34 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



79112 to 79147— Continued. 



leaves and axillary flowers 1 inch long 

 having broad wings elegantly marked 

 with transverse veins. 



79145. SCHEFFLBRA ACTINOPHYLLA (Endl.) 



Harms (Brassaia actinophylla Endlj. 

 Araliaceae. 



A handsome umbrella-shaped evergreen 

 I roe up to 40 feet high, native lo Queens- 

 land, with compound leaves made up of 

 6 to 16 leathery oblong leaflets 1 foot 

 long, and racemes several feet long of 

 small heads of angled dry fruits. 



79146. SOLANUM ELLIPTICUM R. Br. So- 

 lanaceae. 



A densely stellate pubescent under- 

 shrub, native to Australia, either low and 

 spreading or tall and erect, with ovate 

 sinuate-margined leaves 3 inches long and 

 lateral racemes of violet flowers. 



79147. Stenocarpus cunningiiamii It. 

 Br. Proteaceae. 



A tall bushy evergreen shrub or small 

 tree, native to North Australia, with 

 oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long and axillary umbels of 10 to 30 

 small red or yellow slightly irregular 

 flowers less than one-half inch long. 



79148 and 79149. Zelkova spp. Ulma- 

 ceue. 



Varieties growing near the United States 

 JJepartment of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. Scions collected by Paul Russell, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 March 6, 1929. 



79148. Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Ma- 

 kino (Z. acuminata Planch.). 



Sawleaf zelkova. 



A handsome Japanese tree up to 90 

 feet high, with a short trunk dividing 

 into many upright spreading branches 

 and forming a broad rouna-topped head. 

 The sharply serrate leaves are ovate and 

 are usually 2 to 3 inches long, or on 

 young shoots up to 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 35301. 



79149. Zelkova carpinifolia (Pall.) 

 Dipp. (Z. ulmoides C. Schneid.). 



A tree up to 75 feet high, native to the 

 Caucasus region, with crenately serrate 

 dark-green obovate leaves 2 to 6 inches 

 long, resembling those of the hornbeam. 



79150 to 79184. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. L>. Bois, Paris Museum of Natural 

 History. Received March 9, 1929. 



79150. Aloe andringitrensis Perrier. 

 Liliaceae. 



A stemless aloe, native to central Mad- 

 agascar, with a rosette of 12 to 18 sub- 

 falcate leaves about 17 inches long. The 

 leaves have horny margins and are armed 

 with very small marginal spines. The 

 dark orange-red flowers are in dense ra- 

 cemes about 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 



77885. 



79151. Beebeeis angulosa Wall. Ber- 

 beridaceae. Barberry. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 78915. 



79150 to 79184— Continued. 



79152. Bkuberis morrisonensis Hayata. 

 Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



A barberry closely resembling Berberis 

 dictyophylla. it is an erect, densely 

 branched shrub with 3-parted, spined, 

 and fascicled leathery oval leaves. Un- 

 like II. dictijopfiylla,' the berries are in 

 fascicles and are more nearly round. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66687. 



79153. Cotyledon umbilicus L. Crassu- 

 laceae. Navelwort. 



A perennial, fleshy plant, native to 

 western Europe, which grows about a foot 

 high and lias succulent, orbicular leaves 

 and pendulous racemes of yellowish-green 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65006. 



79154. DlMORPHOTHECA PLUVIALIS (L.) 



Moench. Asteraceae. Cape-marigold. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 79016. 



79155 to 79158. Erica spp. Ericaceae. 



79155. Erica ciliaeis L. 



Fringed heath. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78894. 



79156. Erica cinerea L. 



Twisted heath. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78680. 



79157. Erica tetralix L. 



Crossleaf heath. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79020. 



79158. Erica vagans L. Cornish heath. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79062. 



79159 to 79163. Gentiana spp. Gentiana- 

 ceae. Gentian. 



79159. Gentiana angustifolia Michx. 



A slender ascending mostly un- 

 branched plant, 4 to 16 inches high, 

 with rigid linear or oblanceolate leaves 

 and azure-blue flowers Irorn 1% to 2y 2 

 inches long. Native to the southern 

 United States. 



79160. Gentiana asclepiadea L. 



Milkweed gentian. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78858. 



79161. Gentiana campestris L. 



A low slender annual, native to Eu- 

 rope, with an erect stem 2 to 6 inches 

 high, sessile narrow-oval leaves, and 

 clusters of dark purplish-blue flowers. 



79162. Gentiana cruciata L. 



Cross gentian. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78931. 



79163. Gentiana pneumonanthe L. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79084. 



79164 to 79173. Kalanchoe spp. Crassu- 

 laceae. Kalanchoe. 



