OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 193 7 13 



125142. Fuchsia peocumbens R. Cunn. Onagraceae. Trailing fuchsia. 



A slender prostrate shrub with small ovate or cordate leaves and fragrant 

 yellowish green flowers about y 2 inch long. Native to sandy or rocky places. 



For previous introduction see 97611. 



125143. Gaultheria antipoda Forst. f. Ericaceae. 



An erect or prostrate evergreen shrub from a few inches high (at high alti- 

 tudes) to 4 feet high in the lowlands. The leaves are small, orbicular to oblong- 

 lanceolate, and the small white or red flowers are followed by berrylike fruits, 

 about y 2 inch in diameter. 



125144. Gaultheria depressa Hook. f. Ericaceae. 



A prostrate evergreen shrub with small orbicular to oblong-lanceolate leaves; 

 and small flowers followed by white or red berries. 



125145. Gaultheria perplexa T. Kirk. Ericaceae. 



A small evergreen shrub, often procumbent, with narrow leaves up to % inch; 

 long and small solitary flowers. 



125146. Libertia ixioides (Forst. f.) Spreng. Iridaceae. 



A perennial herb with a short creeping rhizome which forms a compact clump 

 like a beardless iris. It has rigid coriaceous linear leaves 1 foot long and 

 large panicles of small white flowers on a stem 2 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 113773. 



125147. Notospartium cARMiCHAELiAE Hook. f. Fabaceae. 



A beautiful moderate-sized leguminous shrub with leafless broomlike branches 

 on which the short racemes of pink or purplish flowers are freely produced. 



For previous introduction see 101148. 



125148. Notospartium glabrescens Petrie. Fabaceae. 



A small pendulous round-headed leafless tree with racemes, 1 to 2 inches long; 

 of many small purplish flowers. 



125149. Notospartium torulosum T. Kirk. Fabaceae. 



A leafless, pendulous shrub 3 to 8 feet high, with short racemes of 3 to 10 

 small purple flowers. 



125150. Rubus australis Forst. f. Rosaceae. 



A tall climbing rubus with leathery variable-shaped leaves and large panicles 

 of white flowers, followed by small red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 11505. 



125151. Rubus cissoides A. Cunn. Rosaceae. 



A dense, rambling unarmed shrub with 3- to 5-foliolate leaves and yellowish^ 

 white flowers, followed by orange-red fruits. It is related to Rubus australis. 



125152. Rubus parvus J. Buch. Rosaceae. 



A dwarf prostrate shrub with leathery leaves and red juicy oblong fruits 

 %-inch long. 



125153. Rubus schmidelioides A. Cunn. Rosaceae. 



A scrambling or climbing shrub with 3- to 5-foliolate leaves that have coriace- 

 ous, broadly cordate-serrate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long. The small white flowers, 

 in panicles 2 to 8 inches long, are followed by pale-yellow edible fruits about 

 %-inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 101152. 



125154. Viola cunninghamii Hook, f . Violaceae. 



A New Zealand violet with ovate leaves, tufted on short stems, and white 

 flowers usually streaked with lilac and yellow. 



125155. Amygdalus persica var. nectarina Ait. Amygdalaceae. Nectarine.. 



From California. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden at Chico. Numbered November 11, 1937. 



A seedling of P. I. 88097, which was collected in the valley of the Amu Darya- 

 in Turkmenia, Soviet Union. 



