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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



113759 to 113778— Continued. 



inches long. The branches are terminated 

 by long compound, one-sided racemes of 

 pure white tubular flowers. 



For previous introduction see 76937. 



113764. Entelea arborbscens R. Br. Tili- 

 aceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 20 feet 

 high, with tbe growing parts covered with 

 soft stellate hairs. The alternate cordate 

 leaves, nearly a foot across, are on peti- 

 oles 8 inches long; the white flowers, an 

 inch in diameter, are in erect cymes, and 

 the globose pods are covered with long 

 rigid bristles. 



For previous introduction see 103006. 



113765. Eucalyptus microtheca F. Muell. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A tree up to 80 feet high, found in arid 

 as well as tropical regions of Australia. 

 It is said to be resistant to extreme heat 

 and drought and to also endure a temper- 

 ature as low as 18° F. 



For previous introduction see 75638. 



113766. Geijera parviflora Lindl. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



Wilga. A tall evergreen shrub or small 

 tree, native to the interior of New South 

 Wales, where it reaches a height of about 

 30 feet. It has slender pendulous branches, 

 narrow leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and, 

 when well developed, has a highly orna- 

 mental appearance with something of the 

 aspect of a weeping willow. It has re- 

 nrarkable drought-enduring qualities, and 

 the leaves are often fed to sheep, which 

 are very fond of them. 



For previous introduction see 90853. 



113767. Hakea vittata R. Br. Proteaceae. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 

 20 feet high, with needlelike leaves up to 

 3 inches long. Native to South Australia. 



113768. Kennedia comptoniana (Andr.) 

 Link. Fabaceae. 



A vine with single lanceolate leaflets 

 and terminal and axillary racemes of pea- 

 shaped-flowers, ranging from white through 

 rose to purple. 



For previous introduction see 98164. 



113769. Kennedia nigricans Lindl. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A large twining vine from Western 

 Australia. The broad ovate leaflets, 2 to 3 

 inches long, are often only one to each 

 leaf. The deep violet-purple flowers are 

 about 1 inch in length and are borne in 

 racemes shorter than the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 45791. 



113770. KUNZEA PEDUNCULARIS F. Muell. 



Myrtaceae. 



A heathlike evergreen shrub 8 to 15 feet 

 high, allied to the callistemons. The 

 small white flowers, with conspicuous 

 stamens, are borne in the upper axils as 

 short corymbs or long leafy racemes. Na- 

 tive to southeastern Australia. 



113771. Lasiopetalum dasyphylldm Sie- 

 ber. Sterculiaceae. 



A tall shrub with rusty tomentose 

 branches, coriaceous cordate to lanceolate 

 leaves 4 inches long, and dense axillary 

 clusters of small brownish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 76939. 



113759 to 113778— Continued. 



113772. Leptospermum scoparium Forst. 

 Myrtaceae. Manuka. 



Variety grandiflorum roseum. A form 

 with large pink flowers. 



113773. Libertia ixioides (Forst. f.) 

 Spreng. Iridaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to New 

 Zealand, with a short creeping rhizome, 

 which forms a compact clump like a 

 beardless iris. It has rigid coriaceous 

 linear leaves a foot long and large pani- 

 cles of small white flowers on a stem 2 

 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 81490. 



113774. Olearia pannosa Hook. Astera- 

 ceae. 



An evergreen shrub up to 4 feet high, 

 with broadly ovate-cordate to oblong leaves 

 about 3 inches long and large white ter- 

 minal or axillary flower heads. Native to 

 South Australia. 



113775. Orthrosanthus multiflorus 

 Sweet. Iridaceae. 



An irislike plant with a short perennial 

 rhizome and flat, grasslike radical leaves 

 up to 2 feet in length. The blue flowers 

 are in a several-flowered oblong spike 

 borne on a stem 1 to 2 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 67087. 



113776. Pultenaea daphnoides Wendl. 

 Fabaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub about 6 feet 

 high, with cuneate-oblong leaves less than 

 2 inches long and small yellow flowers in 

 large dense terminal heads. Native to 

 southern Australia. 



113777. SlDEROXYLON AUSTRALE (R. Br.) 



Benth. and Hook. Sapotaceae. 



An evergreen tree, eventually about 80 

 feet high, with elliptic-oblong leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long. The globose purplish fruits, 

 about 2 inches in diameter, are edible, 

 although of coarse texture and insipid 

 flavor. The dark-colored timber is used 

 for cabinet work. 



113778. Templetonia retusa (Vent.) R. 

 Br. Fabaceae. Melbourne coralbush. 



A tall evergreen shrub 4 to 8 feet high, 

 with angular sulcate glaucous! branchle.ts, 

 simple leathery broadly ovate leaves about 

 1 inch in length, and axillary red or white 

 flowers 1 inch long, solitary or in clusters 

 of two or three. 



113779 and 113780. 



From the Netherlands. Plants presented by 

 F. J. Grootendorst & Sons, Boskoop, 

 through the Skylands Nursery, Sterling- 

 ton, N. Y. Received February 15, 1936. 



113779. Abies lasiocarpa arizonica (Mer- 

 riam) Lemra, Pinaceae. 



A variety with yellowish-white, corky 

 bark and smaller cones. Native to Ari- 

 zona and New Mexico. 



113780. Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. Pina- 

 ceae. 



Hudsonia. A dwarf form. 



113781. Phoenix eeclinata Jacq. 

 Phoenicaceae. Senegal date palm. 



From Sierra Leone, Africa. Seeds presented 

 by W. T. Swingle. Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received February 18, 1936. 



