﻿36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47173 to 47184. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas Cuba. Presented by Dr. Mario Calvino 

 director, Estacion Experimental Agronomica, through Dr. P. A. Yoder, 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 4, 1919. 

 47173. C, 903. 47179. C.917. 



47174. C. 901 47180. C. % 



47175. C. 905. 47181. C.8. 



47176. C.907. 47182. C.9. 



47177. G.908. 47183. G. 21. 



47178. 6.912. 47184. 90S de gorro. 



47185 to 47193. 



From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by Mr. Edwin Ashby. Re- 

 ceived March 4, 1919. Quoted notes by Mr. Ashby. 

 47185. Bossiaea sp. Fabacese. 



I "An upright-growing leafless shrub, with flattened ribbonlike stems and 

 pea-shaped flowers all up the stem. Collected in the quarantine station 

 at Sydney." 

 47186 and 47187. Chorizema ilicieolium Labill. Fabacese. 



47186. "A pretty shrub from Western Australia, about 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with brilliant orange-red pea-shaped flowers. It blooms for 

 many months in winter and spring." 



47187. " Similar to the preceding number — with bright red and 

 orange flowers. It blooms in the spring, but not over so long a pe- 

 riod as the preceding number." 



Received as Chorizema grandiflora, for which name a place of 

 publication has not been found. It is apparently a large-flowered 

 form of C. ilici folium. 



47188. Erica holosericea Salisb. Ericaceae. 

 (E. andromedaeflora Andr.) 



" This is a handsome and distinct species." 



47189. Grevillea lavandtjlacea Schlecht. Proteaceae. 



" This is a charming, shrubby plant which grows in sandy soil, about 

 1 foot high and from 1| to 2 feet broad; it flowers very freely. This 

 variety is better than the Victorian." 



47190. Hibiscus huegelii wrayae (Lindl.) Benth. Malvaceae. 



" From the Gawler Ranges, South Australia. A tall shrub bearing 

 large mauve-colored flowers. This is the handsomest of all the Aus- 

 tralian ' desert roses.' " 



47191. Kennedya comptoniana (Andrews) Link. Fabacese. 

 (Hardenoergia comptoniana Benth.) 



" This is a fine climber. The sprays of flowers are very long and 

 deep violet, and the leaves are more deeply cut than in the variety around 

 Perth, Western Australia." 



47192. Olearia teretifolia (Sond.) F. Muell. Asteraceae. 

 (Aster teretifolius F. Muell.) 



"A bright-green almost broomlike shrub, native of Kangaroo Island, 

 this State. It grows to 5 feet in height and is covered with masses of 



