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India, and a woody ruderal in overpopulated areas 
throughout India. It is a pioneer in monsoon de- 
ciduous forests and common up to 4,500 feet in the 
Himalayas. Collected at Dharassu, Himalayan Ganges 
Valley, June 1, 1920, in the Bauhinia forest range. 
Suitable to a climate about like that of Virginia . " 
A glabrous shrub 4 to 8 feet high, native to 
India, with white flowers which are streaked and 
dotted with pink and are 1 to 3 inches long. (A- 
dapted from Collett, Flora Simlensis, p. 376.) 
Rubus maeraei (Rosaceae), 53481, 53482, and 
53625. Raspberry. From Hawaii. Seeds collected by 
Mr. J. F. Rock, agricultural explorer. 
53481. " (Mauna Kea, May, 1921.) A selected red 
variety of the Hawaiian giant raspberry, occurring at 
an altitude of about 6,000 feet. It is an erect 
bush with the older branches thornless. The fruits, 
borne at the drooping tips of the branches, are 
very numerous, over 2 inches in diameter, and ex- 
ceedingly juicy; the seeds are comparatively small; 
the flesh is slightly bitter, but otherwise de- 
licious. This berry is of great promise as it grows 
in a region where frost is not uncommon in the 
winter months: it would grow well in the Sequoia 
regions of the Pacific coast." (Rock.) 
53482. "(Mauna Kea, May, 1921.) This selected 
yellow variety is spiny, but the orange -yellow fruits 
are even larger than those of the red variety (which 
are over 2 inches in diameter) , and sweet instead 
of bitter. " (Rock. ) 
53625. "(Kilauea, May, 1921.) A spineless variety 
from near Shipman Ranch. This variety grows epi- 
phytically in the forks of large Koa trees (Aeaeia 
koa) and on fallen logs of the same species, inac- 
cessible to cattle. The dark red fruits attain 
a'diameter of nearly 2 inches, are very juicy, and, 
though slightly bitter, are quite pleasant to the 
taste. The variety would likely improve under cul- 
tivation. The canes do not grow as straight as those 
of the yellow and red varieties on Mauna Kea, but 
they are over an inch in diameter at the base; the 
whip-like branches are very scandent and rambling. 
These seeds came from a fern forest at an altitude 
of 4,500 feet." (Rock.) 
Styphelia grayana (Epacridaceae) , 53478. From 
Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Seeds collected by Mr, J, F, 
