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55885 to 55893— Continued. 



55889. Malus sp. Malaceje. Apple. 



"(Likiang. August 15, 1922.) A large vigorous tree growing wild 

 and semicultivated. The fruits, the size of walnuts, are bright crimson 

 with a touch of yellow on one side, with acid-sweet, very palatable flesh, 

 are excellent for jam or jelly and :ilso quite ornamental." 



55890. Ribes sp. Grossulariacese. 



"(No. 5833. Likiang. August 16, 1922.) A shrub (> to 15 feet in 

 height, growing in alpine meadows at an altitude of 12,000 feet, where 

 it is 5 or 6 feet high ; also in fir forests, where it reaches a height of 

 15 feet. It is a beautiful plant with pendent branches loaded with 

 flowers in early May. In the latter part of August the fruits appear; 

 these are yellowish red berries the size of a pea, with an acid-sw T eet 

 flavor." 



55891 to 55893. Rubus spp. Rosacea. ' Raspberry. 



55891. Rubtjs sp. 



"(Likiang. August 15. 1922.) A shrub 4 feet high, growing in 

 protected gulches on the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 

 12,000 feet. It bears delicious orange-red berries and may be only 

 a form of the following [S. P. 1. No. 55892]." 



55892. Rubtjs sp. 



"(Likiang. August 15. 1922.) A shrub 4 feet high, growing on 

 the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 13,000 feet in the shade 

 of Larix thibetica and also in fir and spruce forests. The large 

 orange-red translucent berries, an inch in diameter, are very juicy 

 and of delicious flavor. This is certainly worthy of cultivation." 



55893. Rtjbtjs sp. 



"(Likiang. August. 1922.) A shrub growing in sheltered ravines 

 on the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 11,000 to 12,000 feet. 

 It has crimson-stemmed drooping branches and trifoliolate leaves, 

 with the lower surfaces slightly pruinose or silvery. The fruits, 

 somewhat smaller than those of the preceding species, are obconical, 

 darker red, and faintly pubescent." 



55894 and 55895. 



From Hongkong. Chi.ua. Seeds presented by H. Green, superintendent, 

 Botanical and Forestry Department. Received October 21, 1922. 



55894. Garcinia obloagifoi.ia Champ. Clusiaeea\ 



A tree native to Hongkong, China, which is a relative of the mango- 

 steen. It has narrow short-stalked leaves, terminal yellow flowers, and 

 smooth fruits the size of a small apple. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora 

 Hongkong ensis, p. 25.) 



"This species has just come into bearing in one of our' greenhouses, 

 and we find the fruit to be of very good quality for eating out of hand. 

 The flavor suggests that of the mangosteen.'* (Wilson Popcnoe.) 



For previous introduction, see S. F. I. No. 36497. 



55895. Uvabia calamistrata Hance. Annonacese. 



"A native fruit which grows wild" here and is erroneously called by the 

 natives 'Hill Lai Chi.'" ((jrecn.) 



A climbing plant, native to Hongkong, with rather thick oblong leaves, 

 clustered yellowish flowers, and elliptical fruits about a third of an inch 

 in length (Adapted from Journal of Botany, col. 20. p. 77.) 



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