40704. CLEMATIS SP. From 

 F. N. Meyer, near Tan Chang, Kansu, 

 China. A bushy species with yellow 

 flowers, found amidst dry rockv debris 

 at 5000 to 7000 feet elevation. For 

 trial as a border shrub in dry regions. 



400S6. CLETHRA BARBI- 

 N E R VIS. From Japan, through E. H. 

 Wilson. A deciduous shrub of the 

 heath family, up to 6 feet high. Leaves 

 often clustered at the end of the twigs, 

 oval or obovate, 2 to 5 inches long. 

 Flowers white, produced from July to 

 September, in a rather compact ter- 

 minal panicle 4 to 6 inches long, cov- 

 ered with white, starry down. Not so 

 hardy as our native C. alnifolia. 



35141. COCCOTHRINAX GAR- 

 BE R I. Tej er Tree. From Charlotte 

 Amalia, St. Thomas, W. I. Present- 

 ed by Dr. J.N. Rose. Fan-leaved palm, 

 common in the Virgin Islands and 

 much prized as an ornamental. A 

 slender tree with terminal leaves, pale 

 below, thin and brittle, divided into 

 narrow sword-shaped segments. 



