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75534 to 75574— Continued. 



75538. Acacia terminalis (Salisb.) Macbride 

 {A. elata A. Cunn.). 



A handsome unarmed tree CO feet or more 

 in height, native to New South Wales. The 

 young shoots are often tinged with a golden- 

 yellow pubescence, and the globular, yellow 

 flower heads are in clusters often 6 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 56559. 



75539. Acacia howitti F. Muell. 



A shrub often 15 feet high, native to 

 Australia. The branchlets are slender and 

 flexible, bearing curved lanceolate dark- 

 green phyllodes and axillary clusters of small 

 flower heads. 



75540. Acacia linifolia prominens (A. 

 Cunn.) Moore. 



An unarmed shrub, 12 to 18 feet high, 

 native to New South Wales. It has angular 

 branchlets and very narrow phyllodes. The 

 small, globular, yellow flower heads are borne 

 in racemes about as long as the phyllodes. 



For previous introduction see No. 56560. 



75541. Acacia neriifolia A. Cunn. 



Bald acacia. 



A handsome tree, native to eastern Aus- 

 tralia, 40 to 50 feet high, with slender branch- 

 lets, mealy-tomentose when young, but soon 

 glabrous. The small globular flower heads 

 are in simple slender racemes, shorter than the 

 linear phyllodes. The straight, flat pods are 

 several inches long. The heartwood is light 

 yellow, and the rest of is a darker color. It 

 is close grained and tough and has attractive 

 markings. 



For previous introduction see No. 48056. 



75542. Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) DC. Myrta- 



A tall shrub or tree up to 40 feet high, native 

 to Western Australia. The young shoots are 

 silky, and the linear-lanceolate leaves, 2 to 6 

 inches long, have in their axils small heads of 

 flowers with persistent white petals. 



75543. Alectryon subcinereum (A. ' Gray) 

 Radlk. (Nephelium leiocarpum F. Muell.) 

 Sapindaceae. 



A small evergreen Australian tree. 



For previous introduction see No. 51000. 



75544. Baeckea virgata Andrews. Myrta- 

 ceae. 



An erect, loosely branched shrub, up to 12 

 feet high, native to Australia. The narrowly 

 oblong leaves, less than an inch in length, are 

 opposite, and the small, white flowers are in 

 clusters of two or three in the axils of the upper 



I 75534 to 75574— Continued. 



75545. Banksia integrifolla. L. f. Proteaceae. 



A small tree with the young shoots covered 

 with rich brown woolly hairs. The scattered, 

 lanceolate leaves, up to 6 inches long, are silvery 

 white beneath, and the large, greenish yellow 

 flowers are in oblong spikes 6 inches long. Na- 

 tive to Australia. 



75546. Banksia spikulosa J. E. Smith. Pro- 

 teaceae. 



A tall evergreen shrub native to Australia. 

 The narrowly linear leaves, 3 inches long, are 

 notched at the end with a prominent point in 

 the notch and have revolute margins. The large 

 yellow flowers are borne in ovoid spikes 2 to 3 

 inches long. 



57034—29 3 



75547. Brachychiton acerifolium F. Muell. 

 {Sterculia acerifolia Cunn.). Sterculiaceae. 



An Australian tree, up to 35 feet high, with 

 dark-green shining, maplelike leaves 6 to 10 

 inches wide, and scarlet, bell-shaped flowers 

 which hang from the tree in large clusters. 



For previous introduction see No. 44958. 



75548. Callistemon acuminatus Cheel. Myr- 

 taceae. 



An Australian shrub with lanceolate sharp- 

 pointed leaves and spikes of ornamental flowers. 



75549. Callistemon rigldus R. Br. Myrta- 

 ceae. 



A tall shrub, sometimes 30 feet high, native 

 to New South Wales. The leaves, 2 to 5 inches 

 long, are narrowly linear, and the red flowers, 

 with dark-red stamens an inch long, are borne 

 in large dense spikes. 



For previous introduction see No. 47549. 



75550. Cassia artemisioides Gaud. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



An erect bushy shrub covered with silky 

 white tomentum. The leaves are made up of 

 three to six pairs of linear-terete leaflets an inch 

 long, and the yellow flowers are in short dense 

 racemes. Native to Australia. 



75551. Casuarina glauca Sieber. 

 ceae. 



Casuarina- 

 Beefwood. 



An Australian tree, 60 to 70 feet high, usually 

 straight and of rapid growth. The timber is 

 red, beautifully marked, hard and tough, and is 

 used for cabinetwork, staves, and fuel. In 

 perioas of drought the foliage is used for feeding 

 stock. When the trees are cut down, the young 

 growth shoots up quickly from the stump. 

 This variety grows in the coastal districts, 

 marshy country, and frequently in land sub- 

 merged with tidal water. It makes a handsome 

 shade tree. 



For previous introduction see No. 42286. 



75552. Chorizema cordatum Lindl. Fabaceae. 



A tall slender glabrous evergreen shrub, 

 7 to 10 feet high, with weak branches, more or 

 less prickly leaves about 2 inches long, and 

 numerous red flowers. It is propagated from 

 cuttings and may be grown in the open in 

 southern California and southern Florida, being 

 excellent for training on pillars and trellises. 

 In colder regions it is an attractive plant for the 

 cool greenhouse. 



For previous introduction see No. 44831. 



75553. Correa BAUERLENn F. Muell. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



An Australian shrub which has branchlets 

 covered with dark-brown hairs, opposite lanceo- 

 late thin leaves pale beneath, and yellowish 

 green tubular flowers in the axils. 



75554. Doryanthes LARKiNi C. Moore. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. Spearlily. 



A perennial herb, with sword-shaped leaves 

 6 feet long, native to Australia. The flower 

 stem is 8 feet high, the upper 3 feet being a 

 compact panicle of flowers which are 2 inches 

 long, red outside and white inside. 



75555 to 75562. Eucalyptus spp. Myrtaceae. 



75555 to 75557. EUCALYPTUS CALOPHYLLA 



Lindl. Port Gregory gum. 



Varieties developed in Australia. 



For previous introduction see No. 44959. 



75555. A variety with salmon-colored 

 flowers. 



