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77953 and 77954— Continued. 



77953. (Undetermined.) 



Upper Valley of Fiherenana. An or- 

 namental, about 3 feet high, belonging 

 to the mint family. 



77954. (Undetermined.) 



Southern Madagascar. An oil plant. 

 77955 to 77958. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Bulbs 

 presented by H. E. Stafford. Received 

 November 27, 1928. 



77955. Hippeastrum sp. 

 Blue Nile. 



77956. Hippeastrum sp. 

 Iday. Double scarlet. 



77957. Haemanthus mdltiflorus Mar- 

 tyn. 



Small scarlet 



77958. Hippeastrum sp. 



77959. MucuftA bennetti F. Muell. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Urika, Port Moresby, New Guinea. 

 Seeds presented by George Moir Smith, 

 London Missionary Society. Received 

 July 13, 1928. Numbered in December, 

 1928. 



D' Albert is oreeper. A climbing vine witb 

 leaves made up of three ovate-lanceolate 

 glabrous leaflets 3 to 5 inches long, and 

 bearing short lacemes of large showy scar- 

 let flowers. It grows in New Guinea on 

 the banks of rivers or in swampy places. 



77960 to 77973. 



From Briagolong, Gippsland, Victoria, 

 Australia. Seeds presented by R. R. 

 Penny, through C. R. Tillotson, Forest 

 Service. Received November 14, 1928. 



77960 to 77963. Acacia spp. Mimosaceae. 



77960. Acacia glaucescexs Willd. 



A tree, native to Australia, up to 

 50 feet high, witb flowers in axillary 

 spikes 1 to 2 inches long, and branch- 

 lets and phyllodes covered with an 

 ashy gray pubescence. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75591. 



77961. Acacia longifolia floribunda 

 (Vent.) F. Muell. 



A shrub or small tree, native to 

 Australia. 



77962. Acacia pruinosa A. Cunn. 



An ornamental shrub or tree, native 

 to Australia. 



77963. Acacia spectabilis A. Cunn. 



Mudgee acacia. An ornamental 

 shrub or tree native to Australia. 



77964. Banksia collina R. Br. Protea- 

 ceae. 



An evergreen shrub up to 12 feet high, 

 native to Australia, with tomentose 

 branchlets, linear leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long, white beneath, and terminal spikes 

 of large greenish-yellow flowers. 



77965. Daviesia latifolia R. Br. Faba- 

 ceae. 



TTi7d hop. A glabrous shrub up to 

 5 feet high native to Australia, with 



77960 to 77973— Continued. 



coriaceous ovate-lanceolate entire leaves 

 3 inches long and short racemes of 

 orange-yellow, pea-shaped flowers. 



77966 to 77968. Eucalyptus spp. Myrta- 

 ceae. 



77966. Eucalyptus cinerea F. Muell. 



Silver stringybark. A moderate- 

 sized tree, native to Australia, with 

 whitish-brown bark, opposite cordate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and ter- 

 minal corymbs of small flowers, fol- 

 lowed by small subglobose fruits. 



77967. Eucalyptus muelleriana How- 

 itt. Yellow stringybark. 



A tree, native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 38730. 



77968. Eucalyptus sp. 



An ornamental tree, native to Aus- 

 tralia, with large red flowers. 



77969. Goodia lotifolia Salisb. Faba- 

 ceae. 



An ornamental shrub, native to Aus- 

 tralia, with three ovate leaflets and loose 

 racemes of purple-spotted yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 30017. 



77970. K E N N E D I A MONOPHYLLA Vent. 



{Harderibergia monophylla Benth.). 

 Fabaceae. 



Purple coral pea. A vine, native to 

 Australia, with single lanceolate leaflets, 

 terminal panicles, and axillary racemes 

 of flowers ranging from white through 

 rose to purple. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76920. 



77971. Livistoxa australis (R. Br.) 

 Mart. Phoenicaceae. 



Australian fan palm. 



Cabbage tree palm. A tall slender 

 palm, 100 to 130 feet high and 12 to 

 18 inches in diameter. The moderately 

 hard wood is light colored and is occa- 

 sionally used for light construction. The 

 leaves are used for baskets ; and the un- 

 expanded fronds, after being dipped in 

 boiling water, are shredded and the fiber 

 used in making hats resembling the 

 Panama variety. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 45092. 



77972. Prostanthera rotundifolia R. 

 Br. Menthaceae. 



Purple mint bush. A bushy shrub, na- 

 tive to Australia, which is 7 feet high, 

 with orbicular leaves less than half an 

 inch long and small purplish 2-lipped 

 flowers in close terminal racemes. 



77973. Ricinocarpus pinifolius Desf. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



Bedding bush. A shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with linear sharp-pointed leaves 

 having the edges rolled into the midrib, 

 terminal clusters of small flowers, and 

 globular spiny capsules. Native to Aus- 

 tralia. 



77974. Corchorus capsularis L. Tili- 

 aceae. Jute. 



From Monte Christi, Dominican Republic. 

 Seeds presented by Theodore Harris. 



