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103347. SPIRAEA ARCUATA. Spirea. From southwestern China. Collected by Dr. Joseph 
F. Rock, in the Yetsi mountains, Muli Territory, Szechwan, and presented through 
Dr. T. H. Goodspeed, University of California. A bushy shrub 6 to 8 feet high with 
shining dark-brown branches and small obovate, coarsely toothed or lobed leaves; 
leaves one half inch long. The small flowers which vary from red to white, are in 
dense corymbs. Native to the Himalayan region between 11,000 and 14,000 feet alti- 
tude. For trial in the lower South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
105638. STYRAX SP. From China. Obtained from A. N. Steward, Ta Tseh Shan, Yung 
Hsien, China. A low shrub found growing at the forest edge. The known species of 
Styrax have fragrant, pendulous, white flowers. For trial in the northern Gulf 
region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md,) 
91833. SYRINGA TOMENTELLA. Felty lilac. From Scotland. Presented by W. Wright 
Smith, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. A bushy shrub, about 10 feet 
high, with elliptic leaves which are hairy beneath, and loose, long—branched spikes 
of fine mauve-pink flowers, produced in late May and early June. It is native to 
western China. For trial in the milder parts of the northern states and on the 
Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
91834. SYRINGA YUNNANENSIS. Yunnan lilac. From Scotland. Presented by W. Wright 
Smith, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. A handsome shrub of open 
spreading growth, related to Syringa wilsonii, but with pale-pink flowers in large 
panicles, produced in June. The downy leaves have a distinct red midrib, the color 
being continued through the leaf stalk. Native to China. For trial in the milder 
parts of the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
92069. TILIA MANDSHURICA. Manchurian linden. Collected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. 
Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tree to 65 feet high. 
The leaves, 3 to 6 inches long, are orbicular-ovate, short acuminate, coarsely 
serrate, sometimes indistinctly lobed, slightly pubescent above and tomentose beneath 
without axillary tufts. Flowers in brownish tomentose cymes; fruit more or less 
5-ribbed. For trial in all but the coldest parts of the northern states. (Glenn 
Dale, Md.) 
103921. TOUNATEA MADAGASCARIENSIS.* From Africa. Received from Rev. Kenneth Prior, 
Angola. A tropical leguminous tree, 12 to 30 feet in height, with compound leaves 
about 6 inches long, having 9 to 11 leathery oblong leaflets. The roundish yellow 
flowers, about 1 inch across, are solitary or in small racemes. The heavy wood is 
deep red in color and is said to be excellent for piano manufacture and good for 
all high-class furniture work. Native to south central Africa and Madagascar. For 
trial in extreme southern parts of Florida and California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
