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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



79053 to 79111— Continued. 



pendent deep indigo-blue flowers are 

 borne in long densely packed spikes, 

 and the rich crimson calyxes are very 

 striking. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 59428. 



79108. Primula littoniana Forrest. 



Variety grandiflora. A giant form 

 with spikes 8 inches long. 



79109. Primula nutans Delav. 



A Chinese primrose 9 to 20 inches 

 high, of the Muscarioides section, with 

 obovate or oblanceolate hairy leaves, 

 and clear-blue fragrant flowers in a 

 terminal cluster. 



79110. Primula sikkimensis Hook. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78868. 



79111. Primula smithiana Craib. 



A perennial alpine primrose of the 

 Candelabra section, with tall stems and 

 whorls of soft -yellow flowers ; very 

 similar to P. bulleyana. Native to the 

 Himalayas. 



79112 to 79147. 



From San Francisco, Calif. Seeds pre- 

 sented by John McLaren, Superintendent, 

 Golden Gate Park. Received January 15, 

 1929. 



79112. Actinotus leucocephalus Benth. 

 Apiaceae. 



This Western Australian flannel flower 

 is an erect much-branched herbaceous! per- 

 ennial about 2 feet high, entirely clothed 

 in soft silky hairs. The leaves are di- 

 vided into three linear segments which 

 are again three lobed, and the flowers are 

 numerous in densely packed umbels. 



79113 to 79120. Banksia spp. 

 ceae. 



Protea- 



79113. Banksia attenuata R. Br. 



An evergreen tree up to 40 feet high, 

 native to Western Australia, with ser- 

 rate linear leaves 6 inches long, densely 

 white tomentose underneath, and cylin- 

 drical spikes of small flowers united 

 into a thick woody cone from which 

 the silky fruits eventually protrude. 



79114. Banksia baxteri R. Br. 



A tall evergreen shrub 8 to 10 feet 

 high, with the leaves 3 to 4 inches long, 

 divided into ovate-triangular segments, 

 and nearly globular flower spikes, 2 to 

 3 inches in diameter, covered with long 

 fine hairs. Native to Western Aus- 

 tralia. 



79115. Banksia coccinea R. Br. 



An erect evergreen shrub 15 feet 

 high, native to Western Australia, with 

 broadly ovate leaves 3 inches long and 

 brilliant red flowers an inch long, in 

 globose heads 2 inches in diameter. 



For preA'ious introduction see No. 

 76636. 



79116. Banksia lemanniana Meisn. 



An evergreen shrub with tomentose 

 branches, flat regularly toothed, obo- 

 vate-oblong leaves 3 inches long, loosely 

 tomentose underneath, and globular 

 to oblong dense flower heads 4 inches 

 long. 



79112 to 79147— Continued. 



79117. Banksia occidentalis R. Br. 



An erect evergreen shrub up to 8 

 feet high, native to Western Australia, 

 with glabrous branches, linear leaves 2 

 to 4 inches long, three toothed at the 

 end and white underneath, and red 

 flowers in ovoid to cylindrical clusters 

 3 to 6 inches long. 



79118. Banksia prionotes Lindl. 



A Western Australian evergreen tree 

 up to 30 feet high, with thick tomen- 

 tose branches. The leaves, 8 to 12 

 inches long, are divided into regular 

 sharp-pointed lobes, and the thick 

 golden flower spikes are 5 inches long. 



79119. Banksia speciosa R. Br. 



A tall evergreen shrub, native to 

 Western Australia, with leaves a foot 

 long, divided into numerous rounded 

 triangular lobes and white tomentose 

 beneath, and thick oblong yellow flower 

 spikes 5 inches long. 



79120. Banksia verticillata R. Br. 



A small Western Australian tree 

 with tomentose branchlets, nearly en- 

 tire oblong or broadly linear leaves in 

 whorls of four to six, and yellow flow- 

 ers in cylindrical spikes 8 inches long. 



79121. Cassia pleurocarpa F. MuelL 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A tall erect Australian shrub with four 

 or five rather distinct pairs of thick ob- 

 long leaflets and loose racemes of yellow 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64479. 



79122. Chamaelaucium ciliatum Desf. 

 Myrtaceae. 



An erect bushy heathlike shrub 2 feet 

 high, native to Western Australia, with 

 very small linear terete leaves and very 

 small shell-pink flowers clustered in the 

 axils of the leaves at the ends of the 

 branches. 



79123. Comesperma spinosum F. MuelL 

 Polygalaceae. 



A rigid much-branched spiny evergreen 

 shrub, native to Western Australia, with 

 the leaves reduced to small scales and the 

 small flowers scattered along the branches. 



79124. Conostylis drummondii Benth. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



A woolly densely tufted herbaceous! per- 

 ennial, native to Western Australia, 

 with rigid linear-terete leaves 6 to 9 

 inches long and several scapes bearing 

 heads of small yellow flowers. 



79125. Daviesia cordata J. E. Smith. 

 Fabaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with elongated angled branches, 

 ovate coriaceous leaves 3 to 4 inches long, 

 having deeply cordate clasping bases, and 

 axillary umbels of yellow and purple pea- 

 shaped flowers. Native to Western Aus- 

 tralia. 



79126. Grevillea eriostachya Lindl. 

 Proteaceae. 



A stout erect evergreen shrub 3 to 6 

 feet high, native to Western Australia, 

 with narrowly linear leaves 8 inches long, 

 usually pinnately divided into three to 

 five segments, and small orange flowers in 

 densely tomentose 1-sided racemes 6 

 inches long. 



