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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



75576 to 75655— Continued. 



75647. Eucalyptus propinqua Deane and 



Maiden. 



A large tree 120 feet high and 5 £jet in 

 diameter, native to New South Wales. The 

 lanceolate leaves are 5 inches long, and the 

 timber is durable either in or out of the 

 ground. 



75648. Eucalyptus bedunca Schauer. 



A shrub or tree which reaches a height of 

 120 feet in Western Australia where it is 

 native. It furnishes a pale hard particularly 

 tough and durable timber, much prized for 

 building purposes, various implements, etc. 

 The seasoned wood weighs about 70 pounds 

 per cubic foot. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 48998. 



75649. Eucalyptus begnans F. Muell. 



Giant gum. 



An Australian tree up to 325 feet high. 

 The trunk is very straight and whitish, and 

 the narrow leaves, shining on both sides, are 

 of rather thin texture. The wood is well 

 adapted for shingles, planking, and general 

 construction. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 56567. 



75650. Eucalyptus saligxa J. E. Smith. 



A tall tree with silvery gray bark, native 

 to New South Wales. The narrowly lanceo- 

 late leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and the 

 clusters of four to eight flowers are on short 

 peduncles. 



75651. Eucalyptus saxtalifolla. F. Muell. 



A large shrub or small tree, native to 

 South Australia. The thick rigid nearly 

 straight leaves are less than 3 inches long, 

 and the large flowers are in axillary clusters. 

 The fruit is nearly globular, about half an 

 inch broad, and has a prominent convex rim. 



75652. Eucalyptus scoparla. Maiden. 



A slender tree up to 40 feet high, native to 

 New South "Wales. The bark is smooth and 

 white, and the lanceolate leaves are 6 inches 

 long and half an inch wide. 



75653. Eucalyptus siirrari R. T. Baker. 



A tall tree up to 150 feet high and 2 to 5 feet 

 in diameter, native to New South Wales. 

 The bark on old trees is deeply furrowed and 

 is dark gray to blackish up to the branches. 



75654. Eucalyptus trachyphloia F-. Muell. 



A medium-sized tree, native to Queens- 

 land, with dark-gray rugged bark, falcate- 

 lanceolate leaves 4 to 6 inches long, and 

 terminal panicles of small flowers. 



75655. Eucalyptus yirgata Sieber. 



A large Australian tree which is straight 

 stemmed, 150 feet in height, and has a diam- 

 eter of 5 feet. It has done well in the ccol 

 climate of southern New Zealand. The 

 wood is of excellent quality, strong and elastic, 

 and is used for shipbuilding, fencing, and 

 general building purposes. It burns well 

 even when freshly cut. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 56574. 



75656. Teifolium bepexs eubescexs 

 Seringe. Fabaceae. 



From Scotland. Plants obtained from T. A. 

 Anderson, Director of the Midlothian Seed- 

 Testing and Plant-Registration Station, Scot- 

 land Board of Agriculture, at East Craigs, 

 Corstorphine, through A. J. Pieters, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 28, 1927. 



A form of white clover which has rosy flowers. 



75657. Gladiolus sp. Iridaceae. 



From Vicosa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Bulbs pre- 

 sented by Prof. P. H. Rolfs, Director of the 

 Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria. 

 Received Januarv 17, 1927. Xumbered in 

 December, 1927. 



From near the Pico das Bandeiras, one of the 

 peaks of the Serra de Caparao, at an altitude of 

 about 2,000 meters. The flower is deep rose, with a 

 darker throat, and though not so large as most 

 ordinarily cultivated varieties, the fact of there 

 being 10 flowers open at the same time on the one 

 stalk seems rather unusual. In cultivation every 

 spike had three spikelets, with a varying number of 

 blooms on a main spike and on the spikelets, a 

 feature which should seem to make it good for 

 breeding purposes. The first flowers on the side 

 spikes were opening when the earliest ones on the 

 main spike were past. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 69898. 



75658 to 75662. 



From Richmond, Victoria, Australia. Seeds 

 presented by F. Ff. Baker, through Harlan P. 

 Kelsey, Salem, Mass. Received Xovember 

 25, 1927. 



75658. Acacia cardiophylla A. Cunn. Mi- 

 mosaceae. 



A small weeping Australian tree, said to be 

 one of the most beautiful of the acacias. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 56868. 



75659. Acacia diffusa Lindl. Mimosaceae. 



A yellow-flowered shrub native to Australia, 

 with loosely scattered, sessile, linear phyllodia 

 (leaflike stems) about an inch long. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 46355. 



75660. Acacia verxtciflua A. Cunn. Mimo- 

 saceae. 



A slender, much-branched shrub, native to 

 Xew South Wales, with leathery, very narrow 

 phyllodia (leaflike stems) about 2 inches long, 

 and deep-yellow flowers in small heads which 

 are generally in pairs. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 64806. 



75661. Caxdollea gramentfolia (Swartz) F. 

 Muell. (Stylidium graminifolium Swartz). 

 Candolleaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial Australian plant with 

 stiff grasslike leaves sometimes 6 inches long, 

 growing in a tuft from the end of a very short 

 stem, and scapes 6 to 18 inches long bearing 

 simple racemes of pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 64807. 



75662. Sterculia diversifolia Don. Stereulia- 

 ceae. Black kurrajong. 



A tall evergreen Australian tree with shining 

 green leaves 2 to 6 inches long, which are variable 

 in shape, being both deeply lobed and entire. 

 The nearly ovoid fruits are up to 3 inches long, 

 each containing about 20 seeds which, when 

 ground, make an excellent substitute for coffee. 

 The taproots of the young trees and the young 

 roots of the old ones are used as food, and 

 when iboiled they have a flavor similar to that 

 of turnips, but sweeter. Cattle and sheep are 

 fond of the leaves and branches and have 

 existed during long dry periods on scarcely 

 anything else. A strong fiber, obtained from 

 the bark, is used for making fishing nets. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 70747. 



75663 to 75695. 



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

 Bureau of Plant Industrv. Received Xovem- 

 ber, 1927. 



Xos. 75663 to 75671 were presented by the botanic 

 garden, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, 

 Hokkaido. 



