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55994 to 56018— Continued. 



56009. Pykus sp. 



"(Haitung, east of Tali Lake. September, 1922.)" 



56010. Pyeus sp. 



"(Haitung. September, 1922.)" 



56011. Pyeus sp. 



-(Haitung. September 19, 1922.)" 



56012. Pyeus sp. 



" ( Talifu. September 20. 1922. ) " 



56013. Pyeus sp. 



"(Tienwei. September 15, 1922.)" 



56014. Pyeus sp. 



"(Tienwei. September 15, 1922.)" 



56015. Pyeus sp. 



"(Tienwei. September 15. 1922.)" 



56016. Pyeus sp. 



"(Tienwei. September 15, 1922.)" 



56017. Rosa sp. Rosacea? . Rose. 



"(No. 6504. September 14, 1922.) Seeds of a spreading slirub or 

 climber with huge rambling branches, 25 feet bigh with a spread of 

 30 feet or more, found growing wild, with Rosa banksiae, all over the 

 Lashipa Plain, one day's trip south of Likiang. Tbe flowers when first 

 opened are yellow, becoming cream colored and the size of a half dollar. 

 Tbe orange-red fruits are borne in large ample panicles. The shrub 

 is very ornamental in flower and in fruit." 



56018. Stybax langkongensis W. W. Smith. Styracacea?. 



"(No. 3198. Langctiiuhg. September 18, 1922.) Seeds of an orna- 

 mental shrub 1 to 2 feet tall, which grows in the arid region between 

 Langchiuug and Shapi, at an altitude of 7,500 feet. The flowers are large. 

 white, and drooping, with rich reddish brown calyxes." 



56019. Primula chrysopa Balf. f. and Forrest. Primulacese. 



Primrose. 



From Ness. Neston, England. Seeds presented by A. K. Bullev. Received 

 November 22.. 1922. 



" Come over and see Primula chrysppa next spring. It's a thing to say your 

 prayers to." (Bulley.) 



A tufted perennial marsh-loving primrose from the Province of Yunnan, 

 China, where it grows in moist stony alpine meadows. It has oblong, bright- 

 green, somewhat fleshy, long-stemmed leaves and very attractive fragrant 

 flowers borne in two to four flowered umbels on the summit of the slender 

 scape. The calyx is green or purplish and the oblique corolla pale lilac with, 

 a golden eye. The entire plant is more or less covered with a white mealy 

 powder. (Adapted from Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburoh. 

 rol. 27\ p. 277.) 



56020. Guilielma utilis Oerst. Phoenicacea?. Pejibaye. 

 (Bactric wtilis Benth, and Hook.) 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Seeds purchased through Oton Jimenez 

 Received December 19, 1922. 



A shipment of seeds of the pejibaye. For an extended account of this in- 

 teresting food palm, see the Journal of Heredity, vol. 12. pp. 154-166. April, 1921. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 55982. 



