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the crater of the extinct volcano Tayinshan, near Tengyueh. The 
natives say that this is a very handsome plant with large, purplish 
blue flowers." (Rock.) 
ligustrum sp. (Oleaceae) , 56824. Privet. From Yunnan, China. Seeds 
collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry. "(No. 7877. Wolung. January, 1923.) A very ornamental 
shrub 10 feet high, which grows among lava bowlders near Tengyueh at 
an altitude of 6,000 feet. The cream-colored flowers are in large 
pyramidal clusters." (Rock.) 
lucuua sp. (Rubiaceae), 56825. From Yunnan, China. Seeds col- 
lected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry. "(No. 7824. December, 1922.) A handsome shrub 6 to 18 feet 
high which grows on the Shweli-Salwin Divide in mixed rain forests at 
an altitude of 8,000 feet, and also in open gulches at a slightly lower 
altitude, even as low as 6,000 feet, but reaches its best development 
at 8,000 feet. In winter this region is often covered with snow and 
ice. The bright-green narrow leaves have reddish stems, and the rich- 
pink flowers are in large terminal corymbs 6 inches wide. The indi- 
vidual flowers are deliciously fragrant and nearly 2 inches across, 
with a salver-shaped corolla and a tube an inch long. This is one of 
the handsomest shrubs of which I know." (Rock.) 
medicago sativa (Fabaceae), 56853. Alfalfa. From Tucuman, Argen- 
tina. Seeds presented by W. E. Cross, Estacion Experimental Agricola. 
" 'Inverniza No. 3.' A new variety which we discovered in this section; 
it is of the same type as the smooth form of Peruvian alfalfa, but of 
considerably greater vigor, and also of greater permanence when once 
established." (Cross.) 
physaus peruviana ( Solanaceae ) , 56855. Poha. From Avondale, 
Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by H. R. Wright. "'Golden 
Nugget.' A new variety of Cape gooseberry. It is not a dessert fruit, 
but is suitable for making jam." (Wright.) 
pittosporum sp. (Pittosporaceae) , 56826. From Yunnan, China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "(No. 7886. Kaotien. January 21, 1923.) A tree 30 
to 40 feet high, handsome in shape and foliage, with cream-colored 
flowers borne in large terminal panicles, and red fruits." (Rock.) 
rhododendron spp. (Ericaceae), 56827, 56828, 56857. From Yun- 
nan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of 
the Bureau of Plant Industry. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 
