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240010 to 240027— Continued 



240018. Euphorbia laro Drake Spurge. 

 Col. No. 3882. Plant much-branched, terete, succulent; stems green. 



240019. Euphorbia splendens var. bojeri (Hook.) Leandri Spurge. 



Col. No. 3888. Perennial subshrub; stems prickly; leaves 4 inches long; 

 flowers scarlet. 



240020. Euphorbia sp. 



Col. No. 3881. Terete, green-stemmed, succulent perennial. 



240021. Euphorbia phillipsiae N. E. Br. Spurge. 

 Col. No. 3872. Strongly ribbed, fleshy perennial. 



240022. Euphorbia pteroneura A. Berg. Spurge. 

 Col. No. 3880. Succulent; stems angled, pinkish-green. 



240023. Euphorbia sipolisi N. E. Br. Spurge. 



Col. No. 3873. Plant succulent, branched from base; stems terete, often 

 reddish. 



240024. Kalanchoe manginii Ham. & Perr. Crassulaceae. 

 Col. No. 3863. Low. decumbent succulent; flowers scarlet 



240025. Kalanchoe marnierana (Mann. & Boit.) Jacobs 

 Col. No. 3865. Perennial succulent. 



240026. Kalanchoe pumila Bak. 



Col. No. 3862. Sprawly perennial; leaves whitish, farinose; flowers deep 

 lavender, showy. 



240027. Vohemaria messeri Buchenau Asclepiadaceae. 



Col. No. 3876. Plant sprawling and scrambling; stems green. 

 240028 to 240048 



From Sicily. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explored, Plant Introduc- 

 tion Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received May 22, 

 1957. 



Collected at the Botanical Garden, University of Palermo, Palermo, unless 

 otherwise indicated. May 17, 1957. 



240028. Bourreria succulenta Jacq. Boraginaceae. 



Col. No. 3938. Large evergreen shrub; leaves leathery; flowers greenish. 



240029. Brexia madagascarensis THour. Saxifragaceae. 



Col. No. 3949. Large evergreen shrub to 20 feet high; to 8 inches long, 

 leathery; flowers greenish- white. 



240030. ^Buddleia grandiflora Cham, & Schlecht. Loganiaceae. 



Butterfly bush 



Col. No. 3944. Spreading shrub to 10 feet high. 



240031. Celastrus diversifolius Hemsl. Celastraceae. 



Col. No. 3935. Evergreen tree to 30 feet high; leaves leathery, shiny. 



240032. Cordia franciscii Tenore Boraginaceae. 



Col. No. 3939. Evergreen tree to 60 feet high, somewhat buttressed, round 

 headed; flowers white. 



240033. Cyclamen repandum Sibth. & Smith Primulaceae. 



Col. No. 3934. Village of San Martino, west of Palermo. Corms to 3 

 inches in diameter; leaves white-marbled or uniformly green; flowers rose- 

 purple, slightly fragrant. 



240034. Ehretia tinifolia L. Boraginaceae. 



Col. No. 3951. Small evergreen tree; leaves leather}-. 



