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79112 to 79147— Continued. 



79127 to 79129. Gastrolobium spp. 

 Fabaceae. 



These are all reported to be poisonous 

 to livestock. 



79127. Gastrolobium c alycindm 

 Benth. 



An erect glabrous evergreen shrub 2 

 feet high, native to Western Australia, 

 with rigid coriaceous s harp-pointed ob- 

 long to lanceolate leaves 2 inches long, 

 and axillary and terminal racemes of 

 rather large yellow and purple pea- 

 shap d flowers. 



79128. Gastrolobium epacridioides 

 Meisn. 



A tall evergreen shrub with wand- 

 like loosely villous branches, coria- 

 ceous spreading ovate leaves one-half 

 inch long, and loose axillary clusters 

 of yellow and purple pea-shaped flow- 

 ers. Native to Western Australia. 



79129. Gastrolobium yillosum Benth. 



A softly tomentose decumbent ever- 

 green shrub. 2 to 4 feet high, native 

 to Western Australia, with opposite 

 ovate leathery leaves 2 inches long and 

 terminal racemes, 4 inches long, of 

 orange and purple pea-shaped flowers. 



79130. Grevillea polybotrya Meisn. 

 Proteaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub, native to 

 North Australia and Western Australia, 

 with entire oblong leaves sprinkled with 

 shining silvery hairs when young, but 

 pale and glabrous when mature. The 

 large dense leafless panicles are made up 

 of tomentose cylindrical spikes of small 

 flowers. 



79131. Hemigenia canbscbns (Bartl.) 

 Benth. Menthaceae. 



A Western Australian evergreen shrub, 

 2 feet high, clothed with long loose silky 

 white pubescence, with thick soft spread- 

 ing or recurved obovate leaves half an 

 inch long, and small axillary 2-lipped 

 pink or purple flowers. 



79132. Hemigenia ixcaxa (Lindl.) Benth. 

 Menthaceae. 



An evergreen undershrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high, native to Western Australia, cov- 

 ered with short appressed silky hairs, 

 with oblong leaves 2 inches long and 

 racemes of pink or purple flowers. 



decumbexs Pritz. 



79133. Jacksoxia 

 Fabaceae. 



A low evergreen shrub with long de- 

 cumbent branches, erect broadly linear 

 cladodes. and rather large hairy yel- 

 low flowers borne singly or in small 

 clusters at the tips of the branches. 



79134. K u N z e a micrantha Schauer. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A small erect evergreen shrub, native 

 to Western Australia, with flat rigid 

 linear leaves one-fourth inch long and 

 dense terminal globular heads of small 

 flowers. 



79135. Kunzea sericea (Labill.) Turcz. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A tall evergreen shrub, native to West- 

 ern Australia, with rigid tortuous 

 branches, silvery white very stiff leaves 



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elliptica Labill. 



79112 to 79147— Continued. 



less than an inch long, and yellowish 

 flowers, either solitary or in terminal 

 clusters. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 G4488. 



79136. Lesctiexaultia biloba Lindl. 

 Goodeniaceae. 



An evergreen shrub 2 to 3 feet high, 

 native to Western Australia, with slender 

 scattered leaves one-half inch long. The 

 flowers are either in small clusters in 

 the upper axils or borne in large leafy 

 terminal clusters. The corolla, about 

 an inch long, has spreading dark-blue 

 wings marked with parallel transverse 

 veins, and the sepals are narrow like the 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see No. 



58674. 



79137. Melaleuca 

 Myrtaceae. 



A tall evergreen shrub, native to West- 

 ern Australia, with elliptical evergreen 

 leaves one-half inch long, and cylindrical 

 spikes of large showy red flowers. 



79138. Melaleuca sp. Myrtaceae. 



An evergreen Australian shrub with 

 red flowers. 



79139. Olearia paucidextata F. Muell. 

 Asteraceae. 



An evergreen undershrub 3 feet high, 

 native to Western Australia, with 

 oblanceolate leaves 1 inch long and small 

 asterlike flower heads in terminal 

 panicles. 



79140. Oxylobium capitatum Benth. 



Fabaceae. 



An evergreen undershrub 3 feet high, 

 native to Western Australia, with rigid 

 branches, oblong to linear leaves 2 inches 

 long, and axillary clusters or compact 

 terminal racemes of small yellow pea- 

 shaped flowers. 



79141. Patersonia xanthina F. Muell. 

 Iridaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 Western Australia, with a short stem, a 

 rosette of linear leaves 2 feet long, and a 

 spike of yellow irislike flowers with 

 outer segments 1 inch long and very 

 small inner segments. 



79142. Pimelea preissii Meisn. Thy- 

 melaeaceae. 



An erect slender shrub 2 feet high, na- 

 tive to Western Australia, with opposite 

 linear-lanceolate leaves one-half inch long 

 and globular silky villous heads of small 

 flowers. 



79143. Scaevola 

 Goodeniaceae. 



An erect perennial, native to Western 

 Australia, woody at the base with rigid 

 herbaceous branches, ovate-sessile clasp- 

 ing leaves 2 inches long, and large silky- 

 winged white flowers in terminal leafy 

 spikes. 



79144. Scaevola striata R. Br. Good- 

 eniaceae. 



A diffuse hispid herbaceous perennial, 

 1 to 2 feet high, native to Western Aus- 

 tralia, with coarsely toothed obovate 



platyphylla LindL 



