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well in a sunny hedge, untrimmed in winter." (Dixson. ) 

 A climbing plant with solitary, ovate or lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, strongly reticulate leaflets, which are 

 two to four inches in length. The numerous flowers 

 occur in pairs or rarely three together on pedicels 

 rather longer than the calyx. Native of Queensland, 

 New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Aus- 

 tralia. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis , 

 vol. 2, p. 246.) 



Kennedya nigricans (Fabaceae), 45791. From Summer 

 Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. 

 Hugh Dixson. "Kennedya nigricans grows well in my garden 

 which has a rather stiff soil. Will stand 10 degrees 

 F. if not continuous.-" (Dixson.) A large twining 

 plant usually somewhat pubescent. The broadly ovate 

 leaflets are two to three inches long, and very often 

 only one to each leaf. The deep violet-purple flowers 

 are about 1 inch in length, and are borne in racemes 

 which are shorter than the leaves. The flattened pod 

 is glabrous or slightly pubescent. Habitat, Western 

 Australia. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australien- 

 sis, vol. 2, p. 249. ) 



Myrciaria cauliflora (Myrtaceae), 45750. Jaboticaba. From 

 Lavras , Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. B. H. 

 Hunnicutt, Director da Escola Agricola de Lavras. 

 "One of the best indigenous fruits of Brazil, and at 

 the same time one of the most curious and interesting, 

 due to its habit of producing its fruits directly upon 

 the trunk and larger branches. Several species are 

 grown under the name of jaboticaba and they are still 

 somewhat confused botanically, but it appears that 

 most of the plants common in cultivation belong either 

 to M. cauliflora or M. jaboticaba, fruits of the latter 

 being distinguishable from those of the former by the 

 presence of a slender stem. The jaboticaba occurs in 

 in southern Brazil both wild and cultivated. It is a 

 very handsome tree, reaching a height of 35 or 40 

 feet, with a dense dome-shaped crown. The leaves are 

 small, lanceolate, light green in color; flowers white, 

 with four petals and a conspicuous tuft of stamens. 

 The fruits are produced in the greatest abundance, and 

 are the size of large grapes, with a tough, leathery 

 skin, white, juicy pulp of rather acid, aromatic fla- 

 vor, and 2 to 4 flattened oval seeds. The resemblance 

 between the jaboticaba and some of the grapes of the 

 Muscadine group, e.g. James, is very striking, not 



