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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37965 to 37972— Continued. (Quoted notes by Dr. H. V. Harlan.) 

 37972. Zea mays L. Poaceje. Corn. 



"(No. 9.) Small-grained yellow maize. Purchased in Juliaca, but 

 imported from Cuzco." 



37973 to 37979. 



From Chelsea, London, England. Purchased from James Veitch & Sons, 

 Ltd. Plants received April 27, 1914. 



37973 and 37974. Rhododendron spp. Ericaceae. E-hododendron. 



37973. X Rhododendeon forsterianum Hort. 

 "White and fragrant." (Veitch, Indoor Plants, 1910.) 



Listed by William Watson, Rhododendrons and Azaleas, p. 43, as a 

 hybrid between R. edgetoorthii and R. veitchianum. 



37974. X Rhododendron fragrantissimum Burb. 



" Pure white and very fragrant." (Veitch, Indoor Plants, 1911.) 

 Supposed to be a hybrid between R. ciliatum and R. edgeivorthii. 

 37975 and 37976. Berberis spp. Berberidacese. Barberry. 



37975. Berberis stapfiana Schneider. 



" This species of Berberis is very similar to B. thunbergii, but the 

 growths are more erect and the leaves are not red tinted. It is a 

 dense, spiny bush with deciduous oblanceolate entire leaves, racemose 

 fascicles of yellow globose flowers, and coral or currant-red berries 

 borne in clusters. It is a native of China." (Kew Bulletin of Mis- 

 cellaneous Information, 1913, Appendix III.) 



37976. Berberis coryi Hort. 



" This species of Berberis is apparently an evergreen, and as an 

 ornamental plant is far superior to either B. veitchii or B. giraldii. 

 The leaves are in clusters, spatulate and glaucous beneath. The 

 berries, which are also glaucous, are round in shape and currant red 

 in color. It is a native of China." (Gardeners' Chronicle, 3d ser., 

 vol. 52, p. 321, 1912.) 

 37977 to 37979. Rosa spp. Rosacese. Bose. 



37977. Rosa alberti Regel. 



"A species with long, graceful shoots clothed with glaucous foliage 

 and bearing ornamental club-shaped coral-red fruits about 1 inch 

 long, which last in good condition for a long time. It is a native of 

 Turkestan." (Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1912, Ap- 

 pendix III.) 



Distribution. — A white-flowered rose found in the Sungari region 

 of southern Siberia. 



37978. Rosa setipoda Hemsl. and Wilson. 



"A remarkable rose, allied to R. macrophylla, with large corymbs of 

 handsome rose-pink flowers. Its long pedicels clothed with spread- 

 ing, gland-tipped bristles and numerous foliaceous bracts give it a 

 singular appearance. The species is not uncommon in shrubberies in 

 the mountains of the northwestern part of the Province of Hupeh, 

 China." (E. H. Wilson, in Kew Bulletin, 1916, p. 158.) 



37979. Rosa moyesii Hemsley and Wilson. 

 Received as R. fargesii. 



