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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



38142 to 38168— Continued. 



38156. Campylotbopis macbocabpa (Bunge) Rehder. Fabaceae. 

 (Lespedeza macrocarpa Bunge.) 



(Wilson No. 576.) 



"A bush 1 to 2 meters high, flowers pale purple, from thickets at au 

 altitude of 1,000 to 1,600 meters, Hingshanhsein, western Hupeh, No- 

 vember, 1907." iSargeiit, Plantae WiUonianae, vol. 2, p. IIS, 1914.) 

 88157. Pbunus cebasifeba divabicata (Ledeb.) Schneider. Amygda- 

 laceae. Cherry. 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 37463, 37464, and 37688 for previous introductions and 

 description. 



"A deciduous tree with the same habit and general aspect as P. cerasi- 

 fera ; neither does it appear to differ in the flowers or foliage. The fruit, 

 however, is smaller (about three-fourths of an inch across), yellow, and 

 not indented at the junction with the stalk. Probably this tree and 

 P. cerasifera are only varieties of one species. They flower at the same 

 time, and are not distinguishable then. There is an old specimen near 

 the Cactus House at Kew which is probably one of the largest in the 

 country. It is 25 feet high, 27 feet through, and its trunk is 3 feet 8 

 inches in girth. Quite possibly trees may be gro^^^ng in various gardens 

 as P. cerasifera. The trees at Kew have rarely borne fruits, but these 

 are quite distinct from cherry plums (P. cerasifera). The species is said 

 to be a native of the Caucasus, Persia, Macedonia, etc., and to have 

 been introduced in 1822." (TF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. 235.) 



38158. Rhus punjabensis sinica (Diels) Rehder and Wilson. Ana- 

 cardiacese. Sumacli, 

 (Wilson No. 27.5.) 



*' From woodlands, north and south of Ichang, at altitudes of 1,0(X) to 

 1,600 meters, September, 1907. A small tree 5 to 8 meters tall ; flowers 

 whitish, fruit crimson. This variety differs from the type chiefly in the 

 slightly winged upper part of the rhachis of the leaf, and in the usually 

 fewer and more sessile leaflets. The fruits agree exactly with those of 

 R. punjabensis. In cultivated plants from 4 to 6 years old the wing on 

 the rhachis is very pronounced and continues down its whole length. 

 The differences, however, are not always obvious, but until more is known 

 of the distribution of these plants it is convenient to keep the Chinese 

 as a distinct variety. This sumach is abundant in the thickets and mar- 

 gins of woods in western Hupeh and Szechwan as a small tree with a 

 short, relatively thick trunk covered with dark-gray, moderately smooth 

 bnrk. The numerous branches are spreading and form a flattened round 

 head. In autumn when laden with pendulous panicles of dark red or 

 crimson this tree is very attractive. Colloquially this tree is known as 

 the Hung fu yang and the galls which are produced on the leaves and 

 at the ends of the young shoots are sometimes distinguished as Tu pei tzu, 

 but more usually are called TTw pel tzu, though this name strictly speak- 

 ing belongs to the galls produced on the leaves of R. javanica" (Sar- 

 gent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 116-111, 1914.) 



