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241914 to 241927— Continued 

 241921 to 241923— Continued 



241922. Pittosporum huttonianum T. Kirk Pittosporaceae. 



Col. No. 5113. Evergreen tree 20 feet high; leaves green above, whitish 

 below. 



241923. Podocarpus neriifolius D. Don Taxaceae. 



Col. No. 5108. 'Variegatus'. Evergreen tree to 20 feet high; foliage 

 variegated. 



241924 and 241925. Greenhouse, Botanical Garden of Ajuda, Institute Supe- 

 rior de Agronomia, Lisbon. 



241924. Microlepia strigosa (Thunb.) Presl 



Col. No. 5096. 'Cristata'. Densely tufted fern; roots fibrous. 



241925. Cassine maurocenia L. Celastraceae. 



Col. No. 5097. Large evergreen shrub; leaves lustrous above, dull below. 

 241926 and 241927. Park de Monserrate, near Sintra, west of Lisbon. 



241926. Olearia sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 5110. Evergreen shrub; leaves lustrous green above, silvery- 

 brownish below; flowers white. 



241927. Trichilia sp. Meliaceae. 



Col. No. 5115. Tree to 30 feet high; leaves pinnately divided; fruits 

 densely aggregated. 



241928 to 241952. 



From Portugal and Spain. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived August 26, 1957. 



From Portugal unless otherwise noted. 



241928. Banksia grandis Willd. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. 5152. Moriera da Silva et Fihlos Nursery, Oporto. Small ever- 

 green tree. (Cuttings.) 



241929 to 241934. Camellia japonica L. Theaceae. Common camellia. 



241929. Col. No. 5138. Quinta do Meio, Entre Quintas, Oporto. Large 

 bush; flowers pure white, very faint blush pink at first. 



241930 to 241934. Compahnia Horticola Nursery, Oporto. 



241930. Col. No. 5142. 'Dr. Baltazar de Melo'. Flowers to 4 inches 

 across, red and white striped. 



241931. Col. No. 5143. 'Portuense'. Leaves variegated; flowers double, 

 red. 



241932. Col. No. 5146. 'Augusto Leal de Gouveia Pinto'. Flowers to 

 5 inches across, double, convex, petals more or less erect, salmon-pink. 



241933. Col. No. 5147. 'Dona Herzilia de Freitas Magalhaes'. Flowers 

 bright crimson to deep violet. 



241934. Col. No. 5148. 'Rainha Santa Isabel'. Flowers pure white. 

 241935 and 241936. Camellia sasanqua Thunb. Sasanqua camellia. 



241935. Col. No. 5140. 'Jaune'. (Cuttings.) 



241936. Col. No. 5141. 'Baronesa de Soutelinho'. Flowers pink. 

 (Cuttings.) 



