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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53627 to 53752— Continued. 



53736. Rosa omeiensis Rolfe. 



A shrub 6 to IS feet high, with solitary, white, 4-petalocl (rarely 

 5-petaled) flowers and scarlet fruits having fleshy orange-colored 

 stalks. Abundant in upland thickets on the higher mountain ranges 

 of western Hupeh and Szechwan, China. (Adapted from Sargent, 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 331.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 44400. 



53737. Rosa omeiensis Rolfe. 

 Variety atrosanguinea. 



A red-flowered variety. 



53738. Rosa omeiensis pteeacantha (Franch) Rehd. and Wils. 



A shrub 8 to 9 feet tall with white flowers and red fruits having 

 usually a shorter Ptalk than in the type. Very common on the wind- 

 swept mountain sides of western Szechwan. (Adapted from Sargent, 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 332.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48407. 



53739. Rosa serafinii Viv. 



A dwarf shrub with bright rose-colored, solitary flowers and small 

 red fruits changing to black, native to the Mediterranean region. 

 (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 7761.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49953. 



53740. Rosa sebtata Rolfe. 



A pretty rose 2 to 6 feet high, with small pink flowers and orange- 

 red fruits; native to central China. (Adapted from Sargent; Plantae 

 Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 327.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43912. 



53741. Rosa webbiana Wall. 



An Himalayan rose with glaucous young shoots with large white 

 thorns, pink flowers, and red nodding fruits. (Adapted from Will- 

 mott, The Genus Rosa, pi. 76.) 



53742. Rosa woodsii Lindl. 



A shrub 3 feet high with leaves about an inch long and pubescent 

 beneath, and corymbose or solitary pink, rarely white, flowers about 

 2 inches across. The flowering season is June to July. Native to 

 North America from Saskatchewan to Colorado and Missouri. 

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

 5, p. 2993.) 



53743. Rosa sp. 



Received as Rosa polyphylla for which a place of publication has 

 not been found. 



53744 to 53752. Viburnum spp. CaprifoliacejE. 



53744. Viburnum cotinifolium D. Don. 



A species 6 to 12 feet high, closely allied to Vihurnum Iwntana, 

 native to the Himalayas from Bhotan to Beluchistan. The young 

 branchlets, the under surface of the leaves, and the flower stalks are 

 clothed with a dense, gray down. The white, pink-tinged, broadly 

 funnel-shaped flowers are produced in rounded cymes 2 to 3 inches 

 across. The red, ultimately black, fruits are up to half an inch 

 long. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shriihs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. 645.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33062. 



