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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38142 to 38168— Continued. 



38164. Rosa bubtts L^veille and Vant. 



"Wilson No. 666A. From Hingshanhsien, western Hupeh, at an 

 altitude of 1,300 meters." 



38165. Rosa brunonh Lindl. 



" Wilson No. 1125. From Washan, western Hupeh, at an altitude 

 of 1,300 to 2,000 meters," 



" Rosa hrunonii is fairly common in the valley of the Tung River, 

 where it forms tangled masses 6 meters and more high and as much 

 In diameter." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 807, 1915.) 



38166. Rosa ftlipes Rehder and Wilson. 



"Wilson No. 1228 [received as No. 1128]. From near Wenchwan, 

 western Szechwan, at altitudes of 1,300 to 2,300 meters." 



A white-flovrered shrub up to 15 feet in height, with a few hooked 

 prickles and producing long runners. The scarlet, globose fruits are 

 up to one-half inch in diameter. This rose is a native of western 

 China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 

 vol. 5, p. 2997.) 



38167. Spibaea japonica acuminata Franch. Rosaceae. 

 (Wilson No. 579.) 



"A pink-flowered bush, three-fourths to IJ meters high, from roadsides, 

 south of Ichang, western Hupeh, at altitudes of 1,000 to 1,7(X) meters, 

 November, 1907." {Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 452, 1912.) 



" This species of Spiraea, which is a native of the northern part of 

 China and Japan, is a handsome, hardy, deciduous shrub with brilliant 

 rose-colored flowers, which are produced in July and August. In general 

 appearance this species resembles the Nepal Spiraea hella, but is far 

 more ornamental on account of the brilliant tint of its petals, especially 

 when the flower buds first begin to expand. The leaves are dark green, 

 the under sides being glaucous but not hairy." {Paxton, Flotcer Garden, 

 vol. 11, p. lis.) 



38168. ViTis RETICULATA Gaguep. Vitaceae. 

 (Wilson No. 378.) 



" From cliffs at altitudes of 900 to 1,500 meters, Hingshanhsien, west- 

 ern Hupeh, October, 1907." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 103, 

 1911.) 



38169 and 38170. Stizolobium cinereum Piper and Tracy. 



Fabacese. 



From Amani, German East Africa. Presented by the Kaiserlich Biologisch 

 Landwirtschaftliches Institut. Received May 9, 1914. 

 88169. Mangutungu. From Alt Langenburg. 02101. 

 38170. LusumU. From Usumbwa, Tabora, German East Africa. Janu- 

 ary, 1914. 



"02102, Apparently identical with S. P. I. No. 32021." (C. Y. Piper.) 

 38171 to 38174. 



Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe, of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914. Quoted notes by 

 Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe. 



