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62566 to 62590 — Continued. 



62570. COTONEASTER JIOUPINEN SIS 



Francb. 



A cotoneaster commonly found in 

 the thickets and margins of woods 

 throughout western Szechwan at alti- 

 tudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet. Accord- 

 ing to E. H. Wilson (Sargent, Plantae 

 Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 163) it is 6 to 

 15 feet high, with white flowers and 

 jet-black fruits. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 55081. 



62571. Cotoneaster newryensis Hort. 



62572. Cotoneaster salicifolia 

 Franch. 



A half-evergreen shrub, sometimes 

 15 feet in height, with white flowers 

 produced in dense corymbs about 2 

 inches across and roundish, bright-red 

 fruits, which, ripening in October, 

 make the shrub particularly ornamen- 

 tal. Native to western China. 



62573. Cotoneaster sp. 

 Farrer No. 403. 



62574. Cotoneaster sp. 

 Farrer No. 404. 



62575. Cotoneaster sp. 

 Farrer No. 405b. 



62576. Cotoneaster sp. 

 Forrest No. 14948. 



62577. Cotoneaster sp. 

 Forrest No. 14960. 



62578. Cotoneaster sp. 

 Forrest No. 14976. 



62579. Cotoneaster sp. 



Forrest No. 15376. 



62580 to 62584. These numbers were 

 affixed by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society and are not Forrest's own 

 numbers. 



62580. Cotoneaster sp. 

 No. 273. 



62581. Cotoneaster sp. 

 No. 402. 



62582. Cotoneaster sp. 

 No. 488. 



62583. Cotoneaster sp. 

 No. 489. 



62584. Cotoneaster sp. 

 No. 562. 



62585. Leptospermum pdbescens Lam. 

 Myrtaceae. 



The chief attractions of this evergreen 

 Australian shrub lie in the small, myrtle- 

 like foliage and the copiously produced 

 white flowers which cover the shrub in 

 the spring. 



62586. Sorbus domestica L. (Pyrus sar- 

 ins Gaertn.). • Malaceae. Service tree. 



A round-headed tree, 30 to 60 feet 

 high, which is often confounded with the 

 European mountain ash (Sorbus aucu- 

 paria) from which it is distinguished by 

 having larger flowers and fruits. The 



62566 to 62590 — Continued. 



leaflets are sharply and rather coarsely 

 serrate, and the white flowers, half an 

 inch wide, are in terminal, broadly py- 

 ramidal clusters. The fruits, roundish 

 or pear shaped, vary in size from half 

 an inch to an inch and a half. The 

 service tree is distributed throughout 

 southern Europe, northern Africa, and 

 western Asia. 



62587. Veronica cupressoides Hook. f. 

 Scrophulariaceae. Speedwell. 



The veronicas, of which there are 

 more than one hundred known species, 

 constitute an important feature of the 

 New Zealand flora, and many of them 

 are popular ornamentals. This species 

 belongs to a group known as the " whip- 

 cord " veronicas ; the mature leaves are 

 reduced to scales, usually pressed close 

 to the branch and completely hiding it. 

 It is described by Cockayne (Cultivation 

 of New Zealand Plants, p. 70) as a tall, 

 erect, cypresslike bush, 3 feet or more 

 high, with dense, dark-green foliage and 

 abundant purple flowers appearing in 

 summer. In New Zealand this plant is 

 sufficiently hardy to withstand a few 

 degrees of frost. 



62588. Viburnum hupehense Rehder. 

 Caprifoliaceae. Hupeh. viburnum. 



A fairly hardy deciduous shrub, allied 

 to Viburnum wrightii, 1 ! with coarsely 

 toothed, long-pointed, dark-green leaves, 

 white flowers and ovoid, dark-red fruits. 

 Native to central China. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 59401. 



62589. Viburnum veitchi C. H. Wright. 

 Caprifoliaceae. Veitch viburnum. 



One of the most ornamental of the 

 Lantana group, about 5 feet high, with 

 young branches, leafstalks, and under 

 surfaces of the leaves densely clothed 

 with starlike down ; the white flowers 

 are in cymes 4 to 5 inches across, and 

 the red fruits later become black. Na- 

 tive to central China. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 53752. 



62590. Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge. 

 Sapindaceae. 



A shrub, occasionally growing into a 

 small-sized tree, found in loose soil. The 

 shiny pinnate foliage reminds one of an 

 ash, but the drooping racemes of white 

 flowers, with yellow stamens, produced 

 in great masses in early summer, give the 

 shrub quite a distinct appearance. The 

 Chinese eat the kernels of the fruits and 

 call the plant " Mu kua hua," meaning 

 " quince flower," because the large fruits 

 resemble those of the Japanese quince 

 (Chaenomeles lagenaria). This shrub, 

 closely related to the horse-chestnut, is 

 decidedly ornamental and of special value 

 as a garden shrub for the semiarid sec- 

 tions of the United States where the win- 

 ters are not too severe. (Frank N. 

 Meyer, in note under S. P. I. No. 39^31.) 



62591 to 62598. Gosstpium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. A. Chevalier, Laboratoire d'Agro- 

 nonrie Coloniale. Received February 26, 

 1925. 



62591. Gossypium anomalum Wawra. 



This wild African cotton is described 

 by Oliver (Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 

 1, p. 211) as a shrub 5 to 10 feet in 



