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78617 to 78663— Continued. 



78659. Qubrcus dentata Thunb. 



Daimyo oak. 



No. 759. Kashiwa. Collected at 

 Shirao Teine, Teine Mura, Sapporo 

 Gun, Hokushu. A large tree, native 

 to Chosen and northern and western 

 China, 75 to 80 feet tall. The obo- 

 vate-sinuate lobed leaves, dark green 

 above and grayish tomentose beneath, 

 are 10 to 12 inches long and 9 inches 

 wide, and the ovoid acorns, an inch 

 wide, are about half covered by the 

 cup which has lanceolate spreading 

 scales. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76753. 



78660. Quercds gladca Thunb. 



Blue Japanese oak. 



No. 799. Ara gashi. December, 

 1928. From the Tokyo University 

 Chiba Ken Forest. A handsome ever- 

 green tree, native to Japan, 45 feet 

 high, with ovate-dentate leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long, lustrous above and glau- 

 cous beneath. The ellipsoid acorns, 

 nearly an inch long with saucer-shaped 

 cups, have five to seven concentric 

 silky pubscent rings. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76754. 



78661. QUERCUS MONGOLICA GROSSESER- 



rvta (Blume) Rehd. and Wils. 



No. 743. Nara, mizunara. Col- 

 lected in the Yamaura Kwonita Na- 

 tional Forest, Iwato Mura, Nishi Usuki 

 Gun, Miyazaki Ken. This oak is said 

 to be the most important forest tree 

 of Japan, attaining a height of 100 

 feet and a girth of 12 feet. The wood 

 is durable and for a hardwood easily 

 worked, approximating for furniture 

 the best European and American oaks. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76478. 



78662. Quercus myrsinaefolia Blume. 



No. 798. Shira gashi. December, 

 1928. From the Tokyo University Chiba 

 Ken Forest. A handsome evergreen oak, 

 native to Japan, 30 to 40 feet high. 

 with lanceolate-serrate leaves, 3 to 5 

 inches long, smooth and shining above 

 and covered with a whitish bloom 

 underneath. The ovoid acorns, nearly 

 an inch long and one-third covered by 

 the smooth cup, are borne in short 

 spikes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78166. 



78663. Quercus stenophylla (Blume) 

 Makino. 



No. 796. Urajiro gashi. December, 

 1928. From the Tokyo University 

 Chiba Ken Forest. An oak, native to 

 Japan, with narrowly lanceloate long- 

 pointed leaves 2 to 6 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78321. 



78664 to 78671. Acacia spp. Miinosa- 

 ceae. 



From Dundas. New South Wales, Australia. 

 Seeds presented by Herbert J. Rumsey, 

 through John McLaren, Superintendent 

 of the Golden Gate Park. San Francisco, 

 Calif. Received January 15, 1929. 



78664. Acacia asparagoides A. Cunn. 



78664 to 78671— Continued. 



A glabrous rigid Australian shrub with 

 nearly terete branches, thick rigid spread- 

 ing linear sharp-pointed phyllodes nearly 

 an inch long, and solitary globular heads 

 of small flowers. 



78665. Acacia bakeri Maiden. 



A large forest tree of New South 

 Wales, up to 160 feet high, with sessile, 

 broadly lanceolate phyllodes about 4 

 inches long and pale-yellow flowers in 

 loose panicles. 



78666. Acacia decurrens pauciglandu- 

 losa F. Muell. 



A form of the green wattle with fewer 

 glands on the petioles and with softer 

 pubescence than the usual form. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75585. 



78667. Acacia elongata Sieber. 



A tall handsome shrub with drooping 

 angular branchlets, linear falcate 3- 

 nerved phyllodes 4 to 6 inches long, and 

 globose heads of yellow flowers. Native 

 to Australia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 48042. 



78668. Acacia heteeoclita Meissn. 



A small erect shrub 3 to 4 feet high, 

 native to Western Australia, with the 

 young shoots minutely pubescent, linear 

 to lanceolate sharp-pointed phyllodes 2 

 to 3 inches long, and globular heads of 

 small flowers. 



78669. Acacia pubescens R. Br. 



Hairy wattle. 



The branches and leaf stems of this 

 Australian shrub are covered with 

 spreading hairs. The compound leaves 

 are made up of 3 to 10 pairs of branches 

 each bearing 6 to 20 pairs of small 

 linear leaflets. The small flower heads 

 are in slender racemes gathered into 

 large panicles at the ends of the 

 branches. 



78670. Acacia suaveolens (J. E. Smith) 

 Willd. 



An Australian shrub up to 6 feet high, 

 with linear to lanceolate phyllodes and 

 small heads of yellow flowers in axillary 

 racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75609. 



78671. Acacia trinervata Sieber. 



A tall shrub, native to New South 

 Wales, with angular branches, thick rigid 

 spreading linear phyllodes an inch long, 

 and solitary heads of numerous small 

 flowers. 



78672. Psidium guajava L. Myrtaceae. 



Ghiava. 



From Papeite, Tahiti, Society Islands. 

 Seeds obtained from Marcel Frogier, 

 through Gerrit P. Wilder, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii. Received January 23, 1929. 



A variety which is considered the finest 

 of the cultivated guavas. The fruits vary 

 in size from 2 to 3^ inches in diameter, 

 with pale yellowish white skin dotted with 

 fine red spots and solid white flesh with 

 small seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 76015. 



