76 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



256048 to 256080— Continued 



256077 and 256078. Solanum melongena L. Solanaeeae. Eggplant. 



256077. No. 1. 



256078. No. 2. 



256079 and 256080. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodiaceae. 



Common spinach. 



256079. No. 1. 



256080. No. 2. 



256081 to 256107. 



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

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

 Mar. 25, 1959. 



256081. Acacia acinacea Lindl. Mimosaceae. 



Col. No. S-249. East of Djerriwarrh Creek, Victoria. Glabrous, diffuse 

 shrub to five feet high; flowers clear yellow. 



256082. Acacia acuminata Benth. 



Col. No. S-208. Raspberry Jam or Jam Tree. Wimmera Forest Nursery, 

 Wail, Victoria. Slender, vase-shaped tree to 40 feet high, flowers yellow. 



256083. Acacia hakeoides A. Cunn. 



Col. No. S-195. 'Hakea wattle'. Wimmera Forest Nursery, Wail, Victoria. 

 Spreading shrub to six feet high, foliage somewhat yellowish; flowers bright 

 yellow; usually floriferous. 



256084. Acacia howittii F. Muell. 



Col. No. S-200. Wimmera Forest Nursery, Wail, Victoria. Erect spread- 

 ing tree to 20 feet high; foliage pendulous; flowers pale yellow. 



256085. Acacia microcarpa F. Muell. 



Col. No. S-199. Wimmera Forest Nursery, Wail, Victoria. Small, diffuse 

 shrub; flowers yellow. 



256086 and 256087. Acacia pycnantha Benth. Golden wattle. 



256086. Col. No. S-204. Wimmera Forest Nursery, Wail, Victoria. 

 Tree to 12 feet high and 15 feet across; branches pendulous; flowers 

 bright yellow, large. 



256087. Col. No. S-205. Mount Arapiles, Victoria. Flowers two months 

 earlier than typical form. 



256088. Acacia retinodes Schlecht. 



Col. No. S-201. Edges of water courses and damp places in temperate 

 regions, Wimmera Forest Nursery, Wail, Victoria. Erect to spreading tree to 

 20 feet high and 15 feet wide; flowers pale yellow, flowering over long period. 



256089. Acacia rigens A. Cunn. 



Col. No. S-194. Wimmera Forest Nursery, Wail, Victoria. Compact shrub 

 to three feet high; foliage dense; floriferous. 



256090. Acacia salicina Lindl. 



Col. No. S-193. Near water courses in desert areas, Wimmera Forest 

 Nursery, Wail, Victoria. Tree to 50 feet high; foliage pendulous; flowers pale 

 yellow. 



256091. Acacia stenophylla A. Cunn. 



Col. S-202. Along water courses in semi-arid areas, Wimmera Forest Nurs- 

 ery, Wail, Victoria. Tree to 20 feet high; phyllodes to 15 inches long and 0.25 

 inch wide ; pendulous ; flowers pale yellow. 



