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72781 to 72818— Continued. 



72808. Hedysarum esculentum Ledeb. 



A hardy herbaceous yellow-flowered per- 

 ennial, native to Siberia. 



For previous introduction see No. 42191. 



72807. Hedysarum flavescens Regel and 

 Schmalh. 



A hardy bushy leguminous plant with 

 yellow flowers. Native to Turkestan. 



For previous introduction see No. 42192. 



72808. Hume a elegans J. E. Smith. Aster- 

 aceae. Fountain humea. 



A somewhat tender red-flowered biennial, 

 about 6 feet high, native to New South Wales. 



72809. Lonicera chaetocarpa Rehder. Capri- 

 foliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



A honeysuckle collected in Kansu, western 

 China, by E. H. Wilson, which is described 

 (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 8804) as a 

 shijub of compact habit and about 5 feet in 

 height. The oblong leaves are bright green and 

 more or less hairy, and the flowers, an inch or 

 more in length, open in early June and are a 

 pleasing primrose yellow. 



For previous introduction see No. 66297. 



72810. Malus kansuensis (Batal.) C. Schneid. 



A hardy ornamental wild apple, up to 8 

 meters high, with white flowers and red or 

 yellow fruits. Native to northwestern China. 



72811. ONOBRYCHIS . TOURNEFORTII (Willd.) 



Desv. Fabaceae. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial native to Asia 

 Minor. 



72812. Pernettya mucronata (L. f.) Gaud. 

 Ericaceae. 



According to W. J. Bean (Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 127), this is 

 one of the finest ornamental shrubs, native to 

 South America, about the Straits of Magellan. 

 It is one of the hardiest from that continent, and 

 is rarely injured by frost in the neighborhood of 

 London. The shrub is evergreen, 2 to 5 feet 

 high, and spreads freely by suckers, forming 

 ultimately a dense low thicket. The nodding 

 white flowers, one-fourth of an inch long, are 

 produced singly in the axils of the leaves at the 

 ends of the shoots. The round berries, up to 

 half an inch in diameter, vary in color from white 

 to pink, lilac, crimson, purple, or almost black 

 and remain on the branches throughout the 

 winter and following spring. At Kew the 

 berries are untouched by the birds. 



For previous introduction see No. 62286. 



72813. Photinia beauverdiana C. Schneid. 

 Malaceae. 



A somewhat tender evergreen shrub with 

 white flowers. Native to western China. 



72814. Pyracantha crenulata rodgersiana 

 A. B. Jacks. Malaceae. 



A handsome evergreen spiny shrub with 

 white flowers and orange-red fruits. Native to 

 western China. 



72815. Rodgersia pinnata Franch. Saxifra- 

 gaceae. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial, 2 to 4 feet high, 

 with flowers varying in color from pink to deep 

 red. 



For previous introduction see No. 48655. 



72781 to 72818— Continued. 



72816. Rosa davidi Crepin. Rosaceae. 



David rose. 



A pink-flowered, orange-fruited rose, up to 

 18 feet high, native to western Szechwan, China, 

 at altitudes of 4,000 to 9,000 feet. It is the nearest 

 Chinese relative of Rosa macrophylla of the 

 western Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see No. 61986. 



72817. Stranvaesia davidiana undulata (De- 

 caisne) Rehd. and Wils. Malaceae. 



A low spreading evergreen shrub, or occa- 

 sionally a small tree, native to western China. 

 The narrow-oval, leathery leaves, 1 to 3 inches 

 long, are glossy green, and the white flowers, 

 about half an inch in diameter, appear in termi- 

 nal clusters. Its greatest charm as an ornamen- 

 tal is the abundant crop of bright-red fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 66312. 



72818. Trigonella polycerata L. Fabaceae. 



A prostrate or ascending annual, 1 or 2 feet 

 high, with obovate leaflets and small umbellike 

 clusters of yellow flowers. Native to southern 

 Europe and northern Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 58717. 

 72819 to 72827. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Seeds presented by 

 William Wright Smith, Regius Keeper, Royal 

 Botanic Garden. Received February 12, 1927. 



72819 to 72821. alnus spp. Betulaceae. Alder. 



72819. Alnus incana pendula Callier. 



Speckled alder. 



A pendulous variety of the speckled alder. 



The typical form is native to the eastern 



United States, where it is a small tree with 



dark-green leaves which are rusty beneath. 



72820. Alnus incana glauca (Michx.) Ait. 



A variety with the leaves blue-green 

 beneath. 



72821. Alnus hirsuta Turcz. 



A hardy Japanese tree, up to 60 feet in 

 height, with large handsome foliage. 



72822. Buddleia stenostachya Rehd. and 

 Wils. Loganiaceae. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 72786. 



72823. Cistus villosus corsicus (Lois.) Grosser. 

 Cistaceae. 



An erect ornamental hairy shrub, about 4 

 feet high, with small rounded-oval leaves and 

 purplish pink flowers. Native to the island of 

 Corsica. 



HARROVIANA Wilson. 



72824. COTONEASTER 



Malaceae. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 72794. 



72825. Crataegus orientalis Pall. Malaceae. 



Hawthorn. 

 A shrub or small tree, with dense corymbs of 

 flowers and dark-red fruits. It is native to dry, 

 stony places in Asia Minor and southeastern 

 Europe and is said to withstand much heat and 

 drought. 



For previous introduction see No. 61331. 



72826. Pernettya mucronata (L. f.) Gaud. 

 Ericaceae. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 No. 72812. 



72827. Stranvaesia davidiana undulata (De- 

 caisne) Rehd. and Wils. Malaceae. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 No. 72817. 



