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32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48035 to 48075. 



From Tangier, Morocco. Presented by M. Jules Goffart, Societe d'Horti- 

 culture de Tanger. Received August 12, 1919. 



48035. Acacia armata R. Br. Mimosacese. Kangaroo thorn. 

 This simple-leaved, prickly acacia has a shrubby stem ; 10 to 20 feet 



high, with graceful branches which are leafy to the tip. The long stamens 

 give a soft fluffy appearance to the heads of opened flowers which are 

 borne on axillary peduncles longer than the leaves. This plant is much 

 grown for hedges, though less manageable than various other hedge 

 plants, and not so fireproof; it is more important for covering coast 

 sand with an unapproachable prickly vegetation. The wood is small, 

 but beautifully grained, sound, and durable. Native to southern Aus- 

 tralia. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia 3 , p. 3^9, 

 and Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 1653.) 



48036. Acacia bonariensis Gillies. Mimosacese. 

 An almost glabrous acacia from southern Brazil, with angular branches 



sparsely equipped with short, recurved spines. The long bipinnate 

 leaves and branches are glabrous; the youngest leaflets and the pedun- 

 cles are silky hairy, as are also the short, panicled flower spikes. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Botanical Miscellany, vol. 3, p. 207.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42321. 



48037. Acacia brachybotrya Benth. Mimosacese. 

 A handsome shrub, several feet in height, silvery white with a close 



silky pubescence. It bears a small number of axillary racemes of 

 tomentose many-flowered heads, and has very short leaves. Native to 

 southeastern Australia. (Adapted from Hooker, London Journal of 

 Botany, vol. 1, p. 3Jf7.) 



48038. Acacia calamifolia Sweet. Mimosacese. 

 An entirely glabrous plant with rounded slender branches. The leaf- 

 stalks, or leaves as they are usually called, are filiform, compressed, 

 drooping, and compact. The small yellow flowers are erect on a very 

 short stalk. It is an attractive ornamental, especially when in full 

 bloom. It is said to be an excellent tan-bark species, containing 20 

 per cent of tannin. Native to southeastern Australia. (Adapted from 

 Edioards, Botanical Register, vol. 10, p. 839.) 



48039. Acacia cultriformis A. Cunn. Mimosacese. 

 A tall bushy shrub, glabrous and often mealy glaucous when young; 



native to New South Wales. The triangular leathery leaves (phyllodia) 

 densely cover the angular branchlets. The numerous racemes, of many 

 globular heads, are much longer than the leaves. (Adapted from 

 Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 2, p. 375.) 



This plant, if kept well pruned, forms an excellent hedge. For many 

 years it has been cultivated in the open in California and is considered a 

 desirable shrub. 



48040. Acacia cyanophylla Lindl. Mimosacese. Blue-leaved wattle. 

 A handsome shrub from Western Australia, 18 feet in height, with 



drooping branches and glabrous, lanceolate phyllodia ; the lower ones are 

 1 foot, the upper 6 inches in length. The numerous large golden-yellow 

 flowers are grouped in 3 to 5 heads borne on short racemes. The pods 

 are long and narrow. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 

 2, p. 364.) 



