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255078 to 255135— Continued 



255091. Lachnostachys coolgardiensis S. Moore Verbenaceae. 



Col. No. S-93. Ten miles west of Coolgardie. Spreading shrub to four 

 feet high; foliage white, wooly; flowers small, blue. 



255092. Lambertis Formosa Smith Proteaceae. 



Col. No. S-94. 'Mountain Devil'. Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury. Shrub 

 to five feet high: flowers red or deep pink. 



255093. Leptospermum sphaerocarpum Cheel. Myrtaceae. 



Col. No. S-24A. Khyber Pass near Rylston. Shrub to three feet high; 

 leaves gray; flowers white. 



255094 and 255095. Leptospermum spinescens Endl. 



Purchased from Johnson & Co., Joondanna. 



255094. Col. No. S-141. Rigid shrub to two feet high; branches spinescent; 

 flowers large, white, with green center. 



255095. Col. No. S-181. Burma Road, 40 miles southeast of Geraldton. 

 Spinescent shrub to two feet high; flowers white with greenish cast. 



255096. Macropidia fuliginosa Druce Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. S-95. 'Black Kangeroo Paw'. Herb with irislike foliage, to two 

 feet high; flower stalks to six feet high; flowers black and green. 



255097. Marianthus linatus F. Muell. Pittosporaceae. 



Col. No. S-174. Mullewa road, about 30 miles from Geraldton. Vine that 

 may be pruned and treated as a low shrub. 



255098. Marianthus ringens F. Muell. 



Col. No. S-162. 'Chapman River Creeper'. Chapman River bank near 

 Geraldton. Vine; foliage glossy green; flowers pendent red bells to 1 inch long. 



255099. Melaleuca graminea S. Moore Myrtaceae. 



Col. No. S-96. 'Grass Leaf Paperbark'. Albany. Tree or shrub to 20 

 feet high; bark white; leaves lanceolate, bright green. 



255100. Melaleuca pungens Schau. 



Col. No. S-97. 'Prickly Bottlebrush'. Popanginning. Rigid shrub to 

 four feet high; young foliage fragrant; flowers yellow, in spikes three inches long. 



255101. Melaleuca scabra R. Br. 



Col. No. S-98. 'Trichophylla'. Mullewa, Geraldton. Compact shrub 

 to five feet high; leaves dark green; flowers crimson, in terminal heads; anther 

 tips white. 



255102. Melaleuca steedmanii C. A. Gardn. 



Col. No. S-153. Perenjori. Purchased from Johnson & Co., Joondanna. 

 Shrub to six feet high; branches erect, twiggy; leaves glaucous; flowers in 

 short spikes, scarlet, with broad, prominent staminal bundles. 



255103. Melaleuca thyoides Turcz. 



Col. No. S-99. Murchison, 15 miles northwest of Ajana. Leaves bright 

 green, short, sessile, ovate; flowers purple to mauve, in terminal heads. 



255104. Melaleuca sp. 



Col. No. S-183. Highway near Pindar. Tree or large shrub ten feet high; 

 flowers lavender. 



255105. Micromyrtus hursthousei Fitzg. Myrtaceae. 



Col. No. S-101. Cockleshell Gully, five miles east of Jurien Bay. Upright 

 shrub to three feet high; flowers small, white or pink, in masses. 



