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255078 to 255135— Continued 



255122. Verticordia monadelpha Turcz. 



Col. No. S-116. 'Woolly Morrison' or 'Woolly Feather Flower'. Wongan 

 Hills. Dense, rounded shrub to three feet high; flowers rose-colored, woolly. 



255123 and 255124. Verticordia muelleriana E. Pritz. 



255123. Col. No. S-117. Mullewa. Slender plant to six feet high; leaves 

 sessile, round, decussate; flowers glaucous or green and golden bronze. 



255124. Col. Xo. S-118. Watheroo. Plant to seven feet high. 



255125. Verticordia nitexs Schau. 



Col. No. S-119. 'Greacn Feather Flower' or 'True Morrison'. Wanneroo, 

 Morra River. High erect plant; umbels large; flowers small, yellow. 



255126. Verticordia oculata Meissn. 



Col. Xo. S-120. Divner Hill, east of Hill River. Upright plant to five feet 

 high; leaves opposite, ovate, odd; flowers delicate, pink and white. 



255127. Verticordia penxigera Endl. 



Col. Xo. S-122. Hill River area to Stirling Range. Shrub to two feet- 

 high; flowers mauve, in 1.5 foot spikes. 



255128. Verticordia picta Endl. 



Col. Xo. S-121. Widgemoolthan, north of Xorseman. Shrub to three feet 

 high; flowers pink. 



255129. Verticordia plttmosa Druce. 



Col. Xo. S-123. Boogingarra to Moora. Shrub to three feet high; flowers 

 in heads, pink to white. 



255130. Verticordia preissii Schau. 



Col. Xo. S-113. 'Yellow Morrison'. Mundagin. Compact two-foot heads 

 of numerous, small, yellow flowers. 



255131. Verticordia roei Endl. 



Col. Xo. S-124. Southern Cross. Shrub to four feet high; heads umbellate; 

 flowers white to cream-colored and red. 



255132. Verticordia spicata F. Muell. 



Col. Xo. S-125. Southeast of Carnamah. Plant to 10 feet high; flowers 

 heads spicate. 



255133. Xtlomelum occidentals R. Br. Proteaceae. 



Col. Xo. S-126. 'Western Wood Pear'. Coast south of Perth. Small tree 

 or large shrub; leaves white, hollylike when young; flowers white or pink; 

 fruit pearlike. 



255134. Undetermined. 



Col. No. S-159. Norseman. Shrub to two feet high. 



255135. Hibiscus sp. Malvaceae. 



Col. Xo. S-173. Mullewa road, Geraldton. Leaves glaucous; flowers lav- 

 ender blue, to three inches in diameter. 



255136 and 255137. Citrullus laxatus (Thunb.) Mansf. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Watermelon. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Pretoria, Transvaal. Received Jan. 20, 1959. 



255136. Tsamma selection from Xelspruit, Eastern Transvaal. 



255137. Large Tsamma type from Pretoria Horticultural Research Station. 



