28 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 140 



134018 to 134041— Continued 



134026. Hebe raoulii (Hook, f.) Cockayne and Allan. Scrophulariaceae. 



Introduced under the varietal name "McCaskillii," for which a place of 

 valid publication has not been found. 



134027. Helichrysum bellidioides (Forst. f.) Willd. Asteraceae. 



A trailing, somewhat woody perennial with ovate-spatulate leaves up to % 

 inch long, white woolly beneath and green above, and solitary silvery-white 

 flower heads up to % inch across. 



134028. Hoheria glabbata Sprague and Summerhayes. Malvaceae. 



134029. Leptospermum scoparitjm incanum Cockayne. Myrtaceae. 



A small handsome evergreen tree with a rather dense head of upright spread- 

 ing branches and pendulous branchlets, small ovate lanceolate gray-green 

 leaves, and pale-pink flowers about %. inch across. 



134030. Libebtia ixioides (Forst. f.) Spreng. Iridaceae. 



A low herbaceous perennial 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 129787. 



134031. Myosotidium hortensia (Decaisne) Baill. Boraginaceae. 



A stout succulent perennial herb 1 to 3 feet high, native to the Chatham 

 Islands. The thick fleshy radical leaves, 6 to 12 inches long, are broadly 

 cordate or reniform, and the blue flowers *& inch across are borne in dense 

 corymbose cymes. 



For previous introduction see 103011. 



134032. Podocarpus nivaus Hook. Taxaceae. 



A much-branched, evergreen shrub, erect or prostrate in habit, with wide- 

 spreading branches often rooting at the bases. The sessile, closely set, stiff, 

 leathery, very narrow leaves are about %. inch long and are not distichous. 

 The fruit is a small oblong ovoid nut, and the enlarged fleshy fruiting stems are 

 bright red. Of value as an erosion control plant. 



For previous introduction see 89342. 



134033. Pratia treadwellii G. W. Robinson. Campanulaceae. 



A prostrate, branching, herbaceous perennial with stems 6 to 12 inches long, 

 small, dark-green, broadly-ovate leaves, and solitary white flowers that are 

 large for the genus ; these are followed by purplish-red berries. 



For previous introduction see 129798. 



134034. Pratia macrodon Hook, f . 



A fleshy herbaceous perennial with stout stems 1 to 5 inches long forming 

 matted patches and broadly obovate, orbicular, thick leathery, deeply and 

 coarsely toothed, cuneate leaves up to y s inch long. The almost sessile, pale- 

 yellow, fragrant flowers are large for the genus. 



134035. Rhipogontjm scandens Forst. Smilacaceae. 



A tall climbing shrub with oblong coriaceous leaves 3 to 5 inches long, small 

 greenish flowers in axillary and terminal clusters, followed by bright-red 

 globose berries. The long rough elastic stems have been used to make baskets. 



For previous introduction see 77578. 



134036. Senecio huntii F. Muell. Asteraceae. 



A shrub or small round-headed tree 6 to 20 feet high, with close-set, entire, 

 lanceolate or elliptic-oblong leaves up to 4 inches long and yellow flower heads 

 about % inch across in large terminal panicles. 



134037. Senecio monroi Hook f. 



A much-branched slender shrub 2 to 6 feet high, with narrow oblong-obovate 

 leathery leaves having wavy crenate margins, and numerous broadly turbinate 

 yellow flower heads about y 2 inch across. Native to New Zealand at 1,000 to 

 4,500 feet altitude. 



