
          40704. CLEMATIS SP. From
F. N. Meyer, near Tan Chang, Kansu,
China. A bushy species with yellow
flowers, found amidst dry rocky debris
at 5000 to 7000 feet elevation. For
trial as a border shrub in dry regions.

40066. CLETHRA BARBINERVIS. 
From Japan, through E.H.
Wilson. A deciduous shrub of the
heath family, up to 6 feet high. Leaves
often clustered at the end of the twigs,
oval or obovate, 2 to 5 inches long.
Flowers white, produced from July to
September, in a rather compact 
terminal panicle 4 to 6 inches long, 
covered with white, starry down. Not so
hardy as our native C. alnifolia.

35141. COCCOTHRINAX GARBERI. 
Teyer Tree. From Charlotte
Amalia, St. Thomas, W. I. Presented 
by Dr. J. N.Rose. Fan-leaved palm,
common in the Virgin Islands and
much prized as an ornamental. A
slender tree with terminal leaves, pale
below, thin and brittle, divided into
narrow sword-shaped segments.
        