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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



75440 to 75525— Continued. 



75501. No. 121. A cultivated tree growing 

 at Noboribetsu, Hokkaido. 



75502 and 75503. Wild trees growing on the 

 east side of Mount Fuji, Omikami-yama, 

 Subashiri Mura, Sunto Gun, Shizuoka 

 Ken. 



75502. No. 122. 75503. No. 123. 



75504 to 75508. Shiba-guri. Wild trees grow- 

 ing at Subashiri-yama, on the east side of 

 Mount Fuji, Subashiri Mura, Sunto Gun, 

 Shizuoka Ken. 



75504. No. 124. 75507. No. 127. 



75505. No. 125. 75508. No. 128. 



75506. No. 126. 



75509. No. 129. Wild trees growing at Su- 

 bashiri-yama, Subashiri Mura, Sunto 

 Gun, Shizuoka Ken. 



75510 and 75511. Wild trees growing in the 

 forest on the north side of Subashiri-yama, 

 Subashiri Mura, Sunto Gun, Shizuoka 

 Ken. 



75510. No. 130. 75511. No. 131. 



75512 to 75516. Wild trees growing in the 

 forest at Omikami-yama, Subashiri Mura, 

 Sunto Gun, Shizuoka Ken. 



75512. No. 132. 75515. No. 135. 



75513. No. 133. 75516. No. 136. 



75514. No. 134. 



75517 and 75518. Shiba-guri, yama-guri. Wild 

 trees growing at Yata, Nishikida Mura, 

 Tagata Gun, Shizuoka Ken. 



75517. No. 137. 



75518. No. 138. 



75519 to 75525. Wild trees growing at the foot 

 of Mount Fuji in the forest at Omikami- 

 yama, Subashiri Mura, Sunto Gun, 

 Shizuoka Ken. 



75519. No. 139. 



75520. No. 140. 



75521. No. 141. 



75522. No. 142. 



75523. No. 143. 



75524. No. 144. 



75525. No. 145. 



75526. Eriosema cajaxoides (Guill. 

 and Perr.) Hook. f. Fabaceae. 



From Luchenza, Nyasaland Protectorate, Africa. 

 Seeds presented by L. S. Norman. Received 

 January 22, 1927. Numbered in December, 1927. 



No. 5. An erect branching tropical African 

 shrub 4 to 5 feet high, with three oblanceolate 

 leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, coated beneath with fine 

 gray pubescence. The yellow flowers are in mod- 

 erately close racemes 2 to 4 inches long, and the 

 short broad pods are thinly covered with long 

 grayish silky hairs. 



75527 and 75528. Bromus coloratus 

 Steud. Poaceae. Bromegrass. 



From Castro, Chiloe Island, Chile. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Raymond and Elnora Shannon, 

 through Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received March 23, 1927. Numbered in No- 

 vember, 1927. 



A grass 1 to 2 feet high, with linear leaves and 

 long slender panicles. Native to southern South 

 America. 



75527. No. 1. 75528. No. 2. 



75529 and 75530. 



From Brignoles, France. Seeds presented by R. 

 Salgues, Director of the Brignoles Botanic 

 Station. Received November 9, 1927. 



75529 and 75530 — Continued. 



75529. Bkachypodium phoenicoides (L.) Roem. 

 and Schult. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass 1 to 2 feet high, native to the 

 Mediterranean region, with very narrow leaves 

 tufted at the base, and long spikelets of 16 to 20 

 florets resembling wheatgrass. 



75530. Trifolium stellatum L. 



Fabaceae. 

 Clover. 



An annual upright clover about a foot^high, 

 native to the Mediterranean region, possibly 

 of value as a forage crop. 



For previous introduction see No. 69863. 

 75531. Ephedra sixica Stapf. Gneta- 



From Peking, China. Seeds presented by B. E. 

 Read, through W. T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received November 1, 1927. 



A low branching shrub about a foot high, native 

 to northern China. The leaves are minute and 

 scalelike, This shrub is considered valuable as a 

 source of ephedrin. 



75532. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



From Otaru, Japan. Seeds presented by C. H. 

 McCrory, of the Rose Kindergarten. Received 

 November 8, 1927. 



These seeds, which were received without any 

 information, are apparently a form of Japanese 

 flowering cherry. 



75533. Delphinium grandiflorum L. 

 Ranunculaceae. Siberian larkspur. 



From Japan. Seed collected by R. K. Beattie, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received in 



November, 1927. 



No. 18. A variety, originally from Russia, 

 growing in the botanic garden, Hokkaido Imperial 

 University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, October 10, 1927. 



75534 to 75574. 



From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Seeds 

 obtained from the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 

 through Miss Anne Macllvaine, Trenton, N. J . 

 Received November 3, 1927. 



75534 to 75541. Acacia spp. Mimosaceae. 



75534. Acacia accola Maiden and Betche. 



An erect bushy shrub 6 to 8 feet high, 

 native to New South Wales, Australia. The 

 linear, slightly curved phyllodes are 3 to 5 

 inches long and one-twelfth of an inch wide. 

 The flowers are borne in racemes about 2 

 inches long and are arranged in heads of 10 to 

 20 flowers each. The linear waxy pods^are 

 flat and about 4 inches long. 



75535. Acacia acinacea Lindl. 



A much-branched shrub with oblique 

 phyllodes less than an inch long and globular 

 heads of small flowers. Native to Australia. 



75536. Acacia decurre.ns Willd. 



Green wattle. 



Variety normalis. A variety of the green 

 wattle with sepals as long as the petals, 

 which is cultivated in California. The typical 

 form is a handsome tree with light-green 

 feathery foliage and bright-yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 67946. 



75537. Acacia discolor Willd. 



An unarmed shrub or small tree native to 

 southeastern Australia and Tasmania. The 

 terminal axillary clusters of yellow flowers are 

 produced during the autumn. 



For previous introduction see No. 74423. 



