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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53478 to 53482. 



From aiaiina Kea. Hawa i. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural 

 Explorer of the Department of Agriculture. Received June 1, 1921. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



53478 and 33479. StypiijiXia grayana Rock. KpacridaceiTp. 



"An exceedingly handsome shrub closely allied to the heath family. 

 It is loaded nearly all the year with white, pink, or red berries, making 

 an exceptionally showy appearance. The shrub grows at altitudes of 

 10,000 to 11,000 feet on the slopes of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and Hale- 

 akala, Hawaiian Islands. Worthy of cultivation as an ornamental 

 garden plant. Collected on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, at an altitude of 

 10,000 feet, in May, 1921." 



53480 to 53482. Rubus macraei A. Gray. Rosacejie. Akala. 



" The Hawaiian giant raspberry, occurring at an altitude of about 

 6,000 feet. It is a straight bush with the older branches thornless. The 

 fruits, borne at the drooping tips of the branches, are very numerous, 

 over 2 inches in diameter, and exceedingly juicy ; the seeds are com- 

 paratively small. The flesh is slightly bittter, but otherwise delicious. 

 This berry is of great promise, as it grows in a region where frost is 

 not uncommon in the winter months. It would grow well in the 

 Sequoia regions oi: the Pacific coast. Collected in May, 1921, on Mauna 

 Kea, Hawaii," 



53480. " Red variety, from Mauna Kea, Keanakolu." 



53481. " Selected red variety from Mauna Kea, Hawaii." 



53482. " Yellow, selected variety, from Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The 

 variety with orange-yellow fruits is sp-ny, but the fruits are 

 even larger than those of the red variety and sweet instead of 

 bitter." 



53483. Fagraea auriculata Jack. Loganiacese. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, 

 Agricultural Explorer of the Department of Agriculture, Received June 

 1, 1921. 



"A medium-sized tree with drooping branches and large, handsome, fleshy 

 leaves. The snow-white, bell-shaped flowers measure 6 to 7 inches across and 

 5 to 6 inches long. It is exceedingly handsome and certainly worthy of culti- 

 vation ; it is, however, distinctly tropical, be.ng native to the Malay Peninsula, 

 Collected at Singapore in March, 1921." (Rock.) 



53484. Sterculia macrophylla Yent. Sterculiacese. 



From Calcutta, India. Seeds collected by J. F, Rock, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer of the Department of Agriculture, Received June 1, 1921. 



"A large tree with cordate suborbicular ent re leaves which measure 10 to 

 12 inches long. It is native to the Malay Peninsula, but occurs also in Java." 

 (Rock.) 



For previous introduction, see S, P. I. No. 34366. 



53485. OsTEOMELES oBTusiroLiA (Pers.) Kunth. Malacese. 



From Loja, Ecuador. Seeds collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural 

 Explorer of the Department of Agriculture. Received June 8, 1921. 



"(No. 009a. May 7, 1921. Loja, Ecuador.) Quiqui, collected near the 

 town of Loja, in southern Ecuador. It is common in th!s region, along the 

 edges of ravines and among scrub at altitudes of 7,000 to 8,000 feet. The 

 plant is an arborescent shrub reaching to 12 or 15 feet. It is armed with 

 long sharp thorns and has oblong-elliptic, blunt or acute, dentate leaves about 

 an inch long. The thin-skinned fruits, which are produced in small terminal 

 clusters, are round to oblate, deep red, and up to half an inch in diameter. A 

 small quantity of yellowish, mealy flesh surrounds several hard seeds. The 



