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65591 to 65610 — Continued. 



narrow panicles of yellow flowers, and egg- 

 shaped salmon-red fruits about one-fourth of an 

 inch long. It is a native of western China and 

 grows very freely under cultivation at Kew, 

 England. 



For previous introduction, see No. 58136. 



65593. Beebebis canadensis Mill. 



Received as Berberis angulizans, which is now 

 referred to B. canadensis. This is the common 

 barberry of the eastern United States, and 

 seeds are now introduced for the use of horti- 

 culturists studying the genus Berberis. 



For previous introduction, see No. 49055. 



65594. Beebebis candidula C. Schneid. 



A prostrate evergreen shrub with yellowish 

 branchlets, elliptic leaves, white beneath, and 

 violet-black fruits. Native to central China. 



65595. Beebebis dictyophylla Franch. 



A graceful bushy barberry, about 6 feet high, 

 native to southwestern China, with small tufts 

 of oblong leaves, glaucous beneath, solitary 

 yellow flowers, and ovoid red berries. 



For previous introduction, see No. 59003. 



65596. Beebebis dielsiana Fedde. 



A spreading, loosely branched, Chinese 

 shrub often 10 feet high, with elliptic leaves that 

 are whitish beneath. The beauty of the red 

 fruits is accentuated by the bronzy color of the 

 leaves in the fall. 



For previous introduction, see No. 58103. 



65597. Beebebis feancisci-febdinandi C. 

 Schneid. 



For previous introduction and description, 

 see No. 65230. 



65598. Beebebis gagnepaini C. Schneid. 



An evergreen Chinese shrub 3 to 6 feet high, 

 with leathery leaves, spiny on the margins, and 

 delicate yellow flowers on red pedicels. The 

 ellipsoid berries are dark purple. 



For previous introduction, see No. 61974. 



65599. Beebebis jtjlianae C. Schneid. 



A shrubby barberry, up to 7 feet high, native 

 to western China. It has thick three-cleft spines 

 about 13^ inches long, narrowly oval leathery 

 leaves, and small, yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction, see No. 63336. 



65600. Beebebis Levis Franch. 



An evergreen shrub up to 5 feet high, usually 

 with long spines, with narrow-linear leaves, and 

 small purplish fruits. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction, see No. 34553. 



65601. Beebebis moeeisonensis Hayata. 



For previous introduction and description, 

 see No. 65473. 



65602. Beebebis bubeostilla Hort. 



"An elegant seedling barberry of unrecorded 

 parentage, but probably a hybrid between 

 Berberis wilsonae and B. concinna. It has the 

 habit of the latter, but has large, pendent, rich 

 coral-red fruits. It is a very useful addition to 

 our fruiting shrubs." {Gardeners' Magazine, 

 vol. 59, p. U9.) 



For previous introduction, see No. 47300. 



65591 to 65610— Continued. 



65603. Beebebis subcatjlialata C. Schneid. 



A thickly branched shrub from Tibet, up to 

 43^ feet high, with spines up to an inch in length, 

 thick lance-shaped leaves about an inch long, 

 and globular, reddish yellow fruits one-fourth 

 of an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction, see No. 58143. 



65604. Beebebis wilsonae Hemsl. 



A handsome, sometimes partially evergreen 

 shrub, 2 to 4 feet high, with abundant roundish 

 coral-red berries, somewhat translucent. The 

 leaves assume brilliant tints in the fall. Native 

 to western China. 



For previous introduction, see No. 60419. 



65605. Beebebis sp. 

 Farrer No. 355. 



65606. Beebebis sp. 

 M. V. No. 2768. 



65607. Beebebis sp. 

 Vilmorin No. 117/15. 



65608. Beebebis sp. 

 Wilson No. 1180. 



65609. Beebebis sp. 

 M. V. No. 7509. 



65610. Beebebis sp. 



Labeled Berberis morrisonensis (?) No. 10912 

 Wilson; fruits not like B. morrisonensis. 



65611. Senecio grisebachii Baker. 

 Asteraceae. 



From Orotava, Tenerifle, Canary Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Juan Bolinaga, Directeur du 

 Jardin de Acclimatacion. Received December 

 9, 1925. 



A Brazilian composite which, as described by 

 Martius (Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 6, pt. 3, p. 313), 

 is either a biennial or perennial herb, with sessile 

 linear leaves 3 to 4 inches long, white pubescent 

 beneath, and lax panicles of small yellow flowers. 



65612 to 65684. 



From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received December, 1925. 



65612. Actinidia kolomikta (Maxim.) Rupr. 

 Dilleniaceae. 



No. 4576. Ertsingtientze. October 26, 1925. 

 Cuttings of an extremely ornamental vine with 

 many of the leaves blotched white. 



For previous introduction, see No. 58153. 



65613. Amethystea caeetjlea L. Menthaceae. 



No. 4568. October 25, 1925. Seeds presented 

 by L. B. SmearnofT, of Echo. Seeds eaten by 

 birds. A fragrant hardy annual about a foot 

 high. 



65614. Ampelopsis beevipedtjnculata (Maxim.) 

 Koehne. Vitaceae. 



No. 4633. Harbin. October 30, 192-*. Cut- 

 tings of a variety producing yellowish gre^n 

 fruit, from the Russian cemetery. Seeds were 

 sent in under No. 3723 [No. 651781. 



For previous introduction, see No. 63332. 



