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55926 to 55955— Continued. 



an altitude of 9.500 to 10.000 feet. The round lemon-yellow fruits are 

 about an inch in diameter. The tree is a prolific hearer and grows in 

 alkaline soil." 



55942 to 55946. Rosa spp. Rosacea 1 . Rose. 



55942. Rosa sp. 



"(Nos. 6125, 6127, 6128, 6129. 6130. August 30, 1922.) Seeds of 

 a mixture of a number of closely related forms found in the lime- 

 stone meadows of Saba, Likiang Snow Range, at an altitude of 

 11.000 feet. They are all shrubs 8 to 10 feet in height." 



55943. Rosa sp. 



"(No. 6121. August 2S, 1922.) Seeds of a shrub 12 to 15 feet 

 high, with long rambling branches, found along watercourses on the 

 north end of the Likiang Plain at an altitude of 9,000 to 10,000 feet. 

 It bears a large number of white flowers, which are followed by 

 -small ovoid orange fruits. When in bloom this shrub is a very 

 striking object." 



55944. Rosa sp. 



"(No. 6126. August 30, 1922.) Seeds of a shrub S to 10 feet 

 high, which grows in a limestone meadow called Saba, in the Likiang 

 Snow Range, at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The flowers are either 

 cream colored or red and the smooth fruits a dull red-brown." 



55945. Rosa sp. 



"(No. 6435. September 7, 1922.) Seeds of a lovely slender spineless 

 shrub 8 to 10 feet in height, which grows in a deep gorge leading up 

 to the main peak of the Likiang Snow Range, at an altitude of 6,000 

 feet, among spruce and fir forests and rhododendrons. The soil is 

 usually much impregnated with lime. The shrub is very ornamental 

 both in flower and in fruit. The single flowers are a deep rose red, 

 and the yellow and scarlet shining fruits are long pear shaped." 



55946. Rosa sp. 



"(No. 6436. September 7, 1922.) Seeds of a slender, very at- 

 tractive shrub which grows with the preceding No. 6435 [S. P. I. No. 

 55945] in the limestone gorge leading to the main peak of the Likiang 

 Snow Range, at an altitude of 11,500 to 12,000 feet. The stems 

 and branches are red and spineless except on the young shoots. 

 The flowers are cream colored, and the crimson to carmine fruits arc 

 covered with a few soft bristles, are pear shaped, and about an 

 inch in length." 



55947. Scilla sp. Liiiaceav 



"(No. 6169. Kiuho. August. 1022.1 Bulbs of a liliaceous plant found 

 growing at an altitude of 7,000 feet. It hears spikes of small rich- 

 purple flowers." 

 55948 and 55949. Vaccinium spp. Yacciniacea?. 



55948. V actinium oelavayi Franch. 



"(No. 6168. August 20. 11)22. ) Seeds of a very compact hard? 

 shrub which grows on the Tsangshan Range at an altitude of about 

 8,000 to 9,000 feet. The edible berries, the size of small peas, 

 are purplish black." 



55949. Yaccinium sp. 



"(No. 6437. September. 1922.) Seeds <•!' a shrub '-' feci high, 

 which is very common from the Black River Valley to this locality 

 (Likiang Snow Range), where it grows under pine trees. Tin- 

 flowers are a beautiful pink, and the edible dark-purple fruits, about 

 the size of peas, are quite sweet." 



