24 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



255078 to 255135. 



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

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

 Received Jan. 16, 1959. 



Collected in Western Australia. 



255078. Pileanthus peduncularis Endl. Myrtaceae. 



Col. No. S-103. 'Copper Cups'. Mullewa. Shrub to four feet high; 

 flowers numerous, simple, apricot and orange shades. 



255079. Hakea amplexicaulis R. Br. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. S-79. Darling Range, Perth. Rigid, prickly shrub to ten feet high; 

 leaves stem-clasping, heart-shaped, deeply serrated; flowers yellow to pink, in 

 leaf axils. 



255080. Hakea bucculenta C. A. Gard. 



Col. No. S-80. Mullewa, north of Geraldton. Plant tall, narrow-leaved; 

 flowers scarlet. 



255081. Hakea elliptica (Smith) R. Br. 



Col. No. S-81. 'Mount Clarence Hakea'. Mount Clarence, Albany. Upright 

 shrub to eight feet high; leaves bronze tipped, broadly elliptical, light green; 

 flowers white. 



255082. Hakea incrassata R. Br. 



Col. No. S-82. Ravensthorpe to Ajana. Spreading shrub to four feet high; 

 leaves obtuse to elliptical, light grayish; flowers brown and cream-colored; 

 fruits globular, to one inch in diameter. 



255083. Hakea lasiantha R. Br. 



Col. No. S-83. Albany. Leaves lanceolate, dense; flowers white or cream- 

 colored. 



255084. Hakea megalosperma Meissn. 



Col. No. S-84. Mount Lesueur, five miles east of Jurien Bay. Low 

 spreading shrub; fruits ovate, flat, to four inches diameter, borne upright on 

 stems above foliage. 



225085. Hakea recurva Meissn. 



Col. No. S-85. North of Irwin. Shrub to 20 feet high; leaves rigid needle- 

 like; flowers yellow. 



225086. Hemigenia sp. Menthaceae. 



Col. No. S-86. Kondivan. Hardy shrub to three feet high; stems soft, 

 hirsute; foliage penstemonlike; flowers pink. 



225087. Hemigenia sp. 



Col. No. S-88. North of Wongan Hills. Woolly shrub to three feet high; 

 flowers borne in erect axillary spikes, carmine-pink. 



225088. Isopogon divergens R. Br. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. S-89. 'Cone Bush'. Carnamah, south to Quairading. Shrub to 

 five feet high; leaves pinnately divided into rigid narrow segments; flowers 

 silvery pink, in terminal cones. 



255089. Isopogon heterophyllus Meissn. 



Col. No. S-90. South of Pingelly to Albany. Upright shrub to six feet 

 high; leaves pinnate: flowers yellow. 



255090. Isopogon latifolius R. Br. 



Col. No. S-92. 'Cone Bush'. Albany to Cape Riche. Shrub to six feet 

 high; branches bear heads of rose-pink flowers. 



