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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56288 to 56386 — Continued. 



56379 to 56385. Viburnum spp. Capri- 

 foliacese. 



56379. Viburnum sp. 



"(No. 6770. October, 1922.) A hand- 

 some shrub 15 feet high from alpine 

 meadows and steep slopes of the Likiang 

 Snow Range, where it grows at an altitude 

 of 12,500 feet. It has small wedge-shaped 

 leaves and large corymbs of crimson or 

 carmine berries." 



Viburnum sp. 



"(No. 6771. October, 1922.) A very 

 attractive shrub 4 feet in height with 

 maplelike leaves, found growing among 

 limestone bowlders in the Likiang Snow 

 Range at an altitude of 15,000 feet. The 

 oval crimson berries are in loose panicles." 



56381. Viburnum sp. 



"(No. 6772. October, 1922.) A hand- 

 some shrub or small tree 15 feet high, with 

 smooth oval leaves and small drooping 

 clusters of scarlet berries, found on the 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Range at an 

 altitude of 12,000 feet." 



56382. Viburnum sp. 



"(No. 6773. October, 1922.) A shrub 

 4 or 5 feet high which grows on the eastern 

 end of the Likiang Plain among limestone 

 rocks, at an altitude of 10,000 feet. It has 

 small hairy oval leaves and large drooping 

 panicles of rich carmine berries." 



56383. Viburnum sp. 



"(No. 6774. October, 1922.) An at- 

 tractive shrub 6 to 10 feet high, with large 

 hairy, broadly oval leaves and large 

 clusters of carmine-crimson berries. It 

 grows in alpine meadows on the Likiang 

 Snow Range at an altitude of 11,000 feet." 



58384. Viburnum sp. 



"(No. 6786. October, 1922.) A tall 

 shrub 12 to 15 feet in height, which grows 

 at an altitude of 12,000 to 13,000 feet on the 

 Likiang Snow Range. The leaves are 

 smooth and uniformly green, and the 

 crimson berries are in large terminal 

 corymbs." 



58385. Viburnum sp. 



"(No. 6820. November 30, 1922.) An 

 exceedingly handsome shrub 20 feet tall, 

 with large oval leaves and huge terminal 

 clusters of large transparent scarlet ber- 

 ries, found on the summit of the Salwin 

 Ridge at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The 

 juice is used by the natives in pickling 

 turnip leaves." 



56886. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 6831. October, 1922.) A handsome 

 tree 15 to 20 feet high, which grows on the 

 western slopes of the Likiang Snow Range 

 at an altitude of 11 ,000 feet. The large oblong 

 leaves are brownish woolly beneath, and the 

 deep pink or red flowers are in large corymbs." 



56387. Meibomia sp. Fabaceae. 



From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by 

 J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. Received Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1923. 



"(No. 6783. October, 1922.) An ornamental 

 bush 10 feet high, with very attractive deep pink 

 flowers, found on the western and eastern slopes 

 of the Likiang Snow Range at an altitude of 10,000 

 feet." 



56388. Festtjca ovina novo-zeland- 

 iae Hack. Poaceae. 



Fescue tussock grass. 



From Stanley, Falkland Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Colonial Secretary. Received 

 January 18, 1923. 



Introduced for testing as a forage plant. 



A densely tufted perennial grass with culms 12 

 to 20 inches high and erect, very narrow, cylindric, 

 sharply pointed rough leaves almost as long as the 

 culms. This grass is native to North Island, New 

 Zealand. (Adapted from Chteseman, Manual of 

 the New Zealand Flora, p. 917.) 



56389. Diospyros kaki L.-f. Diospy- 

 raceae. Kaki. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Seeds purchased 

 from the Yokohama Nurserv Co. Received 

 February 12, 1923. 



A semiwild variety with a long pointed fruit used 

 by Japanese nurserymen as a stock plant on which 

 to graft the cultivated kakis. 



56390 to 56398. 



From China. Seeds presented by C. A. Reed, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Janu- 

 ary 10, 1923. Quoted notes by Mr. Reed, 

 unless otherwise stated. 



56390. Aesculus wn.soNn Rehder. iEscu- 

 lace*. Horsechestnut. 



"(No. 22c. Peking.) Obtained from J. 

 Hers, secretary general, Lunghai Railway 

 Co." 



A horsechestnut native to Szechwan and 

 Hupeh, China, which is very closely allied 

 to Aesculus chinensis, from which it differs 

 only in a few minor characters. It is a large 

 tree with leaves which are downy when 

 young and white flowers borne in racemes 

 which sometimes become 16 inches in length. 

 The burs are rough but not spiny. 



56391. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabaceae. 



Peanut. 



"(No. 45gc. Hangchow, Chekiang.) Typ- 

 ical specimens obtained in the market."' 



56392 to 56397. Castanea mollissima Blume. 

 Fagaceae. Chestnut. 



56392. " (No. 17c. Hsinchuang, Chihli.) 

 Nuts obtained from wild trees growing 

 about 32 li (about 9 miles) north of the 

 Ming tombs, among walnut trees of 

 various species. The nuts are of fair 

 size and qualitv, although not equal to 

 those of S. P. I. No. 56397 from the 

 Lanchow-Changli district, Chihli." 



56393. "(No. 18c. Anshan, Chihli. Oc- 

 tober, 1922.) Nuts obtained on the 

 streets of Anshan, a railroad station 

 between Lanchow and Changli; per- 

 haps originally from north of Lanchow. 

 There are many orchards containing a 

 hundred trees or more about a day's 

 travel north of Lanchow." 



56394. "(No. 20c. Tsinan, Shantung.) 

 Typical nuts obtained in the market; 

 probably grown in a chestnut district 

 15 or 20 miles north of Tsinan." 



56395. "(No. 21c. Yihsien, Shantung.) 

 Typical nuts purchased on the streets." 



56396. "(No. 34c. Shihkiachwang, 

 Chihli.) Typical specimens from the 

 market." 



56397. " (Nos. 58c and 59c. Yanchia- 

 chuan, near Gupu, in the Lanchow- 

 Changli district, October 15, 1922.) 



