OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1934 



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106673 to 106723— Continued. 



106709. Eucalyptus incrassata pro- 

 trusa J. M. Black. 



A shrub or small tree, up to 25 feet 

 high, with smooth whitish bark and 

 lanceolate, gray-green, thick, stiff leaves 

 about 3 inches long. Native to dry 

 regions in South Australia. 



106710. Eucalyptus leucoxylon macro- 

 carpa J. E. Brown. 



A tall tree, native to South Australia, 

 with rough bark on the trunk, but soft 

 and white on the branches. The thick 

 coriaceous leaves are lanceolate, falcate, 

 and 3 to 6 inches long. The white or 

 pink flowers are in long-stalked clusters 

 of two to five, and the obovoid fruits 

 are truncate. 



For previous introduction see 75631. 



106711. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. 



A tree with lanceolate, oblique, 

 leathery, dull, gray-green leaves 4 inches 

 long and reddish-orange flowers in um- 

 bels of seven on a stalk 1 inch long. 

 Native to Western Australia. 



For previous introduction see 104168. 



106712. Enchylaena tomentosa R. Br. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



A procumbent or widely branched shrub 

 up to 3 feet high, native to Australia. 

 The branches are silvery woolly, the al- 

 ternate linear leaves are about one-half 

 inch long, and the small inconspicuous 

 flowers develop into fleshy edible red or 

 yellow berries about the size of a small 

 pea. 



For previous introduction see 99419. 



106713. Grevillea hugelii Meisn. Protea- 

 ceae. 



A procumbent evergreen shrub with 

 bipinnate leaves, the linear leaflets rigid, 

 leathery, and 1 inch long. The reddish 

 flowers are in small racemes. Native to 

 Australia. 



106714. Heterodendru m oleaefolium 

 Desf. Sapindaceae. 



A gray-barked shrub with alternate, 

 lanceolate, leathery leaves and very small 

 flowers in axillary racemes. Native to 

 Australia. 



106715. INDIGOFERA AUSTRALIS Willd. Fa- 



baceae. 



An erect Australian shrub 2 to 4 feet 

 high, with pinnately compound leaves and 

 dense racemes of showy red flowers. It 

 may be suitable for growing as an orna- 

 mental in the warmer parts of the United 

 States. 



For previous introduction see 98098. 



106716 to 106718. Kochia spp. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. 



106716. Kochia pyramidata Benth. 



A rigid bushy shrub with cottony- 

 pubescent twigs and leaves, the latter 

 linear or terete, very short. Native to 

 New South Wales. 



106717. Kochia sedifolia F. Muell. 



A bushy perennial, velvety-tomentose 

 throughout, with short crowded leaves 

 and small red solitary flowers. Native 

 to dry situations in Australia. 



106673 to 106723— Continued. 



106718. Kochia triptera Benth. 



A low, stout, spreading shrub with 

 crowded linear semiterete leaves one- 

 half inch long. Native to New South 

 Wales. 



106719. Melaleuca hypericifolia J. E. 

 Smith. Myrtaceae. 



A tall glabrous shrub with opposite 

 lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 inches long, 

 dotted beneath. The rich-red flowers are 

 borne in dense spikes 2 inches long and 

 nearly as wide. It is native to Australia* 



For previous introduction 



95332. 



106720. Melaleuca pubescens Schauer. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A tall shrub or small tree with small 

 linear leaves, one-half inch long, crowded 

 on the pubescent branches and small white 

 flowers borne in loose cylindrical spikes. 

 Native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 99439. 



106721. Mida acuminata (R. Br.) Kuntze 

 (Fusanus acuminatus R. Br.). Santala- 

 ceae. Quandong. 



An Australian evergreen tree up to 30 

 feet high, with long narrow leaves which 

 are eaten by sheep and cattle in times of 

 drought. The inconspicuous flowers are in 

 terminal clusters. The fleshy part of the 

 fruit is used for jelly, and the kernel of 

 the nut, besides being edible, contains an 

 oil which may be used for illumination. 



For previous introduction see 77021. 



106722. Sturtia gossypioides R. Br. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



A large shrub closely related to cotton 

 {Gossypium spp.), with broadly oval, stiff 

 leaves up to 2 inches long and large purple 

 flowers. Native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 106479. 



106723. Swainsonia greyana Lindl. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A bushy perennial, tomentose through- 

 out, with dull-brownish pinnate leaves and 

 large purple flowers in large axillary ra- 

 cemes. Native to Australia. 



106724 to 106744. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by F. R. Long, Superintendent, St. 

 George's Park, Port Elizabeth, Cape of 

 Good Hope. Received October 24, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106724 to 106730. Aloe spp. Liliaceae. 



A collection of aloes, native to the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



106724. Aloe africana Mill. 



A large plant with a simple trunk 

 finally about 20 feet high. The few 

 spreading or recurved leaves are tri- 

 angular-oblong, up to 2 feet long, and 

 the yellow flowers are borne on a stalk 

 2 feet high. 



106725. Aloe arborescens Mill. 



An arborescent succulent with a simple 

 trunk 10 to 15 feet high, clothed at the 

 top with dull-green, sinuately spreading, 

 gradually narrowed leaves about 2 feet 

 long, with prickly margins. The red 

 flowers are in an elongated raceme. 



For previous introduction see 79470. 



