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ornamental pear often open simultaneously, producing 
a charming effect. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees 
and Shrubs Hardy In the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 
292-293.) 
Pyru8 U88urieri8i8 Maxlmowlcz. (Malaceae.) 44056- Cut- 
tings of pear from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 
the Arnold Arboretum. A tree, native of Amur and Us- 
suri, Siberia, from 20 to 30 feet high, with broadly 
oval, sharply serrate, acuminate leaves, many-flow- 
ered racemes of white flowers, and roundish-oval, um- 
billcate, mild-flavored fruits over an inch / in dia- 
meter, crowned by the persistent calyx. In autumn the 
foliage turns a shining brownish-red, making the tree 
very ornamental. (Adapted from E. Regel, in Garten- 
flora, vol. 10, pp. 374-375, plate 345.) 
Rhus rufa Teijsm. & Binn. (Anacardiaceae . ) 44075. 
Seeds from Ceylon. Presented by Father Jerome, St. 
Leo, Florida. An erect, smooth-barked tree, native 
of the peninsula of Menado, island of Celebes, Dutch 
East Indies, with leaves composed of 12 to 14 pairs 
of oblong lance-shaped leaflets with reddish-hairy 
lower surfaces, and axillary and terminal panicles of 
white, sessile flowers. The fruits are black, dry, 
nearly globular drupes containing kidney-shaped seeds. 
The inhabitants of Menado call this Kajoe-Kambing . 
(Adapted from J. E. Teijsman and D. Blnnendijk, Na- 
tuurkundlg Tljdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, vol. 
27, p. 52.) 
Sorbus pohuashanen8i8 (Hance) Hedlund. (Malaceae.) 
43996. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 
the Arnold Arboretum. An evergreen shrub from northern 
China, with reddish-brown twigs, leaves composed of 6 
to 7 pairs of elliptic or lance-elliptlc leaflets 
from one and three-fifths inches long, and red fruits 
about one- third inch in diameter. This shrub is in 
cultivation at the Arnold Arboretum. (Adapted from 
Schneider, Illustrlertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde , 
vol. l t p. 672.) 
Uvariarufa (Dun.) DeCandolle. (Annonaceae . ) 44091. 
Seed of banauac from Lamao, Bataan, P. I. Presented by 
Mr. P. J. Wester, Lamao Experimental Station, through 
Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Director, Manila Bureau of Agri- 
culture. A much-branched shrub from Java, with a stem 
about the diameter of a man's arm, alternate, elliptic- 
