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at an altitude of about 8,300 feet. The nuts are very thick shelled 

 and difficult to break and are gathered by the natives for the sake of 

 the oil. There are several varieties which vary in the shape of the 

 nuts, some being oblong, some ovoid, and some globular; all are thick 

 shelled." 



56092 to 56099. Malus spp. Malacca?. Apple. 



56092. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6687. September 28, 1922.) A large tree with a large 

 crown of ascending branches, found beyond Taipingpu, three days' 

 journey west of Talifu, at an altitude of 8.200 feet. The yellowish 

 green fruits are 2 inches in diameter, fragrant but sour." 



56093. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6688. September 27, 1922.) A wild apple tree from the 

 Yangpi Mountains, two days' journey from Talifu. where it grows 

 at an altitude of 7,800 feet. The fruits arc bright red and yellow, 

 with rather numerous seeds.'' 



56094. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6690. September 27, 1922.) A tree 30 feet in height with 

 a trunk 2 to 2* feet in diameter and straight ascending branches, 

 found wild in red clayey soil all over the ranges between Yangpi 

 and Taipingpu, at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The oblong leaves are 

 dark green above and pale beneath ; the very numerous fruits, the 

 size of small apples, are yellowish with a bright reddish tinge, with 

 firm, very fragrant but sour flesh. The tree is exceedingly hardy 

 and free from disease and occurs here where nothing else will grow 

 except the hardy Yunnan pine (Pinus sinensis).'" 



56095. Malus sp. 



'•(No. 6691. September, 1922.) A peculiar tree with long spread- 

 ing, drooping branches like a willow, found only along watercourses 

 between Yangpi and Taipingpu, at an altitude of 8,300 feet. The 

 tree was loaded with small oblong fruits- less than an inch long 

 and half an inch in diameter, with dull carmine-red skin and very 

 juicy sour flesh. I did not see this species elsewhere." 



56096. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6696. September 30. 1922.) A fine hardy tree 15 to 20 

 feet high, which grows wild with Castanea sp., in the hills between 

 Huanglienpu and Chutung. The yellowish red fruits are 2 inches 

 in diameter." 



56097. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6696. September. 1922.) Seeds of the preceding [S. P. I. 

 No. 56096] collected beyond Shiashuichi. The flowers are red." 



56098. Malus sp. 



"(No. 669S. October 4, 1922.) A tree 20 feet tall which grows 

 wild in the mountains beyond Pingpo, on top of the western ridge 

 of the Mekong Valley, at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The tree was 

 loaded with thousands of dark-crimson, oblong, mealy fruits the size 

 of wild cherries: in fact, the tree could be mistaken at a short dis- 

 tance for ;i cherry tree. It is a prolific bearer and grows in clay 

 loam mixed with slate." 



56099. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6713. October, 1922.) A wild apple tree 20 to 30 feet high, 

 sent to me through the kindness of Rev. Mr. Fullerton, of the Szemao 

 Mission ; it grows in the mountains near Szemao at an altitude of 

 5,000 feet or more. The globose fruits are little more than an inch 

 in diameter and are called toi." 



