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77217 to 77252— Continued. 



77236. Mesembryanthemum rubricaule 

 Haw. 



A South African perennial with erect 

 reddish stems and branches, flat triangular 

 incurved leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and pur- 

 plish flowers with lanceolate petals. 



77237. Mesembryanthemum spectabile 

 Haw. 



A prostrate South African succulent with 

 ascending branches, thick 3-sided linear 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and daisylike pur- 

 plish flowers 2 inches broad. 



For previous introduction see No. 42448. 



77288. Mesembryanthemum s.trubeniae 

 L. Bolus. 



A subshrubby South African perennial 3 

 to 4 feet high, with purple branches, connate 

 triangular leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and cymes 

 of rosy flowers 1 to 2 inches across. 



77239. Faucaria tigrina (Haw.) Schwantes. 

 (Mesembryanthemum tigrinum Haw..) 



An almost stemless South African peren- 

 nial with ovate-cordate white-marbled glau- 

 cous green leaves having upturning edges 

 with long soft ciliated teeth. The large 

 yellow flowers are nearly sessile. 



77240. Pentzia sp. Asteraceae. 



The pentzias are small rigid much-branched 

 shrubby composites, native to South Africa, with 

 alternate variously cut leaves and yellow flower 



77241. Petrophtla pulchella (Schrad.) R. 

 Br. (Protea pulchella Schrad.). Proteaceae. 



An Australian shrub 6 to 8 feet high, with 

 compound leaves divided into threadlike seg- 

 ments and conical heads of small white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 44836. 



77242 to 77251. Protea spp. Proteaceae. 



77242. Protea com pacta R. Br. 



A South African shrub with strongly 

 imbricated ovate-lanceolate coriaceous leaves 

 3 to 5 inches long and sessile flower heads 4 

 inches long and 2 inches broad. The outer 

 bracts have a dense fringe of woolly hairs, 

 the inner are flesh colored to carmine, and 

 the flowers are tawny to purplish tomentose 

 with the stamens densely covered with long 

 light-golden hairs. 



77243. Protea lacticolor Salisb. 



A small South African tree up to 10 feet 

 high with lanceolate leaves 3 to 4 inches long 

 and sessile flower heads 3 inches long with 

 yellowish white bracts. 



77244. Protea lanceolata E. Mey. 



A South African shrub up to 6 feet high, 

 with linear-oblanceolate leaves less than 3 

 inches long and light-yellow solitary terminal 

 flower heads 2 inches long and nearly as wide. 



For previous introduction see No. 57264. 



77245. Protea latifolia R. Br. 



A South African shrub 5 to 8 feet high, 

 with cordate elliptic leaves 4 inches long and 

 large flesh-colored to carmine flower heads 

 nearly 6 inches long and 3 inches broad. 



For previous introduction see No. 57265. 



77246. Protea marginata Thunb. 



A South African shrub with thick-mar- 

 gined leaves 3 to inches long and sessile 



77217 to 77252— Continued. 



flower heads 5 inches long and nearly as 

 broad, having the tips of the inner bracts 

 covered with a blackish purple beard mixed 

 with white. 



77247. Protea mundi Klotzsch. 



A South African shrub with elliptically 

 lanceolate leaves 2 to 5 inches long and sessile 

 flower heads having ciliate green outer bracts 

 and the inner ones whitish pubescent and 

 fringed with white hairs. 



77248. Protea neriifolia R. Br. 



An erect South African shrub 3 to 5 feet 

 high, with linear leaves 3 to 6 inches long and 

 sessile flower heads 5 inches long having 

 recurved densely silky pubescent outer 

 bracts, inner bracts with a long purplish 

 black beard, and the flowers tipped with 

 purple or brown hairs. 



77249. Protea obtusifolia Buek. 



An erect South African shrub with rigid 

 oblong obtuse leaves 4 inches long and flower 

 heads as long as the leaves with white ciliated 

 bracts. 



77250. Protea scolymoceketala (L.) Rei- 

 chard. 



A small South African shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with narrowly linear-oblanceolate 

 leaves 1 to 3 inches long and somewhat 

 flattened sessile flower heads an inch long, 

 having pale-green ciliolate bracts. 



77251. Protea susannae Phillips. 



A South African shrub with lanceolate 

 leaves 1 to 5 inches long and flower heads 4 

 inches long, having purple-tipped bracts. 



For previous introduction see No. 48185. 



77252. Serrvria Florida (Thunb.) Knight. 

 Proteaceae. 



A South African shrub with erect purplish 

 branches, pinnately divided leaves 1 to 3 inches 

 long, and axillary and terminal clusters of flower 

 heads having white to pinkish yellow bracts. 



77253 to 77260. 



From Generargues, France. Plants purchased 

 from Gaston Negre. Received January 28, 

 1928. Numbered June, 1928. 



77253. Arundinaria variabilis Makino. Poa- 

 ceae. Bamboo. 



A stoloniferous Japanese bamboo, 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with slender stems and few branches. In 

 the typical form the leaves are green, but there 

 are many varieties with variegated leaves. 



77254. Bambusa angulata Munro. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



A square-stemmed Chinese bamboo up to 30 



feet high, with rich green leaves 4 to 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 42657. 



77255 to 77259. Phyllostachys spp. 



Poaceae. 

 Bamboo. 



77255. Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. 

 and Zucc. (P. ouilioi Riv.). Poaceae. 



This Chinese bamboo is one of the hardiest 

 and has bright-green stems up to 40 feet high 

 and 6 inches thick. The stem sheaths are 

 mottled with purple, and the leaves are often 

 6 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 75154. 



