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77173 to 77214— Continued. 



77195. Nageia excelsa (D. Don) Kuntze 

 (Podocarpus dacrydioides A. Rich.). Taxa- 

 ceae. 



A large New Zealand conifer over 80 feet high 

 and 6 feet in diameter, with green scalelike 

 leaves and black seeds partly inclosed in edible 

 red berries. The white odorless wood is used 

 for making butterboxes and is suitable for paper 

 pulp. 



For previous introduction see No. 44850. 



77196. Olearia furfuracea (A. Rich.) Hook. f. 

 Asteraceae. 



A twiggy New Zealand shrub or small tree 

 up to 20 feet high, with alternate broadly ovate 

 coriaceous leaves silvery tomentose beneath and 

 large branching corymbs of small heads of white 

 daisylike flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 47958. 



77197. Olearia ilicifolia Hook. f. Asteraceae. 



A New Zealand shrub or small tree, up to 20 

 feet high, with a strong musky odor. The 

 alternate lanceolate coriaceous leaves, 2 to 4 

 inches long, have wavy margins with sharply 

 pointed teeth. The small dais3iike flower 

 heads are in large rounded corymbs. 



77198. Pachystegia insignis (Hook. f.) 

 Cheeseman (Olearia insignis Hook. f.). 

 Asteraceae. 



A low robust spreading New Zealand shrub 

 1 to 6 feet high, with stout densely tomentose 

 branches. The entire oblong-ovate leaves, 7 

 inches long, are excessively thick and coriaceous, 

 glabrous and shining above and thickly clothed 

 with white appressed tomentuin beneath. The 

 large hemispherical white flower heads, 3 inches 

 in diameter, are on tomentose peduncles a foot 

 long at the ends of the branches. 



77199. Olearia sp. Asteraceae. 



The New Zealand olearias are shrubs or trees 

 with leathery leaves either white or buff beneath 

 and asterlike heads of white, blue, or purple 

 flowers. 



77200. Pennantia corvmrosa Forst. Icacina- 

 ceae. 



An ornamental New Zealand tree up to 40 

 feet high, with broadly oblong glossy leaves 2 

 inches long, and a profusion of small waxy white 

 fragrant flowers. 



77201. Pomaderris ELLiiTiCA Labill. Rham- 

 naceae. 



A New Zealand shrub up to 10 feet high, con- 

 spicuous for the stellate pubescence which covers 

 the entire plant. The ovate leaves are 3 inches 

 long, and the greenish white fragrant flowers are 

 in branching clusters. 



For previous introduction see No. 45892. 



77202. Rhipogonum scandens Forst. Smila- 

 caceae. 



A New Zealand vine with black snakelike 

 twining stems, thick leathery oval leaves, long 

 racemes of greenish flowers, and oval-pointed 

 brilliant scarlet berries, borne only at the tips of 

 the branches. 



77203. Rhopalostylis sapida (Soland.) Wendl. 

 and Drude. Phoenicaceae. Nikau palm. 



A New Zealand palm 30 feet high, with a 

 green-ringed stem, pinnate leaves 14 feet long, 

 and large clusters of pale-pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 55619. 



77173 to 77214— Continued. 



77204. Rymandra excelsa Salish. (Knightia 

 excelsa R. Br.). Proteaceae. 



A New Zealand tree up to 100 feet high, 

 resembling a Lombardy poplar in appearance. 

 The stiff, linear-oblong serrate leaves are 4 to 8 

 inches long, and the velvety red flowers are 

 borne in racemes 2 to 3 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 44956. 



77205. Senecio crustii Hort. Asteraceae. 



77206. Senecio sp. Asteraceae. 



The Senecios include some of the most beau- 

 tiful of the New Zealand shrubs, their yellow 

 daisylike.flowers contrasting with the prevailing 

 white of other plants. 



77207. Solanum aviculare Forst. f. Solana- 



A branching Australian shrub with laciniate 

 leaves 10 inches long, cymes of 3 to 10 large dark- 

 purple flowers, and drooping yellowish fruits an 

 inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 76032. 



77208 and 77209. Sophora tetraptera J. Mill. 

 Fabaceae. 



A handsome New Zealand tree up to 40 feet 

 high, with pinnate leaves and large golden-yellow 

 flowers. 



77208. The typical form. 



772C9. Variety grandiflora. A form with 

 larger and deeper colored flowers. 



77210. Passiflora tetrandra Banks and So- 

 land. Passifloraceae. 



A slender New Zealand climber with glossy 

 lanceolate leaves 3 to 4 inches long, cymes of 

 delicate green flowers, an inch across, with a 

 crown of white stamens, and handsome bright- 

 orange fruits 1 to 2 inches in diameter. 



77211 to 77213. Veronica spp. Scrophularia- 

 ceae. 



The veronicas, with more than 80 species, 

 constitute the largest genus of New Zealand 

 plants and vary from shrubs with normally 

 expanded entire leaves through shrubs with 

 minute imbricating scalelike leaves, shrubs 

 with toothed fleshy leaves, to slender creeping 

 herbaceous plants. 



77211. Veronica sp. 



77212. Veronica sp. 



77213. Veronica sp. 



77214. Vitex ltjcens Kirk. Verbenaceae. 



Puriri. 



A handsome New Zealand tree up to 60 feet 

 high, with evergreen 3-foliolate to 5-foliolate 

 leaves and axillary and terminal clusters of pink 

 or red 2-lipped flowers. The timber is strong 

 and durable, not injured by dampness, and is 

 valuable in shipbuilding. 



For previous introduction see No. 



77215. Gossypium stocksii Masters. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Trinidad, British West Indies. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. S. C. Harland, of the Empire 

 Cotton-Growing Corporation. Received June 

 27, 1928. 



A tropical Indian shrub with small yellow 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 69374. 



