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ash with large leathery leaves about 9 inches long and lax terminal 
panicles of minute flowers. It is very similar to another Himalayan 
species, Fraxinus floribunda, from which it differs in leaf characters 
and in having a looser panicle. (Adapted from Engler, Botanische 
Jahrbucher, vol. 40, p. 217.) 
gaultheria sp. (Ericaceae), 56120. From Yunnan, China. Seeds 
collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry. "(No. 6709. October 9, 1922.) A highly ornamental shrub 
10 to 15 feet tall, with long whiplike drooping branches reaching to 
the ground, found on the summit of the Salwin divide at an altitude 
of 8,000 feet. The leaves are leathery and dark green, and the large 
white flowers are borne in great masses all along the branches. The 
fruits are dark purplish black." (Rock.) 
juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ) , 56091. Walnut. From Yunnan, China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "(No. 6694. September 27, 1922.) A very large tree 
with a huge crown, which is very numerous on the hills and slopes near 
Taipingpu at an altitude of about 8,300 feet. The nuts are very thick 
shelled and difficult to break, and are gathered by the natives for 
the sake of the oil. There are several varieties which vary in the 
shape of the nuts, some being oblong, some ovoid, and some globular; 
all are thick shelled." (Rock.) 
MALUS spp. (Malaceae), 56092, 56094, 56095, 56097, 56098, and 
56135. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Quoted notes 
by Mr. Rock. 
56092. malus sp. "(No. 6687. September 28, 1922.) A large tree 
with a large crown of ascending branches, found beyond Taipingpu, 
three days west of Talifu at an altitude of 8,200 feet. The yellow- 
ish green fruits are 2 inches in diameter,- fragrant but sour." 
56094. malus sp. "(No. 6690. September 27, 1922.) A tree 30 
feet high with a trunk 2 to Z\ feet in diameter and straight ascending 
branches, found wild in red clayey soil all over the ranges between 
Yangpi and Taipingpu at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The oblong leaves 
are dark green above and pale beneath; and the very numerous fruits, 
the size of small apples, are yellowish with a bright reddish tinge, 
with firm, very fragrant but sour flesh. The tree is exceedingly hardy 
and free from disease, and occurs here where nothing else will grow 
except the hardy Yunnan pine (Pinus sinensis)." 
56095. MALUS sp. "(No. 6691. September, 1922.) A peculiar tree 
with long spreading drooping branches like a willow, found only along 
watercourses between Yangpi and Taipingpu at an altitude of 8,300 
