JANUAKY 1 TO MAECH 31, 1914. 



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37065 to 37068— Contmued. 



braneous, gray-green, glaucous below, reaching 1 to 2 inches long, 

 densely coated with adpressed hairs ; stipules setaceous, plumose. 

 Racemes short peduncled, very dense, 2 to 6 inches long. Calyx one- 

 eighth inch, densely pubescent, teeth setaceous, long, plumose, corolla 

 red, not much exserted. Pod one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, 

 densely clothed like the branches. This species is distributed over trop- 

 ical Africa, tropical America, -Java, Philippines, and north Australia. 

 In India on the plains from the Himalayas (ascending to 4,500 feet in 

 Kumaon) to Ceylon, Ava. and Tenasserim. It flowers during the rainy 

 and cold seasons. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, 

 p. 98, and Roxburgh, Flora Indica, vol. 3, p. 376.) 



37069 to 37083. 



From Tientsin, China. Presented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Peiyang Woman's 

 Medical School and Hospital. Received February 6, 1914. 



Material as follows ; quoted notes by Dr. Kin, except as indicated. 



37069. ZiziPHUS JUJUBA Miller. Jujube. 

 (Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.) 



** Bud wood of the Ya hu tsao, ' gourd-shaped jujube,' so named on ac- 

 count of the shape of the fruit, which has a constriction in the middle 

 like a gourd. The fruit is said to be large, measuring from 2i to 3 

 inches, and is of sweet flavor and crisp texture. Chihli Province." 



37070. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Jujube. 



{Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.) 

 " From Chihli Province. K'ang tsao. The very large ones that I spoke 

 of before, of which it took but seven or eight to make a catty. I trust that 

 you will find this bud wood clean, for they say that the tsao trees are 

 singularly free from pests. The insects that disturb them apparently 

 confine their labors chiefly to the leaves." 



37071. Pybus sp. Pear. 



"Bud wood of the Pan chin li, 'half catty pear,' so called on account 

 of the large size and good flavor; when well grown two will weigh on 

 an average a catty. It is said to require the yellow earth on a mountain 

 slope for the best development. The flesh is fine and white." 



37072 and 37073. Pkunus abmenica L. Apricot. 



" To be grown in yellow earth which is hot in the daytime, but at night 

 draws moisture from the depths and shows a good dewfall. A mountain 

 slope protected from early cold winds in spring is the favorite locality." 



Bud wood. 



37072. " Pai hsiang hsing erh, ' white fragrant apricot ' from Chihli 

 Province. The wood apparently makes very slow growth, for you 

 will perhaps notice that though the branches I send are short, yet 

 there are slight divisions, showing that they are of three years' 

 growth. The directions say to get the wood for budding of one 

 year's growth, but even at three years the branches are to my mind 

 remarkably short. The buds are nice and fat, and the Chinese say 

 they just graft the whole stem in rather than merely bud it." 



