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green. Flowers minute, inconspicuous, crowded in a hemispherical 

 mass half an inch across. The beauty of the inflorescence is in the 

 four to six sulphur-yellow^ bracts that subtend the true flowers ; these 

 are obovate, 1£ to 2 inches long, and three-fourths to 1£ inches wide. 

 The fruit is a fleshy, strawberry-shaped, agglomerated, crimson mass, 1 

 to li inches across, in which many seeds are imbedded. Introduced 

 from the Himalayas in 1S25 and is a native also of China. When cov- 

 ered with the pale yellow " flowers," they provide one of the richest 

 ornaments, and in fruit, too, they are objects of great beauty, but 

 often damaged by birds. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 387.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42287. 



42598. CyphomandpvA betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Solanacese . Tree-tomato. 

 A treelike half-woody plant, 6 to 10 feet high, with large entire cor- 

 date-ovate leaves and small pinkish fragrant flowers followed by egg- 

 shaped, reddish brown, finely striped fruits about 2 inches long. These 

 are seedy, musky acid, and somewhat tomatolike in flavor. Grown 

 mostly as a curiosity. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 9 43.) 



42599. Cyphomandra feagrans (Hook.) Sendt Solanacese. 



r Tree-tomato. 



This plant is a native of Argentina. The stem is erect, treelike, 12 

 or more feet high, bearing at the top many long branches, spreading 

 horizontally. The whole plant is glabrous. The leaves are in unequal 

 pairs, the lesser one in the shorter petiole, cordate, glossy, and some- 

 what succulent; the larger one on a longer petiole, rather ovate than 

 cordate, dark green, a little pale beneath. From the forking of the 

 branches the peduncles have their origin ; these are pendent, bearing 

 a raceme of flowers. The mouths of the flowers are all directed down- 

 ward. Buds at first purple, then greenish, and when fully open are 

 green with a dark streak on the back of each segment. The corolla is 

 thick and fleshy, deeply cut into five oblong, reflexed segments. (Adapted 

 from Cwtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 1839.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 35096. 



42600. Hakea cttcullata R. Br. Proteaceae. 



An erect shrub 4 to 5 feet high with pale brown, very hairy branches. 

 The large sessile leaves are leathery, heart shaped, and are glaucous 

 green in color. The red flowers appear in copious clusters and are 

 composed of four strap-shaped segments. Fruits clustered, about an 

 inch long. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 4528.) 



42601. Hakea elliptica (Smith) R. Br. Proteacese. 



An erect shrub 6 to 15 feet high with nearly sessile oval or elliptical 

 leaves 2 to 31 inches long, white flowers in globose sessile clusters and 

 ovoid fruit. The foliage is by far the finest of all the introduced kinds, 

 the rich bronze color of the young shoots being hardly rivaled among 

 other shrubs. The compact, erect habit makes it generally suited for 

 lawn and shrubbery planting. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- 

 pedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. lJf28.) 



