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flowers are numerous, as are also the scarlet and yellow fruits, the 
latter resembling miniature apples." 
55821. COTONEASTER sp. "(No. 5781. August, 1922.) A prostrate 
shrub growing on pure limestone rocks on the Likiang snow range at 
altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. It has small dark-green glossy 
leathery leaves, pinkish white flowers, and rich red fruits, and would 
make a splendid shrub for rockeries." 
55873. cotoneaster hebephylla. "(August, 1922.) A deciduous shrub 
10 to 18 feet in height, growing in limestone soil at an altitude of 
10,000 to 11,000 feet on the Likiang snow range. It has long, rambling 
branches, white flowers, and dark-carmine fruits, and is quite orna- 
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55896. COTONEASTER PANNOSA. "(No. 5818. August 20, 1922.) A 
very ornamental shrub 10 feet high, growing among limestone boulders 
in fir forests and alpine meadows on the Likiang snow range at alti- 
tudes of 9,000 to 12,000 feet. The flowers are whitish pink, and the 
ovate fruits purplish black." 
CUCUMIS SATIVUS ( Cucurbitaceae ) , 55828. Cucumber. From Burring- 
bar, New South Wales. Seeds presented by B. Harrison. "'Harrison's 
Long.' A cucumber 2 to 3 feet long, with tender, crisp, and palatable 
flesh. This variety is the result of careful selection and cultiva- 
tion." (Harrison.) 
garcinia oblongifolia ( Clus iaceae ) , 55894. From Hongkong. China. 
Seeds presented by H. Green, superintendent, Botanical and Forestry 
Department, Hongkong. "This species has just come into bearing in one 
of our greenhouses, and we find the fruit to be of very good quality 
for eating out of hand. The flavor euggeets that of the mangosteen." 
(Wilson Popenoe. ) 
Seeds of a tree, native to Hongkong, China, which is a relative 
of the mangosteen. It has narrow, short-stalked leaves, terminal yel- 
low flowers, and smooth fruits the size of a small apple. (Adapted 
from Bentham, Flora Hongkongensis, p. 25.) 
malus spp. (Malaceae), 55817 and 55889. Apple. From Likiang, 
Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer 
of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 
55817. malus sp, "(July, 1922.) A tree 40 feet high, found wild 
and semicultivated in the vicinity of Likiang. The handsome fruits, 
about 2 inches in diameter, are bright crimson with just a touch of 
yellow. The flesh is firm, not mealy, with an acid-sweet flavor. A 
delicious, bright-red jelly is made by boiling the fruits whole, in 
the skin, 2 parts of apples to 1 part of water; the juice is strained 
and boiled with sugar, 3 parts of sugar to 5 parts of juice." 
