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Prwnus simonii Carr. (Amygdalaceae.) 39437-438. Seeds 
of plums from Pao tien, Shansi, and Ho dien, Honan, China. ' 
Large varieties of green plums, one having a small stone, 
the other with somewhat hard flesh, and apparently a good' 
shipper. (Meyer's introductions.) 
Primus sp. (Amygdalaceae.) 39436. Seeds of a dwarf 
plum from Yun cheng, Shansi, China. "A variety of wild 
Chinese dwarf plum, with fruits as large as good sized 
cherries, but of sour flavor. Said to grow here and there 
in the mountains near Yun cheng. Chinese name Sooli, mean- 
ing 'sour plum." 1 (Meyer's Introduction.) 
Rhamnus sp. (Rhamnaceae . ) 39433. Seed from Ku lb, 
Shansi, China. "A tall, shrubby Rhamnus, often growing 
into a small tree. Of spreading habit, leaves slender, 
lanceolate and serrate, looking' not unlike slender da- 
vidiana peach leaves. This shrub is apparently rare; it is 
found here and there in loess cliffs and on old grave 
mounds. It seems to be able to withstand a good deal of 
alkali. Of value as a park shrub and possibly as a hedge 
plant, especially for the drier sections of the United 
States. The purplish-black berries possess a sickening 
sweet taste and are apparently not eaten by the Chinese." 
(Meyer's Introduction.) 
Spathodea campanulata ' Beauv. (Blgnoniaceae . ) 39415. 
Seeds from Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. H. P. 
Macmillan, Superintendent . Royal Botanic Gardens. "This 
seems to be the only species of Spathodea generally known 
in the East. The tree flowers profusely at Peradeniya al- 
most throughout the year, except in the dry season, but 
seldom or never bears fruit here. It produced, however, 
fruit and seeds in our former garden at Anuradhapura , now 
abandoned, where the climate is much drier than at Pera- 
deniya, the rainfall being limited to three months of the 
year." (Macmillan.) Seedlings grown from seed collected 
by Dr. B. T. Galloway in Java are now twenty feet tall in' 
the Miami Gardens, Florida. (Fairchild.) 
Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge. (Sapindaceae. ) 39431. Seed 
from Tchao yu, Shansi, China. "A shrub, occasionally • - 
growing into a small sized tree, found in loess cliffs. 
The shiny pinnate foliage reminds one of an ash, but the 
drooping racemes of white flowers, with yellow stamens, 
produced in great masses In early summer, give the shrub 
quite a distinct appearance. The Chinese eat the kernels 
of the fruits and call the plant Mu Jcua hua, meaning 
'quince flower,' on account of the large fruits resembling 
those of the Japan quince (Choenomeles japonica) . This 
