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68981 to 68995 — Continued. 



For previous introduction 

 65746. 



68985. Lilium sp. Liliaceae. 



see No. 



No. 8349. Bokotu, Heilungkiang Prov- 

 ince. October 24, 1926. San yzu hua 

 (umbrella flower). 



68986. Lilium 



Liliaceae. 



No. 8353. Bokotu, Heilungkiang Prov- 

 ince. October 24, 1926. Hsiao san tzu 

 hua (small umbrella flower). 



68987. Malus baccata (L.) Moench. 

 Malaceae. Crab apple. 



No. 6749. September 28, 1926. Ob- 

 tained at Ertsendiantsy, through the Man- 

 churian Research Society. A fine woody 

 ornamental producing small red fruits 

 which do not contain many fertile seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 54266. 



68988. Malus baccata mandshurica 

 (Maxim.) C. Schneid. Malaceae. 



Crab apple. 



No. 7964. October 15, 1926. The 

 fruits containing these seeds were from 

 some 15 or 20 trees in the new Russian 

 cemetery, Harbin. The trees have flow- 

 ered and fruited very heavily for the last 

 two seasons ; they are very handsome 

 when in full flower and also in the fall 

 when the bright-red fruits are ripe. 



For previous introduction see No. 45675. 



68989 and 68990. Paeonia obovata Maxim. 

 Ranunculaceae. Peony. 



For previous introduction see No. 65188. 



68989. No. 8351. Bokotu, Heilung- 

 kiang Province. October 24, 1926. 

 Shan shao yao (wild peony). 



68990. No. 8360. Baream, Heilung- 

 kiang Province. October 24, 1926. 

 Shan shao yao (wild peony). 



68991 and 68992. Quercus mongolica 

 Fisch. Fabaceae. Oak. 



For previous introduction see No. 65676. 



68991. No. 8358. Bokotu, Heilung- 

 kiang Province. October 24, 1926. 

 Tso shu tzu or hsiang tzu. 



No. 8361. Baream, Heilung- 

 kiang. Province. October 24, 

 1926. Hsiang tzu. 



Salix sp. Salicaceae. Willow. 



No. 8352. Bokotu, Heilungkiang Prov- 

 ince. October 24, 1926. Lang wei pa\ 

 hua (wolf tail flower). 



A hardy Manchurian willow. 



68994. Syringa amurensis Rupr. Olea- 

 ceae. Manchurian lilac. 



No. 7269. Obtained at the station of 

 Shitoukhetsy on the Chinese Eastern 

 Railway, October 8, 1926. A handsome 

 shrub which grows to a height of 20 

 feet or more and produces large panicles 

 of white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65509. 



68995. (Undetermined.) 



No. 8357. Bokotu, Heilungkiang Prov- 

 ince. October 24, 1926. Yieh ta yen 

 (wild opium flower). 



68996. Borassus flabellifer L. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palmyra palm. 



From Jaffna, Ceylon. Seeds presented by 

 W. P. A. Cooke, division agricultural 

 officer. Received December 22, 1926. 



The famous " Palmyra palm " of India 

 and Ceylon, which, in the northern part 

 of this island, takes the place of the coco- 

 nut palm. Though a slow grower, it is a 

 very handsome palm when old. Inasmuch 

 as it grows in the dry coastal regions of 

 Ceylon, is apparently able to withstand 

 any amount of lime, and is said to have 

 been used successfully as a binder for sand 

 dunes, it should prove of real value in the 

 calcareous soils of southern Florida. In 

 the number of uses to which it is put 

 here it rivals the coconut. A delicate 

 sugar is made from the sap which flows in 

 abundance from its inflorescence when cut. 

 The seeds are germinated and the young 

 subterranean hypocotyl is used as a vege- 

 table. The leaves are used in many differ- 

 ent ways. The fruit, half the size of a 

 coconut, is very attractive in appearance 

 and when ripe exhales a delicate fragrance. 

 The hull is eaten by the Tamils of Ceylon. 

 (Note by David Fairchild under No. 666$.) 



68997. Lilium sulphureum Baker. 

 Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Tunbridge Wells, England. Bulbs 

 purchased from R. Wallace & Co. Re- 

 ceived December 27, 1926. 



This is described (Curtis's Botanical 

 Magazine, pi. 7257) as a large and hand- 

 some lily, native to northern Burma, with 

 an erect green stem 6 or 7 feet high and 

 numerous scattered linear bright-green 

 leaves, the longest of which are about 4 

 inches long and near the base of the plant. 

 The flowers, usually in clusters of two or 

 three, are pendent on long peduncles. 



For previous introduction see No. 57676. 



68998 and 68999. Citrus grandis (L.) 

 Osbeck (C. decumana Murr.) . Buta- 

 ceae. Grapefruit. 



From Asia. Seeds obtained from H. J. 

 Webb, Seattle, Wash., through W. T. 

 Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 13, 1926. 



68998. A red-fleshed variety of fine 

 quality. 



68999. [Seeds of unknown origin.] 



69000. Itea yunnanensis Franch. Es- 

 calloniaceae. 



From Kew, England. Cuttings presented 

 by Dr. A. W. Hill, Director, Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens. Received December 28, 

 1925. Numbered October, 1926. 



An ornamental evergreen shrub, native 

 to the mountainous districts of Yunnan, 

 southwestern China. The bark is light 

 green, the leaves ovate and thin, and the 

 small white flowers are in graceful axillary 

 racemes about 6 inches long. 



69001. Calyptrocalyx spicatus (Lain.) 

 Blume. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds obtained 

 by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the Allison V. Armour 

 expedition. Received February 26, 1926. 

 Numbered October. 1926. 



