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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52928 to 52951— Continued. 



52946. RuBus lasiostylus Focke. 



A stout, hardy plant. 4 to 12 feet high, strikingly ornamental with 

 its thick, very spiny stems of a peculiar whitened character. The 

 l)innate leaves are dark green above and silvery white beneath; 

 when young, the leafstalks and veins are suffused with rose. The 

 magenta-red flowers are followed by curious white woolly fruits 

 which are sweet to the palate and said to be used for food in China, 

 where it is native. (Adapted from Gardeners' Chronicle, 3d ser,, vol. 

 31, p. 167, and Gardening Illustrated, vol. 28, p. 631.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50298. 



52947. RuBus lasiostylus dizygos Focke. 



A shrub native to the uplands of western Hupeh at an alt.tude of 

 1,600 meters, with 5-pinnate leaves of the fertile branches and rose- 

 colored flowers. (Adai^ted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 

 1, p. 53.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 44402. 



52948. RuBus parvifolius L. 



An East Asian and Australian plant which produces much finer 

 fruit in the mountains of Australia than in the lowlands. It ex- 

 tends as a native to Japan. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra- 

 Tropical Plants, p. ^77.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50301. 



52949. RuBus phoenicolasius Maxim. Wineberry. 



A tall subscandent singularly handsome bramble with slender 

 branches, native to Japan. The peduncles and calyx are clothed 

 w^ith close-set, long-spreading, stiff, gland-tipped, red-purple hairs 

 which in the lower part of the stem are glandless and mixed with 

 slender, straight, or recurved prickles. The pinnately 3-foliolate 

 leaves are 5 to 7 inches long. The leaflets are green and glabrous I 

 above and covered with snow-white tomentum beneath. The flowers 

 have minute pale rose-red petals and spreading narrowly lanceolate 

 sepals 1 inch long. The ovoid-oblong fruits, three-fourths of an inch 

 long, made up of about 40 scarlet glabrous drupes, are edible but 

 mawkish. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 6^79.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50302. 



52950. RuBus pubescens Weihe, 



A very robust bramble native to Europe, with strong canes which, 

 however, do not ascend to any considerable height without support. 

 The fruit is well developed and pleasantly flavored. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50303. 



52951. RuBUS XANTHOCAEPUS Bur. and Franch. 



A trailing Chinese bramble with large ovate bright-yellow fruits 

 which are fragrant and palatable. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50305. 



52952 to 52954. 



From South America. Seeds presented by J. B. Mertie, jr.. United States 

 Geological Survey. Received April 7, 1921. 



52952. LuFFA cY'LiNDRiCA (L.) Roemer. Cucurbitacese. 

 {L. aegyptiaca Mill.) 



Esponja de aire. 



52953 and 52954. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castor-beaii 

 52953. Large. 52954. Small. 



