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130688 to 130718— Continued 



130702. Cassia javanica L. Caesalpiniaceae. 



A small tree with gorgeous pink flowers over 2 inches across, borne in large 

 clusters during the spring and early summer. It is deciduous in the dry season. 

 Native to tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see 123168. 



130703. Casuakina baxteriana Miquel. Casuarinaceae. 



A densely branched shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with numerous erect branches, 

 distinctly 7- to 8-angled, and with pale-green internodes up to % inch long. 



For previous introduction see 93781. 



130704. Castjarina campestris Diels. 



A dioecious shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, with numerous erect branches. The inter- 

 nodes are glaucous or shining green and striate. Native to Western Australia. 



For previous introduction see 105791. 



130705. Chorizema cordatum Lindl. Fabaceae. 



A tall slender glabrous evergreen shrub 7 to 10 feet high, with weak branches, 

 more or less prickly leaves about 2 inches long, and numerous red flowers. It is 

 propagated from cuttings and may be grown in the open in southern California 

 and southern Florida, being excellent for training on pillars and trellises. In 

 colder regions it is an attractive plant for the cool greenhouse. Native to 

 Western Australia. 



For previous introduction see 106706. 



130706. Conospermum BRACTEOSUM Meissn. Proteaceae. 



An undershrub with, usually, simple stems 1 to 2 feet high and petioled basal 

 leaves having nearly orbicular blades 1 inch long. The stem leaves are bractlike, 

 closely appressed, and only % inch long. The flexuose spikes, 2 to 3 inches long, 

 are in the axis of the upper leaves and bear small violet flowers, densely covered 

 with silky white hairs. It is native to Western Australia. 



For previous introduction see 106328. 



130707. Eucalyptus tetragona (R.Br.) F. Muell. Myrtaceae. 



A low scrubby shrub or small tree, with thick, rigid, leathery, broadly ovate 

 to lanceolate-falcate leaves up to 4 inches long. Native to Western Australia. 



130708. Gaultheria rupestris (L. f.) Don. Ericaceae. 



A very variable erect or prostrate bush, with small white flowers in racemes, 

 occurring among rocks throughout both islands of New Zealand. 



For previous introduction see 34917. 



130709. Goodia lotifolia Salisb. Fabaceae. 



An ornamental shrub, native to Australia, with 3 ovate leaflets and loose 

 racemes of purple-spotted yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 77969. 



130710. Kennedya nigricans Lindl. Fabaceae. 



A large twining vine, native to Western Australia. The broad ovate leaflets, 

 2 to 3 inches long, are often only 1 to each leaf. The deep violet-purple flowers 

 are about 1 inch long and are borne in racemes shorter than the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 113769. 



130711. Leschenaultia bieoba Lindl. Goodeniaceae. 



An evergreen shrub 2 to 3 feet high, native to Western Australia, with small, 

 slender, scattered leaves % inch long. The flowers are either in small clusters 

 in the upper axils or borne, in large leafy terminal clusters. The corolla, 

 about 1 inch long, has spreading dark-blue wings marked with parallel trans- 

 verse veins, and the sepals are narrow like the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 79136. 



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