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136841 to 136849— Continued. 



obtuse or mucronulate, silvery-silky, sometimes turning golden yellow, mostly 

 % to 13^ inches long. The yellow flower heads are few and short, in axillary 

 racemes or solitary, and the pods are linear to narrow-elliptical. Native to 

 Australia, where it grows in poor sandy soil with a limestone subsoil. 



136841. No. 1. From Milang. 



136842. No. 2. 



136843. Low-growing form. 



136844. Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. 



An evergreen Australian tree up to 100 feet high, with lanceolate leathery 

 phyllodes 4 inches long, heads of creamy flowers in short racemes, and reddish- 

 brown twisted pods. The dark wood is very similar to black walnut and is used 

 for the same purposes. The tree makes rapid growth when young. 



For previous introduction see 106682. 



136845. Acacia sp. 



136846. Acacia sp. 



From Milang. A bushy, wide-spreading tree, 12 to 20 feet high, called "coastal 

 wattle." It is said to cover a considerable area of sand hills, directly on the coast 

 and a few miles inland, on the southern Yorke Peninsula. The trunk and limbs are 

 crooked and never more than 4 or 5 inches in diameter; the lower branches sweep 

 the ground. The foliage is reported to be silvery green and the flowers to be in 

 racemes. The wood is usecf only for fuel. 



136847. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 

 From Milang, March 1, 1940. 



136848. Casuarina glauca Sieber. Casuarinaceae. 

 From Milang, January 1, 1940. A small bushy tree. 

 For previous introduction see 116780. 



136849. Casuarina sp. 



From Milang, January 1, 1940. An ornamental tree 30 to 50 feet high and with a 

 tall, straight trunk. 



136850 to 136872. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by T. F. Ritchie, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 Received April 18, 1940. 



136850 and 136851. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 



136850. Delcrow O. A. 1604. 



136851. Early Fortune C. S. G. A. 



136852. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. Carrot. 



Chantenay O-A-1154. 

 136853 to 136858. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



136853. Abel 0. A.-1607. 



136854. Bestal O. A. -1627 . 



136855. Beston O. A.-1654. 



136856. Bonton O. A. -1653. 



136857. Farthest North. 



136858. Globonnie O. A. -1639. 



136859. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabaceae. Lima bean. 



Henderson Bush. 



