18 PLAJST INVENTORY NO. 167 



254993 to 255017. 



From Australia. Seeds collected by G. H. Spalding, agricultural explorer, New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Jan. 14, 1959. 



254993. Callistemon sp. Myrtaceae. 



Col. No. S-25. Streamside near Rylston Dam, New South Wales. Colum- 

 nar shrub to 8 feet high. 



254994. Epacris impressa Labill. Epacridaceae. 



Col. No. S-7. Sunny roadside, Labertouche, Victoria. Slender upright 

 shrub to 2 feet high, a so-called Australian heath; flowers along one side of stem, 

 bright red, tubular to 1 inch long; foliage very stiff and prickly. 



254995. Eucalyptus (hybrid). Myrtaceae. 



Col. No. S-10. Waite Agricultural Institute, Adelaide, South Australia. 

 A natural hybrid that comes true from seed. Tree to 25 feet high; flowers deep 

 pinkish, larger and brighter than E. erythronema, the pistillate parent, which 

 they resemble. 



254996. Eucalyptus bicolor A. Cunn. Blackbox. 



Col. No. S-15. Murray River bank, Loxton, South Australia. Broad- 

 headed tree 40 feet high; foliage grayish. Said to be tolerant of salty conditions. 



254997. Eucalyptus macrocarpa Hook. 



Col. No. S-21. 'Rose of the West'. Garnet Hately Garden, Horsham, 

 Victoria. Plant straggly; flowers large, deep pink. One of the showiest 

 species. 



254998. Eucalyptus niphophela Maiden and Blakely 



Col. No. S-14. Guiini Flat, Australian Commonwealth Territory. Eleva- 

 tion 5,200 feet. Tree to 20 feet high, twisted. 



254999. Eucalyptus stricta Sieb. 



Col. No. S-27. Khyber Pass, near Rylston, Western Australia. Mallee 

 type, to 15 feet high; leaves glossy, narrow-lanceolate, to 4 inches long. 



255000. Grevillea sp. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. S-22. Western Australia. Compact spherical shrub to three feet 

 high and three feet in diameter; flowers yellow, on 7 foot stems. 



255001. Isopogon sp. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. S-16. Moora-Gingin road, Western Australia. Rounded shrub to 

 2 l /% feet high; flowers pink, attractive. 



255002. Keraudrenia hillii F. Muell. Sterculiaceae. 



Col. No. S-29. Dr. Blake's garden, Brisbane. Tree to 10 feet high with 

 tendency to root sucker. 



255003. Keraudrenia integrifolia Steud. 



Col. No. S-26. Sandy garden soil, Queensland. Shrub to four feet high; 

 flowers blue. 



255004 and 255005. Leptospermum coriaceum Cheel. Myrtaceae. 



255004. Col. No. S-8. 'Green Tea Tree'. Sandy ridge south of Mildura 

 Victoria. Bushy shrub to 6 feet high; flowers white. 



255005. Col. No. S-ll. Sandy roadside between Blanchetown and 

 Waikerie, South Australia. Shrub to six feet high; flowers white. 



255006. Leptospermum luehmannii F. M. Bail. 



Col. No. S-28. Dr. Blake's garden, Brisbane, Queensland. Slender shrub 

 to 8 feet high; flowers white; bark attractive, like Lagerstroemia is indica. 



