38674. ROLLINIA MUCOSA. 



From G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauri- 

 tius. A large fruited variety. Low tree 

 related to the annonas, with oblong, 

 taper-pointed, smooth leaves and fruit 

 usually about 4 inches in diameter, 

 greenish, somewhat globose, the sur- 

 face bearing tubercles, edible. Native 

 of Guiana and some of the West 

 Indian Islands. 



39186. ROSA ABYSSINICA. 



Musk Rose. From the Director of the 

 Bureau of Colonization, Asmara, Eri- 

 trea, Africa. Handsome, deciduous 

 shrub with climbing branches; 5 to 7 

 oblong-oval leaflets pubescent be- 

 neath, and rather compact inflor- 

 escences of white flowers, 11-2 to 2 

 inches across, fragrant with the odor 

 of musk. A native of southern Asia 

 and Abyssinia, not hardy in the north. 



28234. ROSA ALPINA. Rose. 



From the Director of the Botanic Gar- 

 den, Cambridge, England. Handsome 

 free flowering shrub, native of Cen- 

 tral Europe, with no or very few 

 spines, slender stems, 3 to 6 feet high, 

 and glabrous leaves, 2 to 6 inches 

 long, composed of 5 to 9 leaflets, 1-2 

 inch long; flowers solitary, deep pink, 

 1 1-2 inches across; fruit bright red, 

 narrowly bottle-shaped, 3-4 to 1 inch 

 long. Foliage fine and fruit handsome. 



