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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38416 to 38427— Continued. 



Seed of peaches cultivated by the natives of Turkestan and northern 

 Persia. 



38416. Rugani Gau. 38418. Var. i. 



38417. Pastack Shaftaly. 



38419, Catalpa bungei Meyer. Bignoniaceae. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 16914 and 22578 for previous introductions. 

 Seed from the Caucasus by Mr. G. I. Strunnikoff. 



"A tree 20 to 30 feet high, of bushy habit. Leaves 2 to 7J inches long, 

 1^ to 4^ inches wide, ovate or somewhat triangular, with a wedge-shaped 

 or straightly cut base, sometimes entire, but often coarsely scalloped, so 

 as to form 1 to 6 large teeth on each side, mostly on the lower half, quite 

 smooth at maturity ; stalk one-half to two-thirds as long as the blade. 

 Flowers not yet seen in this country, but described as ' white and pur- 

 ple ' ; they are produced 3 to 12 together in a flattish corymb. Corolla 

 1^ inches long and wide. Native of China, and evidently frequent in the 

 neighborhood of Pekin. Although the true species was only introduced 

 in 1905, through Prof. Sargent, plants under the name have long been 

 in cultivation ; these, however, are nearly always C. bignonioides var. 

 nana, but sometimes C. ovata. The true C. hungei is still very rare. Of 

 its ornamental qualities little can yet be said, but as represented by 

 dried specimens at Kew, its inflorescence is small. Its quite smooth 

 leaves distinguish it from other cultivated species except the new C. 

 duclouxii (which is said to have pale-pink flowers with deeper spots)." 

 (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 312.) 



38420. Daphne catjcasica Pallas. Thymelseacese. 

 Seed from the Caucasus by Mr. G. I. Strunnikoff. 

 See S. P. I. No. 30573 for previous introduction. 



"A deciduous shrub, up to 4 feet high, with flowering twigs downy; 

 barren young twigs less so or smooth. Leaves produced oftener rounded 

 than tapered at the apex, 1 to If inches long; one-third to half an inch 

 wide; smooth, pale green above; somewhat glaucous beneath. Flowers 

 glistening white, fragrant, produced during May and June in terminal 

 heads of usually 4 to 12 blossoms ; the perianth one-third of an inch 

 across, with ovate lobes; tubes one-third of an inch long, cylindrical, 

 silky outside; ovary slightly downy. Native of the Caucasus; many 

 times introduced and lost. It has no great merit, but is pleasing in its 

 fragrance and for its abundant flower clusters borne at the end of 

 crowded, short, leafy shoots springing from the previous year's growth. 

 It thrives exceedingly well at Warley Place, where there are rounded 

 bushes 4 feet high. It differs from D. alpina in its smooth leaves." 

 (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 468.) 

 38421 to 38426. Prunus spp. Amygdalacese. 



Seed from the Caucasus by Mr. G. T. Strunnikoff. 

 38421 to 38424. Peunus ceeasifeea divaeicata (Ledeb.) Schneider. 



38421. A^ar. flava. See S. P. I. No. 38157 for description of the 

 subspecies. 



38422. Var. macrocarpa. 38424. Var. hortensis flava. 



38423. Var. nigra macrocarpa. 



38425. Peunus peosteata Labill. Bush cherry. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 28945, 30564, and 37642 for previous introductions. 



