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SEEDS AND PLAlfTS IMPOETED. 



37495 to 37499— Continued. 



37497. Berberis subcahhalata Schneider. 



" Very similar in general aspect to B. stapfiana, but distinguished by 

 its distinctly angled branchlets, larger leaves, and translucent yellowish 

 green fruits, suffused with red. Native of Tibet and western China." 

 (Neto Garden Plaiits of 1013, Kew Bulletin.) 



37498. Berberis hookeri Lomaire. 



" This Berberis from the mountains of tropical Asia is a hardy, ever- 

 green bush, which attains a height of 10 feet. It is an evergreen of most 

 beautiful aspect, with brown branches, a very dark green, dense foliage, 

 and long, slender, 3-parted spines. The leaves grow in clusters and are 

 about 3 or 4 inches long, with sharp, prickly points and numerous fine 

 serratures, ending in a straight point on each side. On the upper side 

 they are rich, bright green, turning to a claret color in the autumn, 

 and are remarkably netted. On the under side they are pale green and 

 shining. The flowers are large and deep yellow in color." {Paxton, 

 Flower Garden, vol. 1, p. 12 and 79.) 



37499. Berberis wilsonae Hemsley. 



See S. P. I. No. 29959 for previous introduction. 



"An elegant deciduous (sometimes partly evergreen) shrub, 2 to 4 feet 

 high, of spreading habit, and usually more in diameter. Branches com- 

 paratively thin, reddish brown, slightly downy, armed with slender, 

 3-parted spines, one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, and red when 

 young. Leaves as a rule less than 1 inch long, mostly oblanceolate, and 

 either rounded or sharply pointed at the apex ; otherwise entire, or occa- 

 sionally three lobed at the apex ; smooth, conspicuously veined, gray-green 

 above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Flowers small, pale yellow, borne 

 2 to 6 together in fascicles or short racemes. Berries roundish, coral or 

 salmon red, somewhat translucent, borne very abundantly. 



*' Native of western China ; discovered and introduced about 1904 by 

 Mr. E. H. Wilson, after whose wife it is named. This is one of the most 

 charming new introductions from western China, of neat yet elegant 

 habit, and most noteworthy for its prettily colored, abundant berries. 

 The leaves are said by Wilson to assume brilliant tints in autumn." 

 (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 252- 

 253.) 



87500. Pyrus calleryana Decaisne. Pear. 

 From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent, 

 Botanical and Forestry Department. Received February 28, 1914. 



''Pyrus calleryana is a widely distributed species [in China] and seems not 

 uncommon on the mountains at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,500 meters. It is 

 easily recognizable by its comparatively small crenate leaves, like the inflores- 

 cence glabrous or nearly glabrous, and by its small flowers with 2, rarely 3, 

 styles. When unfolding, most specimens show a loose and thin tomentum on 

 the under side of the leaves, which usually soon disappears. . . . The species 

 was introduced by E. H. Wilson to the Arnold Arboretum in 1908 and the young 

 plants seem to be hardy here." (Alfred Rehder, Proceedings of the American 

 Academy, vol. 50, no. 10, p. 237, 1915.) 



Distribution. — ^The Provinces of Shantung, Kwangtung, and Kiangsu, in 

 China. 



