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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



is profusely ornamented with long pendent racemes of purple flowers. The 

 small corolla is intensely colored and looks like a violet in the center of the 

 paler lavender of the showy, star-shaped calyx." (Lopez.) 



49032 to 49050. 



From Rochester, N. Y. Collected by Mr. H. E. Allanson and through the 

 courtesy of Mr. Dunbar, of the city parks of Rochester, presented to 

 this office for distribution. Numbered December 31, 1919. 

 49032. CoTONEASTER ZABELi C. Schucld. Malaccse. 



This is the common cotoneaster of the thickets in western Hupeh, 

 China, where it forms a bush up to 8 feet in height, with oval elliptic 

 leaves, pink flowers, and red fruits. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantfie 

 Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 166.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45707. 

 49033 and 49034. Juglans rupestris Engelm. Juglandacese. Walnut* 



A tree about 50 feet in height, with a short trunk sometimes 5 feet 

 thick and dark yellow-green pinnate leaves 7 to 15 inches in length. 

 The nuts are nearly globose, dark reddish brown to black, and up to li 

 inches in diameter. This walnut is distributed throughout central and 

 western Texas, Arizona, and northern Mexico. (Adapted from Sargent, 

 Manual of the Trees of North America, p. 129.) 



49033. Ordinary form. 49034. Form with large nuts. 



49035. X Malus dawsoniana Rehder. Malacese. Apple* 

 A tree with ascending or spreading branches, reddish brown bark^ 



clusters of very small white flowers, and yellow or greenish yellow fruits 

 which are pulpy and acid when ripe. This species is interesting as the 

 first known hybrid of M. fusca. (Adapted from Sargent, Trees and 

 Shrubs, vol. 2, p. 23.) 



49036. Maltjs glaucescens Rehder. Malacese. Apple. 

 (Pyrus glaucescens Bailey.) 



An arborescent shrub or small tree, with a slender trunk and spread- 

 ing branches. The leaves are bronze in color when they unfold, becom- 

 ing yellowish green and turning in .autumn to a dull yellow or dark 

 purple. The white or pink flowers, up to 4 cm. in diameter, are borne in 

 umbellike racemes, and the fragrant yellow- fruits are from 3 to 4 cm. 

 in diameter. This tree is native to the eastern United States. (Adapted 

 from Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, vol. 2, p. 139.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42760. 



49037. Malus niedzwetskyana Dieck. Malacese. Apple- 

 (Pyrus niedzwetskyana Hemsl.) 



A small tree, with dark bark and twigs, .purple leaves, and dark 

 purplish red flowers and fruit, even the flesh of the fruit being purple. 

 It is native to Turkestan. (Adapted from Bulletin of Popular Informa^ 

 tion No. 39, Arnold Arboretum.) 



49038. Malus prunlfolia (Willd.) Borkh. Malacese. Apple. 

 (Pynus pnmifolia Willd.) 



" For years this was considered a hybrid between Pyrus baccata and 

 P. malus or other species, but it is now considered by Rehder to be a 

 good species, as yet known only in cultivation, although supposed to 



