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99380 to 99466— Continued. 



99422. Grewia flava DC. Tiliaceae. 



A rigid much-branched shrub, native to south- 

 ern Africa. The oval crenulate leaves, 1 inch 

 long, are glabrous above and canescent beneath. 

 The small solitary yellow flowers are followed by 

 two-lobed black edible fruits. 



99423. Gynopogon buxifolius (R. Br.) Schum. 

 Apocynaceae. 



A low spreading shrub, native to Australia. 

 The thick rigid obovate to orbicular leaves, 1 inch 

 long, are in pairs or in whorls of three, and the 

 inconspicuous tubular flowers, in terminal 

 clusters, are followed by ovoid orange fruits 

 about one-half inch long. 



buxifolia (L.) Szysz. 



994.24. Gymnosporia 



Celastraceae. 



A spiny shrub, several feet high, native to 

 southern Africa. The obovate toothed leaves 

 are 1 to 2 inches long, and the small white flowers, 

 in axillary clusters, are followed by small fruits 

 about the size of a pea. 



99425. Hakea cyclocarpa Lindl. Proteaceae. 



A glabrous shrub, 5 to 6 feet high, native to 

 Western Australia. The thick entire oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and the 

 axillary clusters of small silky pubescent flowers 

 are followed by woody compressed two-valved 

 capsules 1 to 2 inches long, recurved at the base, 

 then incurved, with a broad inflexed beak having 

 a dorsal truncate protuberance at the top of each 

 valve. 



99426. Halleria lucida L. Scrophulariaceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet high, native 

 to tropical and southern Africa. The broadly 

 ovate leathery leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, have 

 serrulate margins, and the curved tubular brown- 

 red to orange-purple flowers, 1 inch long, are fol- 

 lowed by dark-purple ovoid berries nearly 1 inch 

 in diameter. 



99427. Hesperaloe parviflora (Torr.) Coult. 

 Liliaceae. 



A stemless yuccalike plant, native to Texas and 

 Mexico. The lanceolate concave leaves, 3 to 4 

 feet long by 1 inch wide, have coarse marginal 

 threads, and the glaucous flower stalk, 3 to 4 feet 

 high, bears a panicle of nodding rosy oblong 

 flowers 1 to 2 inches long. 



L. Malvaceae. 

 Cotton rosemallow. 



A double-flowered variety of a tall East Indian 

 shrub, with large broad cordate leaves and large 

 white flowers, which later change to red. It 

 ^blooms in summer and late autumn and is widely 

 planted in the Bermuda Islands in gardens and 

 hedges. 



For previous introduction see 90918. 



Indigofera macrostachya Vent. 



99428. Hibiscus mutabilis 



Fab- 

 Indigo. 



A shrubby plant with hairy leaflets and pink 

 flowers in dense racemes which are longer than 

 the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 62185. 



99430 to 99432. Kalanchoe spp. Crassulaceae. 



99430. Kalanchoe aegyptiaca DC. 



A branched fleshy plant with pale-green 

 ovate-spatulate leaves, the oldest rounded, and 

 small orange flowers in a rather large terminal 

 panicle. Native to Mount Melhan, Egypt. 



99431. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harv. 



A suffrutescent succulent 2 to 4 feet high, 

 native to southern Africa. The oblong-spatu- 

 late pale-green leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and 



99380 to 99466— Continued. 



the coral-orange flowers are borne in a compact 

 oblong panicle or thyrsus. 



99432. Kalanchoe welwitschii Britten. 



An erect succulent plant, native to tropical 

 Africa, with cylindrical stems 3 to 5 feet high 

 and 1 inch in diameter at the base. The large 

 ovate-lanceolate basal leaves are 8 to 10 inches 

 long and crenate-dentate, with purple-margined 

 teeth; the upper leaves are linear-lanceolate and 

 nearly entire. The bright sulphur-yellow 

 flowers, nearly 1 inch long, are borne in diffuse 

 panicles. 



For previous introduction see 86828. 



99433. Lavandula abrotanoides Lam. Men- 

 thaceae. 



A perennial herb about 2 feet high, native to 

 the Canary Islands. It has green bipinnate 

 leaves and a branched spike of bluish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 81173. 



TOMENTOSA (D^f.) Koch. 



99434. Magydaris 

 Apiaceae. 



A perennial herb with pinnacisect hairy leaves 

 and small white flowers in many-flowered umbels. 

 Native to Sicily. 



99435 to 99441. Melaleuca spp. Myrtaceae. 



99435. Melaleuca cuticularis Labill. 



A tall shrub or small tree with twisted branch- 

 es and bark in paperlike layers. The thick 

 flat linear oblong leaves are one half inch long, 

 and the small flowers are grouped in a scaly 

 head. Native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 81175. 



99436. Melaleuca diosmaefolia Andrews. 



A tall rigid shrub, native to Western Aus- 

 tralia. The spreading ovate-lanceolate leaves 

 are less than one half inch long, and the rather 

 large yellow-green flowers are in dense cylindri- 

 cal spikes below the ends of the branchlets. 



99437. Melaleuca linariifolia J. E-. Smith. 



A tall shrub or small tree, native to Australia. 

 The rigid broadly linear leaves are 1 to 2 inches 

 long, and the small white flowers are in pairs in 

 spikes 1 to 2 inches long. 



99438. Melaleuca nesophila F. Muell. 



Pink melaleuca. 



A tall shrub or tree with thick spongy bark, 

 native to Western Australia. The thick obo- 

 vate to oblong leaves are 1 inch long and ob- 

 scurely 1- to 3-nerved, and the pink or rose- 

 colored flowers are in heads 1 to 2 inches in 

 diameter. 



99439. Melaleuca pubescens Schauer. 



A tall shrub or small tree native to Australia, 

 with small linear leaves one half inch long 

 crowded on the pubescent branches and small 

 white flowers borne in loose cylindrical spikes. 



For previous introduction see 90716. 



99440. Melaleuca pulchella R. Br. 



A spreading shrub 2 to 3 feet high, native to 

 Western Australia. The scattered oblong- 

 ovate spreading or recurved leaves are less than 

 one-fourth inch long, and the rather large purple 

 flowers are solitary or in scattered clusters of 

 2 or 3 near the ends of the branches. 



99441. Melaleuca wilsoni F. Muell. 



Wilson melaleuca. 



A tall shrub, native to Australia, with thick 

 linear imbricated leaves one-fourth to one-half 

 inch long and small red flowers scattered in 

 loose spikes. 



