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76701 to 76724— Continued. 



76707. Clematis aristata R. Br. Ranuncula- 

 ceae. 



No. 33. A Tasmanian evergreen vine with 

 3-foliolate leaves which are often variegated and 

 corymbs of fragrant white flowers 2 inches 

 across. 



76708. Coprosma hirtella Labill. Rubiaceae. 



A shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, growing on a cliff. 

 It is also native to Australia, has nearly orbicular 

 leaves 2 inches long, and axillary and terminal 

 clusters of small flowers followed by red to black 

 berries one-fourth of an inch across. 



76709. Cyathodes divaricata Hook. f. Epa- 

 cridaceae. 



A shrub about 2 feet high found in rocky 

 places. It is a much-branched juniperlike 

 shrub, native to Tasmania, with rigid narrow 

 leaves half an inch long, small white flowers on 

 recurved peduncles, and fleshy pink berries 

 one-fourth inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 67812. 



76710. Cyathodes glauca Labill. Epacrida- 

 ceae. 



A shrub about 2 feet high, found in rocky 

 places. It is a Tasmanian shrub sometimes 30 

 feet high, with clusters of linear leaves white 

 beneath, small white flowers on bracted stems in 

 axillary or terminal clusters, and flattened 

 fleshy purplish berries. 



76711. Diaxella tasmaxica Hook. f. Lilia- 



A Tasmanian herbaceous perennial 4 to 5 

 feet high, with sword-shaped serrate leaves 

 2 to 4 feet long, a lax panicle of nodding pale-blue 

 flowers, and bright-blue fruits on slender 

 pedicels. 



76712. Dillwyxia ericifolia J. E. Smith. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 45. An erect heathlike Australian shrub 

 2 to 3 feet high, with linear leaves less than an 

 inch long and terminal leafy clusters of small 

 yellow flowers. 



76713. Diplarrhexa moraea Labill. Irida- 

 ceae. 



No. 31. An Australian herbaceous perennial 

 with a short creeping rootstock, numerous thick 

 flat pale-green leaves an inch wide and 1 to 2 feet 

 long. The flower stem is 2 feet high with a 

 terminal spike of a few flowers opening one at a 

 time, the outer segments white and spreading 

 and the inner erect and yellow. 



76714. Drymophila cyaxocarpa R. Br. Con- 

 vallariaceae. 



No. 42. A tuberous herbaceous Tasmanian 

 perennial with slender erect stems 2 feet high, 

 alternate lanceolate leaves in two rows near the 

 top of the stem, and small white axillary flowers 

 followed by bright-blue berries. 



76715. Leptomeria billardieri R. Br. Santa- 



No. 38. An erect much-branched Tasmanian 

 shrub 4 to 5 feet high, with slender green 

 branches, the leaves falling while minute, and 

 small racemes of pinkish white flowers. 



76716. Notelaea ligustrixa Vent. Oleaceae. 



No. 65. Port Arthur, Tasmania. A diffusely 

 branched tall shrub or small tree, native to 

 Tasmania and Australia. The opposite entire- 

 lanceolate leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, the 

 small flowers are in slender axillary racemes 

 near the ends of the branches, and the succulent 

 globular fruits, half an inch in diameter, vary 

 from white through pink to dark purple. 



76701 to 76724— Continued. 



76717. Olearia persoonioides (DC.) Benth. 

 Asteraceae. Daisytree. 



No. 20. An evergreen Tasmanian shrub 3 to 5 

 feet high, with obovate leaves 1 to 2 inches long, 

 silvery white beneath, and leafy panicles of 

 white asterlike flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 67827. 



76718. Pentachoxdra pumila (Forst.) R. Br. 

 Epacridaceae. 



A mosslike plant about half an inch high 

 with very small ovate leaves, short-stalked 

 tubular flowers, and bright-red berries about the 

 size of a pea. 



76719. Phyllocladus ehomboidalis L. Rich. 

 Taxaceae. 



No. 67. Botanic Gardens, Hobart, Tasmania. 

 A Tasmanian tree up to 60 feet high, with 

 spreading or depressed branches and branchlets 

 developed into rhomboidal leaflike organs. 



For previous introduction see No. 74506. 



76720. Pimelea drupacea Labill. Thymela- 

 eaceae. 



A Tasmanian shrub 4 to 6 feet high, with 

 opposite-oblong leaves 2 inches long, pinkish 

 white flowers in small terminal heads, and black 

 fleshy fruits. 



76721. Prostaxthera lasiaxthos Labill. 

 Menthaceae. 



No. 34. A tall erect Tasmanian shrub up to 

 12 feet high, with lanceolate serrate leaves 3 

 inches long and terminal compound racemes of 

 purple-marked white flowers. 



76722. Rubus guxxiaxus Hook. Rosaceae. 

 No. 25. A small creeping Tasmanian peren- 

 nial with trifoliolate leaves, yellowish white 

 solitary flowers nearly an inch across, and scarlet 

 berries made up of a few carpels each a third of 

 an inch in diameter. 



76723. Trochocarpa thymifolia (R. Br.) 

 Spreng. Epacridaceae. 



A small spreading Tasmanian shrub with 

 thick ovate leaves on recurved petioles, dense 

 terminal nodding spikes of red flowers, and 

 purple fleshy fruits half an inch in diameter. 



76724. Viola hederacea Labill. Violaceae. 



Violet. 



No. 26. A small tufted creeping violet, 



native to Tasmania and Australia, with reniform 



leaves and white to blue flowers with short 



spurs. 



76725. Littonia 



Melanthiaceae. 

 From east Africa. Seeds presented by Oscar 

 Thompson, United States vice consul, Nairobi, 

 through L. W. Kephart, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received April 10, 1928. 



No. 697. A brilliant red or reddish orange lilylike 

 plant climbing by tendrils at the tips of the leaves. 

 It is found in moist areas in western Kenya Colony 

 and western Uganda, and at Koru, Kenya Colony, 

 where these seeds were gathered, it makes a vigorous 

 ornamental. In this region, at an altitude of 8,000 

 feet, it is occasionally subjected to frost. 



For previous introduction see No. 31849. 



76726. Coccothrinax 

 ceae. 



MODESTA Hook. f. 



sp. Phoenica- 

 Silver palm. 



From St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Seeds presented 

 by J. B. Thompson, director of the agricultural 

 experiment station. Received April 11, 1928. 



A form of the silver palm which is native to the 

 island of St. Thomas. 



