JANUARY lj 1959 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 59 19 



254993 to 255017— Continued 



255C07 and 255008. Leptospermum pubescexs Lam. 



255007. Col. Xo. S-5. Anakie Gorge, southern end of Brisbane Range, 

 Victoria. Upright shrub to seven feet high; leaves gray; flowers white. 



255008. Col. Xo. S-9. 'Moonah'. Salt pan south of Mildura, Victoria. 

 Bushy tree to 10 feet high. 



255009. Leptospeemum sphaeeocaepum Cheel. 



Col. Xo. S-24. Khyber Pass near Rylston, Western Australia. Gray- 

 leaved shrub to 3 feet high; flowers white; fruit small. 



255010. Majbsilea drummondi A. Br. Marsiieaceae. 



Col. Xo. S— 17. Loxton, Southern Australia. Herbaceous creeping ground 

 cover: frond petiolate, four-lobed, resembling 4-leaved clover; sporocarp is a 

 bony beaniike structure, eaten by natives. 



255011. Melaleuca (hybrid). Myrtaceae. 



Col. Xo. S-6. {M. fulgens X M. steedmanii). Garden of F. C. Payne, 



Athelstone, South Australia. Shrub to 7 feet high; flowers large, bright red. 



255012. Melaleuca acuminata F. MuetL 



Col. Xo. S-12. Sandy soil between Tailem Bend and Xaturi, South Austra- 

 lia. Compact shrub to 6 feet high; flowers small, light-lavender. 



255013. Melaleuca pubescexs Schauer 



Col. Xo. S-13. Tailem Bend-Xaturi road, South Australia. 



255014. Melaleuca squaeeosa J. E. Smith. 



Col. Xo. S-19. ''Scented Paper Bark'. Victoria. Large shrub. 



255015. Melaleuca steedmanii C. A. Gardn. 



Col. Xo. S-23. Western Australia. Spreading shrub with brilliant red 

 "brushes' 7 , each stamen tipped by a golden anther. 



255016. Ricixocaepus pixleolius Desf. Euphorbiaceae. 



Col. Xo. S— 20. 'Wedding Flower'. Coastal highway, Frankston, Victoria. 

 Rounded shrub to four feet high; foliage dark green, needlelike; flowers waxy 

 white, 0.75 inch in diameter. 



255017. (Undetermined.) 



Col. Xo. S-18. Waitpinga, Victor Harbor Road, South Australia. Shrub 

 to four feet high; foliage stiff, sharp pointed needlelike; flowers red. 



255018. Caloteopis gigaxtea (L.) K. Br. Asclepiadaceae. 



From Pakistan. Seeds presented by S. A. Khan, Lahore. Received Jan. 15, 



1959. 



Open wastelands in Kundian Tehsil, Mianwali District, West Pakistan. 

 Elevation 400 feet. Average annual rainfall 12 inches, minimum temperature 

 35° F. Arid zone subshrub. 



255019 to 255072. 



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

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

 Jan. 15, 1959. 



Collected in Western Australia. 



255019. Acacia beauverdiana Ewart. Mimosaceae. 



Col. Xo. S— 51. Widgiemooltha, between Xorseman and Coolgardie. Shrub 

 to eight feet high; phyllodia dense, to three inches long. 



