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26902. DIOSPYKOS KAKI. Persimmon. From Rev. A. O.
Loosely, Tientai, China. Reported to be a delicious persimmon,
about the size and shape of a large egg. It has a bearing season of
about two months and is said to be very prolific.

DIOSPYROS LOTUS. Compact-growing tree, 20 to 50 feet high,
with oblong pubescent, sometimes glabrous, leaves and reddish,
white, or yellow flowers.  The edible, globular fruits are brown or
black when ripe and less than 1 inch in diameter.  Extremely drought
and heat resistant and useful as stocks for improved, large-fruited
varieties of persimmons, especially in dry, hot regions of this country.

40891. DIOSPYROS MONTANA. From William Bembower,
Lal Bagh, Bangalore, India. A small, erect, deciduous tree up to
30 feet high, often with spines on trunk and larger branches.  Bees
are said to be very fond of the flowers. Fruit 1½ inches in diameter.
It is quite ornamental and useful where small trees are desirable,
but not hardy.

40178. DIPELTA VENTRICOSA. Ornamental flowering shrub
from western China, discovered by E. H. Wilson.  Differs from
D. floribunda (which resembles the Weigela) in having smaller belled
corolla.  Flowers rose colored.  Shrub 6 to 15 feet high.  Hardy in
England.

DOLICHOLUS PHASEOLOIDES. High-climbing ornamental
leguminous plant from the West Indies and northern South America.
Stems twining.  Flowers pealike, yellow, with purple-striped standard 
borne in numerous axillary racemes.  The small black and scarlet 
or black and yellow seeds are often strung as beads; they are also
said to be used medicinally.  Can be cultivated out of doors only in
the southernmost parts of the United States.

DOLICHOS LABLAB. Hyacinth bean.  A form procured by
F. N. Meyer in China. Ornamental vine, chiefly valuable for its
masses of pink flowers which appear late in the fall.  Stems twining;
leaves composed of three rather broad leaflets; flowers somewhat
resembling sweet peas, but clustered in a dense spike.  Often cultivated 
in the Tropics for the edible pods.

36757. DUCHESNEA FILIPENDULA. Collected by F. N.
Meyer near Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli, China.  Wild plant closely
related to the strawberries (Fragaria spp.), found on the northern
slopes of mountains and in alpine meadows at 6,000 to 9,000 feet
altitude.  Fruit fairly large, carmine red, slightly elongated.  Said
to be of delicious flavor.  Possibly of value in hybridization 
experiments.
        