JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 0, 19 2 8 



77273 to 77292— Continued. 



77283. Eucalyptus macrocarpa Hook. 



A stout Australian shrub or small 

 tree up to 15 feet high with thick 

 rigid cordate glaucous leaves 6 inches 

 long and large solitary brilliant orange 

 to crimson flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 48990. 



77284. Goodenia caerulea R. Br. Gooden- 

 iaceae. 



A tufted berbaceous perennial, native 

 to Western Australia, with several an- 

 gled stems a foot high, rigid linear leaves, 

 and axillary blue flowers nearly an inch 

 long. 



77285 to 77287. Isopogon spp. Protea- 

 ceae. 



77285. Isopogon diyergens R. Br. 



A bushy glabrous shrub 2 to 4 feet 

 high, native to Western Australia, with 

 leaves 2 to 5 inches long pinnately di- 

 vided into rigid slender terete seg- 

 ments. The conspicuous purple flowers 

 an inch long are borne in conelike clus- 

 ters. 



77286. Isopogon scabriusculus Meissn. 



A much-branched rigid Western Aus- 

 tralian shrub with linear nearly terete 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches long and small 

 globular conelike clusters of flowers 

 covered with dense white hairs. 



SPHAEROCEPHALUS 



77287. Isopogon 

 Lindl. 



An erect shrub several feet high, na- 

 tive to Western Australia, with the 

 branches sprinkled with long spread- 

 ing hairs. The linear to lanceolate 

 leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, and the 

 flowers in the conelike clusters are 

 densely covered with yellow hairs. 



77288. Kennedia comptoniana (Andrews) 

 Link (Hardenbergia comptoniana 

 Benth.). Fabaceae. 



A twining herbaceous or subshrubby 

 Australian vine with three to five cordate 

 linear to ovate leaflets and long sprays 

 of deep violet-blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 47191. 



77289. Kennedia prostrata R. Br. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A prostrate pubescent Australian vine 

 with leaves composed of three cordate 

 broadly obovate leaflets an inch long and 

 axillary peduncles bearing two to four 

 scarlet flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 56576. 



77290. Pimelea sylvestris R. Br. Thym- 

 elaeaceae. 



A Western Australian shrub, 2 to 3 

 feet high, with opposite concave-lanceolate 

 leaves less than an inch long and small 

 yellowish or pinkish flower heads sur- 

 rounded by four to six broad persistent 

 bracts. 



77291. Pittrodia racemosa (Turcz.) 

 Benth. Verbenaceae. 



An erect shrub about 2 feet high, na- 

 tive to Western Australia, densely cov- 

 ered with loose floccose white wool. The 

 thick soft oblong clasping leaves are op- 

 posite and nearly an inch long, and the 

 blue sagelike flowers are in racemose 

 clusters. 



77273 to 77292— Continued. 



77292. Stachystemon vermicularis 

 Planch. Euphorbiaceae. 



An erect glabrous shrub, native to 

 Western Australia, with wiry stems a 

 foot high, linear leaves less than an inch 

 long, and inconspicuous flowers clustered 

 at the ends of the branches. 



77293 to 77297. 



From Peradeniya. Ceylon. Seeds purchased 

 from the manager of the publication de- 

 pot and central seed store of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received August 

 14, 1928. 



77293. Bradburya pubescens (Benth.) 

 Kuntze (C.entros&ma pubescens Benth.). 



A tropical American leguminous vine 

 with trifoliolate leaves and small yellow- 

 ish flowers, which is used as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76771. 



77294. Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. 

 Fabaceae. 



A tropical American legume with stems 

 3 to 10 feet long which form roots at 

 each node, and racemes 1 to 4 inches long 

 of pale-blue flowers. It forms a mat or 

 foliage 1 to 2 feet thick and is used as a 

 cover crop. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76095. 



77295. Dolichos hosei Craib. Fabaceae. 



A creeping leguminous vine, native to 

 the Malay States, with rich light-green 

 leaves and yellow flowers. It is used as 

 a cover crop in rubber plantations, also 

 for green manure. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76102. 



77296. INDIGOFERA ENDECAPHYLLA Jacq. 



Fabaceae. 



Annual or biennial tropical African 

 prostrate legume, 2 to 3 feet long, with 

 seven to nine oblong leaflets and dense 

 racemes of violet-purple flowers. It is 

 used as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67844. 



77297. Meibomia gyroides (DC.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium gyroides DC.) Faba- 

 ceae. 



A shrubby leguminous plant 8 to 10 

 feet high, native to the warmer parts 

 of the central and eastern Himalayas. 

 It has pubescent leaves and terminal 

 racemes of reddish purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76774. 



77298 to 77302. Saccharttm offici- 

 nartjm L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Tucuman, Argentina. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by Dr. William E. Cross, Director, 

 Estacion Experimental Agricola, through 

 E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received August 25, 1928. 



Promising "mosaic resistant or immune 

 varieties which have given good results in 

 Argentina. 



77298. No. 362. 



77299. No. 407. 



77300. No. 450. 



77301. No. 454. 



77302. No. 472. 



