838 
G. H. Cave, Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A large ever- 
green shrub found in the sub-Himalayan tract from Kumaon 
to Assam, the Khasia Hills and Burma. It is very handsome 
with long spikes of flame colored flowers. The wood is 
white, moderately hard and close-grained." (Watt, Diction- 
ary of Economic Products of India.) 
Pyrus spp. (Malaceae.) 39538-541. Cuttings of Chinese 
pears from the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
Presented by the Director, Dr. C. S. Sargent. The spe- 
cies, all of considerable ornamental value, now being 
studied and soon to be described by Mr. Alfred Rehder. 
Pyriis beticlaefoUaBuiige. (Malaceae.) 39547-548. Seeds 
from the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented 
by Mr. Jackson Dawson. "A slender , quick-growing, grace- 
ful tree, twenty to thirty feet high; young shoots covered 
thickly with a grey felt which persists the whole of the 
year. Leaves ovate or roundish ovate, two to three Inches 
long, one and one-fourth to one and one-half inches wide, 
long-pointed, tapered, or rounded at the base, regularly 
and sometimes rather coarsely toothed, downy on both sur- 
faces at first, remaining so on the veins throughout the 
season, dark green, smooth and lustrous above; stalk one 
to one and one-fourth Inches long, grey-felted like the 
shoot. Flowers eight to ten together in a corymb, white, 
each about three-fourths inch across, on a downy stalk 
three-fourths to one Inch long; calyx downy, its short 
triangular teeth falling away from the small roundish 
fruit, which is about the size of a large pea, greyish 
brown with white dots. Native of northern China, intro- 
duced to Kew in 1882 through seeds sent by the late Dr. 
Bretschneider . The chief characteristics of the tree are 
its quick graceful growth, and small fruits not crowned by 
calyx teeth. Its fruit would appear to be of no value, 
but the tree is used by the Chinese as a stock on which 
they graft fruiting pears." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 
Hardv in the British Isles.) This seed from seedlings 
grown at the Arboretum from seed sent in 1882 by Dr. Bret- 
schneider. Probably of same lot ; as trees at Kew. This 
species can be grown easily for cuttings and experiments 
are being made with it as a stock for the cultivated pear. 
BanMa uliginosa, (Retz.) Poir . (Rubiaceae . ) 39655. Seeds 
from Darjeeling, India. Presented by Mr. - G. H. Cave, 
Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. "A small deciduous tree of 
eastern, central and southern India, but not commonly 
found in the more northern parts of the Peninsula. The 
fruit is used in dyeing as a color intensifier and also in 
medicine as a remedy for diarrhoea and dysentery. The 
fruit when boiled or roasted is eaten by the natives as a 
