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white and ^ inch wide. This is a native of central 
China. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs, 
Hardy In the British Isles, vol. 1, 631.) 
Hypericum patulum henryi Bean . (Hyperlcaceae . ) 43692. 
Seeds of St.-JohnVwort from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Pre- 
sented by the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. 
C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A 
hardy evergreen shrub, native of northern India and 
the Himalayas, with very large dark green leaves and 
large handsome yellow flowers. (Adapted from Curtis' s 
Botanical Magazine, plate 4949. See also S.P.I. No. 
38153 for further data.) 
Kalanchoe marmorata Baker. (Crassulaceae . ) 43658. 
Seeds from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the Director, 
Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Giza 
Branch. A very stout, low branching shrub, native of 
Abyssinia, where it grows in the mountains. The oval, 
succulent leaves are pale green, blotched with purple; 
the young leaves are orange-green with blood-red spots; 
all of the leaves are crenate. The creamy-white 
flowers are in large compound panicles, and the in- 
dividual flowers are more than two inches long. (Adapt- 
ed from Gardener's Chronicle, vol. 12, Sept. 10, 1892, 
and from Curtis 's Botanical Magazine, plate 7333.) 
Lespedeza formosa (Vogel) Koehne . (Fabaceae.) 43693. 
Seeds , from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the 
Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 
Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. An herb, or in 
warm regions a shrub up to 2 meters high, throwing up 
strong, wiry shoots each year from the crown. The 
stems are hairy, angled, reddish or brown* and the 
rosy purple flowers, nearly £ inch long, occur in very 
numerous long, drooping racemes. The pod is about f 
inch long and pubescent. This plant, which is a na- 
tive of Japan and China, is a very desirable late 
bloomer. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia 
of Horticulture, p. 1845, under L. sieboldii.) 
Lonieera maaekii erubeseens Rehder. ( Capri f oliaceae . ) 
43698. Seeds of honeysuckle from Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
Presented by the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. 
H. C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. 
A rather low, spreading shrub, with broadly oval 
leaves which are dark green above and paler beneath. 
The white flowers are large and tinted with pink, and 
