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from Messrs. Vilmorln-Andrieux & Company. A very vig- 
orous new honeysuckle from western China, with long climb- 
ing branches, and lengthened, very velvety leaves. 
The young branches are covered their whole length 
with odorous flowers, at first white, then yellow, 
arranged in pairs and continuing to appear from June 
until frost, with an abundant flowering in autumn. 
Malus astracaniea Dum. Cours. (Malaceae.) Apple seeds 
from Leiden, Holland. Presented by the Director, 
Botanic Garden. This species is perhaps native of 
southern Russia and western Siberia. It resembles M. 
pumila in the fruit and the pubescence of the leaves, 
but is nearer to M. baceata in the form, serration and 
texture of the leaves and in the longer- stemmed fruits 
and leaves. Introduced for breeding work of the Of- 
fice of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations. 
Malus glauceseens Rehder. - (Malaceae.) 42760. Seed- 
lings from Rochester, N. Y. Presented by Mr. John 
Dunbar. 
Nephelium lappaceum L. (Saplndaceae . ) Seeds from 
Bultenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. & Mrs. A. Hage- 
doon. "One of the finest Kapoelasans (hairless rambutan) . 
The fruits we took them from were of exceptional good 
taste, flesh sweet to the stone, and stone as free as 
any we saw; fruits very large, dark red." (Hagedoon. ) 
Olea ehrysophylla Lamarck . (Oleaceae.) 42834. Seeds 
from Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented by the Dlre- 
zione dl Colonizzazione . Small tree, noteworthy be- 
cause of the drab or golden color of the under surface 
of the leaves; flowers small, in axillary panicles; 
drupe rather large and blackish, globose or somewhat 
ellipsoidal. Native of tropical Africa. (Bailey, Stand- 
ard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, Vol. 4, p. 2333, 1916.) 
Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze. (Poaceae.) 42678. 
Roots from Taihoku, Formosa, Japan. Presented by Mr. 
M. Takata, Department of Productive Industries. A 
grass from the Far East,, often known as Zoysia pungens , 
which seems to be succeeding In Florida as a lawn 
grass . 
Oxytenanthera abyssiniea (Rich.) Munr o. (Poaceae.) 
42835. Seeds from Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented 
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