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149001. Vitis. Vitaceae. Grape. 



From Brazil. Cuttings presented by H. P. Olmo, Instituto Agronomico, 

 Campinas, through the American Embassy, Sao Paulo. Received June 



29, 1944. 



Niagara Rose. 



149002 to 149006. 



From New South Wales. Seeds presented by A. Machim Hall, Young. 

 Received June 12, 1944. 



149002. Actinotus sp. Apiaceae. 

 Flannel Flower. 



149003. Eucalyptus niphophila Maiden & Blakely. Myrtaceae. 



A small crooked shrub or tree up to 30 feet high, usually with smooth 

 white bark. The mature leaves are lanceolate to lanceolate-falcate, thick, 

 leathery, shining, and 1 to 3 inches long. Native to New South Wales and 

 Victoria, where the temperature drops to several degrees below freezing. 



For previous introduction see 134073. 



149004. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. Myrtaceae. 



A tree with lanceolate, oblique, leathery, dull gray-green leaves 4 inches 

 long, and reddish-orange flowers in umbels of seven on a stalk 1 inch 

 long. Native to western Australia. 



149005. Melaleuca sp. Myrtaceae. 

 A handsome tree. 



149006. (Undetermined.) 

 Mountain Iris; blue-flowered. 



149007. Citrus. Rutacae. 



From Florida. Seeds collected by W. T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Received June 



30, 1944. 



From the Plant Introduction Garden, Coconut Grove, June 17, 1944. 

 Shekwasha. Possibly a hybrid of Citrus tachibana. Grows wild in the 

 Ryukyu (Luchu) Archipelago of Japan, and in Formosa. 



149008 and 149009. 



From Brazil. Seeds obtained from J. T. Baldwin, Jr., Blandy Experimental 

 Farm, University of Virginia, Boyce, Va. Received June 21, 1944. 



149008. Araucaria araucana (Molina) Koch. Pinaceae. 



149009. Caryocar sp. Caryocaraceae. 

 Pequia. 



Collected by Bruce Lamb at Lago Grande, Para, May 1944. 



149010 to 149012. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by E. A. Menninger, Stuart, Fla. Received 

 July 5, 1944. 



149010. Albizzia zygia (DC.) Macbride. Mimosaceae. 



149011. Holarrhena wulfsbergii Stapf. Apocynaceae. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, with shining elliptic-oblong leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long, and white, fragrant, tubular flowers in dense clusters. Native 

 to western tropical Africa. 



149012. Newbouldia laevis Seem. Bignoniaceae. 



A slender tree 10 to 40 feet high, with reddish-purple or pink and 

 white foxglovelike flowers about 2 inches long, in an erect racemelike 

 panicle. Native to western tropical Africa. 



