36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



42597 to 42605— Continued. 



42602. Hakea latjbina R. Br. Proteacese. 



A tall shrub up to 30 feet in this country and becoming treelike in 

 Australia. Leaves ellipitical or lanceolate, 5 to G Inches long. Flowers 

 crimson in a globular head 11 to 2 inches thick, from which the numerous 

 showy golden-yellow styles project 1 inch or so in every direction. It is 

 the only species with showy flowers grown in America. Equally satis- 

 factory for shrubbery and for hedges. Always highly ornamental. It 

 has been called " the glory of the gardens of the Riviera." (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 7'/.?8.) 



42603. Hakea suaveolens R. Br. Proteacere. 



A rounded shrub from 8 to 15 feet high, leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 

 cylindrical, with rigid spinelike tip, occasionally entire, but usually 

 bra uclied into rigid cylindrical lobes. Flowers white, fragrant. An 

 easily grown, drought-resistant, self-protective plant, and therefore a 

 favorite for depot grounds, public parks, impenetrable hedges, and the 

 like. Makes a suitable covering for dry hillsides, although not deep 

 rooted and sometimes inclined to become top-heavy. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1428.) 



42604. Hakea vabia R. Br. Proteacese. 



A shrub resembling Hakea suaveolens, with some leaves with nearly 

 cylindrical lobes, varying, however, to flat and hollylike,- 1 to 2 inches 

 long. Flowers in small clusters. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cy- 

 clopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 11#8.) 



42605. Alectbyon tomentosum (F. Muell.) Radlk. Sapindacea?. 

 (Ncphclium tomentosum F. Muell.) 



A tree 20 to 30 feet high, from Queensland and New South Wales. 

 Leaflets four to eight, 2 to 4 inches long; flowers small, crowded on short, 

 slightly branched tomentose panicles sometimes reduced to simple 

 racemes. Fruit softly tomentose-villous, depressed at the top, of two 

 or rarely three globular, slightly compressed lobes, united at the top, four 

 or five lines in diameter, rather hard, indehiscent. Seeds half immersed in 

 a yellowish arillus. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 1, 

 p. <iG6.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 35102. 



42606. Citrus limonia Osbeck. Rutaceae. Szechwan lemon. 



From Chungking, China. Seeds presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received 



April M. 191G. 



"This lemon answers almost the description of the Ichang lemon, excepting 



that its seeds are much smaller, and the inside seems to be all pith. These 



Szechwan lemons grow about 100 miles distant from Chungking. Chinese name 



Hsiang yuan." (Widler.) 



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42607. Akaua cachemirica Decaisne. Araliaceae. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Ar- 

 boretum. Received April 28, 1916. 

 A spineless herb from the Himalayas growing to a height of 8 feet, with 

 quinately compound leaves, the pinnae often with live to nine leaflets which are 



