18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED 



55925. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacese. Pummelo. 



( C. decumuna Murr. ) 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by Dr. P. J. S. Cramer, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Buitenzorg. Received November 17, 1922. 



" A red-fleshed pummelo of fair quality and well-developed color." {Cramer.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46336. 



55926 to 55955. 



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

 the United States Department of Agriculture. Received November 2, 

 1922. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



55926. Aletjrites sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



"(No. 6163. August 10, 1922.) Seeds of a tree 10 to 15 feet high, which 

 grows wild on the lower slopes of the mountains of the Yangpi Valley, 

 at an altitude of 6 600 feet. It is called Tung-yu shu by the natives ; oil 

 is obtained from the seeds and used for making oilcloth and also for 

 burning." 



55927 to 55929. Amygdalus peesica L. Amygdalacese. Peach. 



(Prunus persica Stokes.) 



55927. "(August 10, 1922.) Seeds of a half-wild peach growing near 

 Yangpi, two days from Talifu. The tree is old, with large trunks ; 

 the large reddish and green fruits, 4 inches in diameter, are free- 

 stone, with firm, sweet, white flesh which becomes red near the 

 seed." 



55928. "(Yangpi. August 10, 1922.) Seeds of a half-wild peach 

 growing near a temple. The fruits are 1* to 2 inches in diameter, 

 clingstone, very juicy and sweet." 



55929. "(August 20, 1922.) Seeds of one of the largest fruited 

 peaches I know of, found growing wild in the Likiang Valley. The 

 pointed fruits are 31 to 4 inches in diameter, clingstone, with firm 

 white flesh of fair flavor." 



55930. Castanea mollissima Blume. Fagacea?. Chestnut. 



"(No. 6165/ Yangpi. August, 1922.) Seeds of a tree about 40 feet 

 high which grows along the lower western slopes of the Tsangshan Range 

 of the Yangpi Mountains. The trunk is about 2 feet in diameter, and 

 the long narrow leaves are sharply serrate." 



55931. Catalpa duclouxii Dode. Bignoniacese. 



"(No. 3097. Near Nguluke. September 8, 1922.) Cuttings of a tree 

 70 to 80 feet high, with a diameter of 4 feet or more, growing at an 

 altitude of 9,400 feet in the Likiang Valley. At this altitude the trees 

 do not bear seed. It is a very handsome tree, bearing in early spring 

 large clusters of pinkish purple flowers. The hard, durable wood is very 

 valuable and is used for building purposes." 



55932. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. Malaee;e. Hawthorn. 



"(No. 6166. Yangpi. August 10, 1922.) Seeds of a shrub 5 feet, bigh, 

 found at an altitude of 6.000 to 7,000 feet on the lower slopes of the 

 mountains of the Yangpi Valley. The edible fruits are boiled with 

 sugar and candied like jujubes. Native name 'Shan li ko ' (mountain 

 pear fruit)." 



55933. Hemeeocallis foreestii Diels. Liliacese. 



"(Nos. 3841 and 4546. August 27. 1922.) Seeds of a very handsome 

 plant about 2 feet high, growing with Iucarvillea yrandiflora brevipes 

 on the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 11,000 feet. It has a thick 

 rootstock, narrow lanceolate leaves, and deep golden orange tubular 

 flowers 2 to 3 inches long borne in many-flowered spikes. It flowers only 

 in very early spring and is suited only for pure limestone soil. 



