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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99380 to 99466— Continued. 



99442. Myoporum crystallinum Kunze. My- 

 oporaceae. 



An evergreen shrub, native to Australia, with 

 leathery green leaves, pellucid-punctate beneath. 

 Closely related to M. obscura. 



99443. Noltea africana (L.) Reichenb. Rham- 



An upright evergreen shrub 10 to 12 feet high, 

 native to southern Africa. The oblong- lanceolate 

 serrate leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, are pale green 

 beneath, and the small white flowers are in 

 terminal clusters. The whole plant is said to be 

 saponaceous, and the macerated foliage is used by 

 the natives in washing. 



99444. Notelaea excelsa Webb, and Berth. 



An evergreen shrub up to 15 feet high, native 

 to the Canary Islands. The small white flowers 

 in axillary racemes, appear in May and are 

 followed by globular fruits. 



99445. Olea chrysophylla Lam. Oleaceae. 



A small evergreen tree, closely related to the 

 cultivated olive. Its chief ornamental value lies 

 in the golden color of the under surfaces of the 

 Native to eastern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 81185. 



99446. Olea verrucosa (Roem. and Schult.) 

 Link. Oleaceae. 



A tree, native to southern Africa, with linear 

 leaves 3 inches long, covered with small yellow 

 scales beneath. The axillary panicles, 2 inches 

 long, of small flowers are followed by dark globose 

 scarcely fleshy fruits one-fourth inch in diameter. 



99447. Olearia argophylla (Labill.) F. Muell. 

 Asteraceae. 



A tree 20 to 25 feet high, emitting a strong 

 musky odor. The alternate, ovate to lanceolate, 

 entire or denticulate leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, are 

 reticulate above and clothed with silvery-silky 

 hairs beneath. The small blue-white, asterlike 

 flower heads are in large terminal corymbs. It 

 is native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 86265. 



ricasoliana (Tanf.) Baill. 

 Ricasol pandorea. 



Pandorea 

 Bignoniaceae. 



An evergreen climbing shrub with pinnate 

 leaves of 7 to 11 ovate-serrate leaflets 1 inch long, 

 dark green above, pale beneath, and loose terminal 

 panicles of large campanulate flowers 2 inches 

 long, light pink striped with red. Native to 

 southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 98092. 



99449. Phoenix canariensis Chabaud. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Canary date palm. 



A palm, native to the Canary Islands, closely 

 resembling the common date palm (Phoenix 

 dacly lif era), but more slender and graceful in all 

 its parts, and the leaves are more numerous. 



Variety macrocarpa; a form with large fruits. 



For previous introduction see 93324. 



99450 to 99454. Pittosporum spp. Pittospora- 

 ceae. 



99450. Pittosporum colensoi Hook. f. 



A tree, up to 50 feet high, native to New 

 Zealand, with lanceolate to obovate leathery 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The solitary axillary 

 dark-purple flowers, one-half inch long, are 

 followed by thick woody globose capsules. 



99451. Pittosporum heterophyllum Franch. 



Rock pittosporum. 



A spreading shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, native to 

 Szechwan and Yunnan, China, where it grows 



99380 to 99466— Continued. 





on cliffs and in rocky places in the arid valleys. 

 The ovate leaves are medium sized, and the 

 light-yellow flowers are borne near the tips of 

 the new branchlets. 



99452. Pittosporum procerum Hort. 



A name for which a place of publication and 

 a description have not been found. 



99453. Pittosporum undulatum Vent. 



Orange pittosporum. 



An Australian evergreen shrub or tree up to 

 40 feet high, often used as a hedge. The lanceo- 

 late leaves, 3 to 6 inches long, are undulate on 

 the margin, and the white flowers, whose frag- 

 rance resembles that of orange blossoms, are in 

 terminal clusters. 



For previous introduction see 76942. 



99454. Pittosporum viridiflorum Sims. 



Cape pittosporum. 



An erect shrub up to 25 feet high, native to 

 southern Africa. It resembles the well known 

 P. tobira, differing in having smaller green- 

 yellow flowers in dense compound clusters. 



99455. Pleiogynium solandri (Benth.) 

 Anacardiaceae. 



Engl. 



A tree up to 60 feet high and often 3 feet in 

 diameter, native to Queensland, Australia. The 

 pinnately compound leaves are made up of 7 to 9 

 obovate leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, and the small 

 inconspicuous flowers, in axillary racemes, are 

 followed by broadly top-shaped purple drupes 1 to 

 2 inches across. 



89456. Podachaenium eminens (Lag.) Schultz 

 Bip. Asteraceae. 



A tall slightly branched shrub 9 to 15 feet high, 

 native to Mexico and Guatemala. The broadly 

 ovate 5- to 7-lobed leaves are roughened above and 

 gray tomentose beneath, and the daisylike white 

 flowers, 1 inch across, are in flat-topped clusters 

 of about 20 or more. 



99457. podanthus mitiqui Lindl. Asteraceae. 



An evergreen shrub 3 feet high, with 3^ellow 

 flowers appearing in autumn. Native to Chile. 



Men- 



Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook, 

 thaceae. 



A much-branched herbaceous perennial 5 to 7 

 feet high, native to tropical and southern Africa. 

 The densely pubescent ovate leaves, 3 to 4 inches 

 long, are deeply cut into rounded lobes, and the 

 small bright-blue flowers are in dense spikes 2 to 3 

 inches long. 



Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (F. 

 ■i Muell.) Engler. Anacardiaceae. 



An evergreen tree up to 70 feet high, native to 

 Australia and closely resembling sumach. The 

 pinnately compound leaves are made up of 7 to 9 

 lustrous dark-green ovate leaflets 2 to 3 inches long 

 and the small crimson or pink flowers, borne in 

 axillary and terminal panicles, are followed by 

 globular red-brown fruits one half inch in diameter. 



99460. Salvia gardneriana Hort. Menthaceae. 



Sage. 



A name for which a place of publication and a 

 description have not been found. 



99461. SOLLYA HETEROPHYLLA Lindl. PittOSpO- 



raceae. Australian bluebell-creeper. 



An evergreen climbing shrub 2 to 6 feet high, 

 native to Australia. The leaves, 1 to 2 inches 

 long, vary from lanceolate to ovate, and the 

 bright-blue flowers, one half inch long, are borne 

 in 8- to 12-flowered cymes. 



99462. Sophora davidii (Franch.) Komarow. 

 Fabaceae. 



A spiny shrub up to 6 feet high, with slender 

 spreading pubescent branchlets, native to central 





