JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 31, lOli). 31 



48024 to 48034— Continued. 



48030. LiMONiuM FRUTiCAXs (Webb.) Kuntze. riuinbak'inacofe. 

 (Statice fruticans Webb.) Sea-lavender. 



A reniarkiil)ly ornaiuental .^hinbby i»lunt. native to tbe Canary Islands, 

 bearing ample corymbs of bicolore<l flowers; tlie bri^'bt-violet calyces and 

 snowy-white corollas, which resemble mornln;;->;lories, are made more 

 vivid by the small red bracts an<l by the brifrht-fireen winj,'H of the llower 

 stalks. The stont red stem is rin;;e(l, and each red petiole is bordi-rt'd by 

 the attenuated base of its glossy -Kreeii, leathery leaf. The rigid much- 

 branched scapes are about three times the height of the loose rosette of 

 obovate, crisply revolute leaves. (Adapted from Flore dea Serret et de» 

 ■Jardins dc rEurojie, vol. '/. i>. 523.) 



48031. Mackaya Bella Harvey. Acanthacefp. 



A tall, slender, nearly glabrous ornamental shrvib with ere<l branches, 

 native to Is'atal. The leaves are sinuate-tootlifd and veiny. The many- 

 flowered racemes, 4 to G inches long, bear masses of pale-lilac campanu- 

 late flowers, nearly 2 inches in length, with tlic corolla tlimat dcli<-atfly 

 penciled with reticulated purple veins. This is perhaps the nio.st beauti- 

 ful of the Acanthacese. (Adapted from CurtWn Botanical Magazine, pi. 

 5797.) 



Received as Asystasia bella ; this species is now usually referred to 

 Mackaya. 



48032. Semele androgyna (L.) Kunth. Con vail aria cere. 



"A most strikingly beautiful climber, of tropical appearance, growing to 

 a height of 10 to 12 meters (33 to 39 feet). I grew this very drought- 

 resistant species for more than 20 years before it prtKluced seeds, and 

 it was also always sterile elsewhere; I think, therefore, that it may 

 interest you to receive a few more seeds, the phmt being rare because of 

 its unproductiveness, since the imported seetls from the Canary Islands 

 have never germinated." (Proschowsky.) 



48033. Zanthoxylum alatum planispinum (Sieb. and Zucc.) Rehd. and 



Wils. Rutaceae. 

 Kou-lma-cMao. An ornamental shrub or small tree, abundant in rocky 

 places and by the side of streams in China, Chosen, and .Japan. It is 

 armed with stout, spreading prickles in pairs, and the handsome leaves 

 are pinnately compound, 3 to 8 inches long, with a conspicuously winged 

 rachis. The small pods are red and warty, disclosing lustrous-black 

 seeds at maturity. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclovcdia of Hor- 

 ticulture, vol. 6, p. 353S, and Suryent, I'lantae Milsonianae. vol. J. y. U.l.) 



48034. Albizzia lophantha (Willd.) Hentb. Mimosacea'. 



"Var. neumanni. A shrub or small tree, native to southwestern .Aus- 

 tralia, 6 to 20 feet in height; it is more beautiful than the type. It is 

 of rapid growth and produces enormous nodules on the roots (each nodule 

 weighing up to 1 or 2 pounds). This tree will grow in the poorest .soil. 

 It is naturalized in my garden." {Proschowsky.) 



