collected by Edward Goucher, Plant 

 Propagator, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received September 14, 1922. 



"The fruits of this species of Rubus were collected at Paraiso, near San 

 Jose, Costa Rica. The plants grew along the roadside and were from 6 to 8 

 feet in height. The fruits, which were produced in abundance, were about 1 

 inch in length and very firm in texture, but of poor flavor." (Goucher.) 



55756 to 55761. 



From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. Received September 11, 

 1922. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



55756. Lllium sp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



"(No. 4931. Likiang. July 7, 1922.) Bulbs of a beautiful lily with 

 thick, oval, alternate leaves wbich are far apart. The single terminal 

 flower has rich pink reflexed petals spotted with dark purple. This rare 

 plant grows on the edge of pine forests of the Likiang Snow Range at an 

 altitude of 12,000 feet. This may be only a variety of Lilium ducliartrei, 

 but it is a decidedly handsome plant." 



55757 to 55761. Prunus spp. Amygdalacese. 



Seeds of the following wild cherries and plums: 



55757. Prunus sp. Cherry. 



"(Likiang. July 6, 1922.) A smaller tree than the following 

 [No. 4858, S. P. I. No. 55758] ; the fruits also are smaller, globose, 

 and dark red. It grows in the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude 

 of 12.000 feet. The tree is apparently free from any disease." 



55758. Prunus sp. Cherry. 



"(No. 4858. Likiang. July 6, 1922.) A fine looking cherry tree. 

 35 to 40 feet in height, which grows at an altitude of 12,000 feet 

 among limestone bowlders on the edge of alpine meadows on the 



