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101309 to 101343 — Continued 



elliptic to obovate parchmentlike leaves are 4 to 

 6 inches long, scabrous on both surfaces, and the 

 roughly scabrous fruits, solitary or in axillary 

 pairs, are obovoid to subglobose and about half 

 an inch in diameter. This species is referred to 

 F. exasperata by some authorities. 



101329. Ficus PYRIFORMI3 Hook, and Arn. 



A shrub with pubescent branchlets, native to 

 tropical India and China. The linear -lanceolate 

 to oblong-lanceolate leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, 

 and the solitary axillary pear-shaped fruits are 

 less than an inch long. 



101330. Ficus quercifolia Roxb. 



A creeping or decumbent shrub, native to trop- 

 ical Asia. The coarsely sinuate-crenate, deeply 

 lobed leaves are 2 to 5 inches long, and the red 

 fruits, about half an inch in diameter, vary from 

 egg shape to pea shape. 



101331. Ficus racemigera Bur. 



A small tree about 30 feet high, native to the 

 forests of New Caledonia. The membranous 

 elliptic entire leaves are 3 to 8 inches long, and 

 the small orange fruits are in long racemes. 



101332. Ficus retusa L. 



A large tropical tree with aerial roots, leathery 

 leaves 4 inches long, and red or yellow fruits one- 

 third of an inch in diameter. Native to the East 

 Indies. 



101333. Ficus rubiginosa Desf. 



Rusty fig. 



A tree with wide spreading branches throwing 

 out woody roots like the banyan tree. The ellip- 

 tical coriaceous leaves, 3 to 4 inches long, are 

 smooth above and covered with rusty tomentum 

 beneath. 



For previous introduction see 90711. 



101334. Ficus schlechteri Warb. 



An East Indian tree with smooth obovate to 

 oblanceoiate leaves about 3 inches long and pea- 

 shaped fruits one-third inch in diameter, borne 

 in pairs in the leaf axils. 



101335. Ficus subtriplinervia Mart. Gomero. 



A Brazilian forest tree with a dense crown of 

 obtuse papery leaves, prominently three-veined 

 at the base. The small axillary fruits are globular. 



101338. Ficus teloukat Batand. and Trab. 



A large tree with smooth, leathery, entire, 

 oblong-ovate, cordate leaves about 4 inches long 

 and small, fleshy, globose, pinkish fruits scarcely 

 half an inch in diameter. Teloukat is the Touareg 

 name for this tree in northern Africa where it is 

 native. 



101337. Ficus thollonii Hort. 



A name for which a place of publication and a 

 description have not been found. 



101333. Ficus tiliaefolia Baker. 



A shrub with stout brown branchlets and cor- 

 date-triangular, green, entire leaves, scabrous 

 above, 4 to 5 inches long. The leathery fruits are 

 1 inch in diameter. Native to Madagascar. 



101339. Ficus trachyphylla (Miquel) Fenzl. 



A large spreading tree, native to tropical Africa. 

 The broadly cordate leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are 

 obtusely serrate, and the pear-shaped axillary 

 fruits, 1 to 2 inches long, are densely tomentose. 

 This tree is said to yield a hard reddish rubber. 



101340. Ficus triangularis Warb. 



A tropical African tree, closely related to F. 

 furcata, with small, triangular, leathery leaves 2 

 inches long with revolute margins and small, 

 green, brown-spotted fruits one-fourth inch in 

 diameter. 



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101341. Ficus trimeni King. 



A gigantic tree with very few aerial roots, native 

 to tropical Asia. The elliptic, entire, leathery 

 leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and the warty, 

 globose fruits, less than one-half inch in diameter, 

 are borne in sessile axillary pairs. 



101342. Ficus utilis Sim. 



Zulu fig. 



A medium-sized tree native to eastern Africa 

 from Zululand to Somaliland. It is almost ever- 

 green, except in long droughts. The fruit is 

 worthless, but the natives use the thick bark, 

 when beaten out, for bags, clothing, etc. 



101343. Ficus villosa Blume. 



A strong-climbing shrub, native to the Malay 

 Archipelago, with the branchlets, underside of 

 the leaves, and the fruits covered with red-brown 

 tomentum. The leathery, cordate leaves are 5 to 

 10 inches long, and the orange-yellow fruits, one- 

 third inch in diameter, are clustered in axillary 

 tubercles. 



101344. Rubus hawaiensis A. Gray. 

 Rosaceae. Akala. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by W. T. Pope, 

 senior horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Honolulu. Received November 9, 1932. 



A wild raspberry, native to Hawaii between 

 3,500 and 5,000 feet altitude, which grows over 15 

 feet high. The large fruits, \% inches long and 

 about 1 inch in diameter, have a rather sharp, but 

 pleasant acid flavor. 



101345. Rubus idaeus L. Rosaceae. 



European raspberry. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Institute of Plant Indus 

 try, Leningrad, Received November 11, 1932. 



Grown in the Leningrad district. 



101346 to 101354. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Edwin 

 Ashby, Wittunga. Blackwood, South Australia. 

 Received November 10, 1932. 



101348 to 101351. Callistemon spp. Myrtaceae. 



101346. Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. 



Closely related to C. salignus, from which it 

 is said to differ by the upright habit of growth. 

 It is an erect shrub 6 to 8 feet high and is said to 

 be restricted to Tasmania. 



101347 and 101348. Callistemon paludosus X ? 



For previous introduction see 101197. 



101347. A hybrid with cream flowers. 



101348. A hybrid with lovely pink flowers. 



101349. Callistemon rigidus R. Br. 



A tall shrub, sometimes 30 feet high, native to 

 New South Wales. The narrowly linear leaves 

 are 2 to 5 inches long, and the scarlet flowers, 

 with dark-red stamens an inch long, are borne 

 in large dense spikes. 



101350. Callistemon rugulosus DC. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 101198. 



101351. Callistemon salignus (J. E. Smith) 

 Sweet. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 101199. 



101352. Callitris sp. Pinaceae. 



101353. Leptospermuj 

 Myrtaceae. 



scoparium Forst. 

 Manuka- 



Variety persicifiora, with pink flowers. 



