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71176 to 71256— Continued. 



71240 to 71243. Fortunella hindsii (Champ.) 

 Swingle (Atalantia hindsii Oliver). Rutaceae. 



A small shrub with oval-elliptic leathery 

 leaves and small orange fruits. Native to 

 southeastern China. 



71240 and 71241. From Wakayama, Japan. 



71240. No. 906. 71241. No. 907. 



71242 and 71243. From Saitama, Japan. 



71242. No. 908. 71243. No. 909. 



71244. Keteleeria davtdiana (Bertrand) Beiss 

 ner. Pinaceae. 



No. 861. A coniferous tree native to western 

 China which is closely allied to the firs. It 

 sometimes becomes 100 feet tall, is of pyramidal 

 habit, and has handsome, glossy green, firlike 

 foliage. The tree is said to be somewhat tender 

 to frost, and therefore probably adapted for 

 growing only in the southern half of the United 

 States. 



For previous introduction see No. 62254. 



71245 to 71248. Mortjs spp. Moraceae. 



Mulberry. 

 Cuttings. 



71245. Mortjs sp. 



No. 804 a-c. A variety with green bark. 



71246. Mortjs sp. 

 No. 805-b. 



71247. Mortjs sp. 

 No. 806-b. 



71248. Mortjs sp. 

 No. 808 a-c. 



71249. Nageia nagi (Thunb.) Kuntze (Podo- 

 carpus nagi VUger.). Taxaceae. 



No. 859. From China. Originally grown in 

 Japan. An evergreen subtropical tree 30 to 60 

 feet high, with very narrow, bluish green sharp- 

 pointed leaves about 3 inches long and arranged 

 in two rows on the branches. The fruit is a 

 small fleshy purplish black drupe, which emits 

 a balsamlike fragrance when cut. In Japan the 

 white, fine-grained wood is used for furniture 

 and general building. Propagation is easily 

 carried on by seeds of which the tree produces 

 an_abundance. 



For previous introduction see No. 55477. 



71250. Photinia serrtjlata Lindl. Malaceae. 



No. 856. An ornamental shrub with dark 

 evergreen leaves and red berries. 



71251. Poncirtjs sp. Rutaceae. 



No. 949. Kikoku (Sappan kikoku). A small 

 citrus tree from the Citrus Experiment Station 

 near Tanushimaru, Japan. 



71252. Potjpartia axillaris (Roxb.) King and 

 Prain. Anacardiaceae. 



No. 801. From Chekiang Province (?). 

 A very rapid-growing tree which is quite large 

 and bears yellow edible fruits an inch long. 

 Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 44519. 



71253. Taiwania cryptomebioides Hayata. 

 Pinaceae. Taiwania. 



No. 862. From the botanic garden, Tokyo, 

 Japan. As described in the Journal of the 

 Arnold Arboretum (vol. 2, p. 35), this is the 

 loftiest tree in the forests of Taiwan, where it 

 rears its small moplike crown well above all its 



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neighbors. The average height of this tree is 

 160 feet, but specimens exceeding 200 feet are 

 known. The trunk is sometimes 30 feet in girth, 

 quite straight, and bare of branches for 100 to 

 150 feet. It is a strikingly distinct tree, singu- 

 larly like an old Cryptomeria; both trees suggest 

 gigantic lycopods. In the dense forests the 

 crown is small, dome-shaped or flattened, the 

 branches few and short, and one wonders how so 

 little leafage can support so large a tree. When 

 the top is broken by storms, the lateral branches 

 assume an erect position. In the more open 

 forest the branches are massive and wide-spread- 

 ing, the crown is oval or flattened, and on small 

 trees the branchlets are often pendent. Tai- 

 wania sheds its small branchlets as do species of 

 Cryptomeria, Cunninghamia, and Sequoia. 



For previous introduction see No. 52570. 



71254. Thea sinensis L. Theaceae. Tea. 

 No. 855. Seeds of Japanese tea. 



71255. Viburnum hupehense Rehder. Capri- 

 foliaceae. Hupeh viburnum. 



No. 858. A fairly hardy, deciduous shrubby 

 species, allied to Viburnum wrightii, with 

 coarsely toothed, long-pointed, dark-green 

 leaves, and ovoid, dark-red fruits. Native to 

 central China. 



For previous introduction see No. 63687. 



71256. Citrus ichangensis Swingle. Rutaceae. 



Ichang lemon. 

 For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 71871-84. 



71257. Jtjglans mandshtjrica Maxim. 

 Juglandaceae. 



From China. Seeds collected by F. A. McClure, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 14, 1927. 



No. 864. Chiuhwashaan, Anhwei Province. 

 November 4, 1926. Hak to. Black "English" 

 walnuts, said to grow wild in this region. 



For previous introduction see No. 62611. 



71258. GlGANTOCHLOA ASPERA Hort. 



Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Plants collected by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. Armour 

 expedition. Received July 19, 1926. Numbered 

 March, 1927. 



No. 867. Botanic Gardens. June 9, 1926. A 

 clump bamboo. 



71259. Diospyros kaki L. f. 

 pyraceae. 



Dios- 

 Kaki. 



From China. Seeds collected by F. A. McClure, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received December 27, 1926. Numbered 

 January, 1927. 



No. 701. Chiuhwashaan, Anhwei Province. 

 November, 1926. Seeds from several types of 

 fruits. The largest plants seen were from 2 to 3 

 meters in height, and they were very rare. 



71260. Saccharum spontanetjm L. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by Dr. Gonzalo M. Fortun, Director, 

 Estacion Experimental Agronomica, through 

 E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 22, 1927. 



A tall coarse ornamental tropical grass, related 

 to sugar cane. 



