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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



35088 to 35115— Continued. 



35107. PiNUS PYRENAicA LapeyT. Pine. 



"The geographical range of Pinus pyrenaica may be stated in general terms 

 to extend through the Mediterranean region from the Pyrenees to the Levant 

 and Asia Minor, whence it spreads eastward through northern Persia into 

 Afghanistan as far as Herat. It occurs on many of the mountain ranges through- 

 out this region at altitudes of 2,000 to 6,000 feet; in the more densely inhabited 

 parts of the Mediterranean littoral it is seen only in groups, separated by a con- 

 siderable interval from each other; on the lower slopes of the Cilician Taurus 

 it forms extensive forests, for the most pait unmixed with other trees. The 

 economic value of this pine is considerable in those districts where it is still 

 abimdant, as in Cilicia and the adjacent parts of Asia Minor. To the inhabitants 

 of this region it supplies the best timber for building and many other con- 

 structive purposes, but as the forests are under no kind of supervision or con- 

 trol by the government of the country, the trees are felled in a most reckless 

 manner and with a most deplorable waste of material. Still greater destruction 

 is caused by the turpentine collectors, who mutilate and render useless every 

 tree they attack." ( Veitch's Manual of Coniferae.) 



36108. PiTTospoRUM PHiLLYRAEOiDES DC. Butter bush. 



"This tree is sometimes called butter bush, native willow, and poison berry, 

 and is said to yield a gum somewhat similar to gum arable, and even superior 

 to it. The seeds are very bitter to the taste, yet the aborigines in the interior 

 were in the habit of pounding them into flour for use as food. It is found in all 

 the colonies of Australia, with the exception of Tasmania." {Maiden, Useful 

 Native Plants of Australia, pp. 53 and 220.) 



35109. Rhus punjabensis sinica (Diels) Rehder and Wilson. 

 (Wilson No. 275. China.) 



"From woodlands south of Ichang, western Hupeh, at altitudes of 1,000 to 

 1,600 meters, September, 1907. A small tree 5 to 8 meters tall, with whitish 

 flowers and crimson fruit." {Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 176.) 



35110. Rosa sp. Bose. 

 (Wilson No. 619. China.) 



35111. Rosa sp. Bose. 

 (Wilson No. 666. China.) 



35112. Rosa sp. Bose. 

 (Wilson No. 666-A. China.) 



35113. Passiflora manicata (Juss.) Persoon. Passion fruit. 

 ( Tacsonia manicata Juss. ) 



Distribution. — A climbing vine with red flowers foimd in the vicinity of 

 Loja, Ecuador, and in Peru and Colombia. 



35114. Psedera henryana (Hemsl.) Schneider. 

 ( Vitis henryana Hemsl.) 



"The habit of this plant is that of the common Virginia creeper, but the 

 color is more gorgeous. The young foliage is a rich scarlet; the older foliage 

 has a bronzy tint, like that of Leea amahilis. The leaf lobes, both in the young 

 scarlet stage and in the adult form, have a silvery band along the midrib and 

 side branches. The plant is a native of Hupeh and Ichang, central China, 

 where it was discovered by Dr. Henry, It is quite hardy." {Gardeners* 

 Chronicle, p. 309.) 



35115. Ampelopsis delavayana Planchon. 

 See S. P. I. No. 34592 for previous introduction. 



