﻿58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44320 to 44325— Continued. 



racemes, and light-brown pods, curved like an interrogation mark, 

 4 to 6 inches long. The dark-brown, hard, close-grained wood is 

 much used for turnery and for all purposes which call for tenacity 

 and strength. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Hor- 

 ticulture, vol. 1, p. 185, and from Maiden, Native Useful Plants of 

 Australia, p. 351.) 



44322. Acacia lepeosa Sieber. 



"A beautiful wattle; always weeping; a good bloomer." {Baker.) 

 An Australian shrub with erect, slender branches ; linear or lance- 

 shaped sicklelike leaves covered with very small patches of whitish 

 matter exuded through the epidermis, and pale yellow flowers in 

 clustering heads. The whitish patches on the leaves give the plant 

 a gray, powdery appearance ; hence its name. (Adapted from the 

 Botanical Register, vol. 17, pi. mi.) 



44323. Acacia pycnantha Benth. 



A small tree, native of southern Australia, with lanceolate or 

 oblong leaves 2\ to 6 inches long and showy, fragrant, yellow 

 flowers in simple or compound racemes. The pods are 2 to 5 inches 

 long. The bark contains the highest percentage of tannin of any 

 of the species; a good gum exudes from the trees; and the tree 

 itself is used as a sand binder. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 184.) 



44324. Candollea geaminifolia (Swartz) F. Muell. Candolleacese. 

 (Stylidium graminifolium Swartz.) 



A glabrous Australian perennial with a short tufted stem rarely 

 lengthening to 4 or 5 inches and linear, rather rigid, flattened leaves 

 usually 2 but at times 6 to 9 inches long. The scapes are up to 1% 

 feet high, the upper quarter or half being occupied by a narrow, simple 

 raceme or interrupted spike of pink flowers. The oval capsules are a 

 quarter to half an inch long. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Aus- 

 traliensis, vol. 4, P- 10.) 



44325. Kennedya monophylla Vent. Fabacese. 

 {Hardenbergia monophylla Benth.) 



A trailing herb, native of southern Australia, with leaves consisting 

 of one ovate or lance-shaped leaflet 2 to 4 inches long, violet flowers 

 nearly half an inch long in few-flowered racemes, and flat papery pods 

 about li inches long. (Adapted from Bailey, Queensland Flora, pt. 2, 



p.m.) 



44326 to 44330. Sacchartjm offictnarum L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Cuttings presented by Mr. William Harris, 

 Superintendent of Public Gardens. . Received March 12, 1917. 

 "Jamaica seedlings raised at our experiment station." {Harris.) 



44326. No. 70. 44329. No. 73. 



44327. No. 71. 44330. No. 74. 



44328. No. 72. 



