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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36012 to 36015. 



From Soochow. China. Presented by Mr. X. Gi^t Gee. Soochow University. 

 Received August 21, 1913. 



36012. Amtgdaluspersica L. Peach. 



(Prunus persica Stokes.) 



36013. Eriobotrya JAPONTLCA (Thunb.) Lindl. Loquat. 

 "Bibo seedfi." 



36014. Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc. 

 (Jfi/rica nagi Thunb.) 



^^Yang mei." 



36015. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot. 



36016. Tebmixalia edixis Blanco. Calumpit. 



From Lamao. Bataan. Philippine Islands. Presented by 'Mi. P. J. Wester, horti- 

 culturist. Bureau of Agriculture. Eeceived August 26, 1913. 

 *'A large, attractive tree, with rounded well-formed crown, quite open, gi^-ing half 

 shade, and therefore making a desirable shade tree where dense shade is not desired. 

 The fruit is a little larger than a cherry, dark red. fleshy, subacid, and edible. Eipens 

 in June and July, when the fruit is collected and eaten by the Filipinos. As far as I 

 know, the tree is never cultivated. The species ought, of course, to do well in Porto 

 Rico and elsewhere in tropical America, and may possibly succeed in extreme south 

 Horida." (Wester.) 



36017. Pextapetes phoexicea L. 



From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by i^Ir. P. J. Wester, horti- 

 culturist. Bureau of Agriculture. E^eived August 26, 1913. 

 "A robust herb attaining a height of 2 meters. On account of its attractive, intense 

 orange-red flowers, it makes a good ornamental. Collected by me in [Mindanao last 

 year." (Wester.) 



36018 to 36037. 



From Seharunpur. India. Presented by the (k)vemment Botanical Gardens, 

 through !Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Quoted notes by [Mr. Popenoe. except as indicated. 



36018. Phtllaxthus xitosus W. G. .Smith. 



Var. atropurpureus. Thb is a small, semideciduous shrub. ver%- similar in 

 growth to P. nivosus roseopictus, so common in south Florida. Like the lauer, 

 it may be of value as a hedge plant. The young growth is of varying shades of 

 purplish maroon. ' ' 



36019. Ertthres'a sp. 



*'A large shrub, rather open in growth and not particularly attractive in 

 appearance, but producrug an abundance of the most brilliant crimson flowers 

 imaginable. It is considered of unusual value as an ornamental; in fact, I was 

 told at one of the large botanical gardens in India that it was the finest flower- 

 ing shrub in their collection." 



This was received as Erythrina hlahei, for which no place of publication has 

 yet been found. 



