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79462 to 79502— Continued. 



high, acutely 4-angled and armed with 

 stout con'eal teeth. The flower, about 

 1 1 -2 inches across, has sharply re- 

 curved petals, which are pale greenish 

 yellow, with the upper third purple 

 brown. It is native to South Africa. 



79499. Stapelia mutabilis Jacq. 

 Variety pitta. 



79500. Stapelia planifloba Jacq. 



A freely branching succulent with 

 erect 4-angled stems 2 to 6 inches high. 

 armed with acute spreading teeth. 

 The pale greenish-yellow flower, about 

 3 inches across, is irregularly purple 

 spotted and is often lined with purple- 

 brown. It is native to the coastal re- 

 gions of South Africa. 



79501. Stapelia bugosa Jacq. 



A fleshy plant with erect stems, ob- 

 tusely 4-angled and armed with con- 

 ical teeth. The flower, about 2% 

 inches across, is greenish yellow with 

 numerous scattered small purple spots 

 and irregular transverse dark purple- 

 brown lines. The outer corona lobes 

 are acutely 3-:oothed at the apex. It 

 is native to South Africa. 



79502. Stapelia tbipida Todaro. 



A cespitose. fleshy plant, probably 

 originally from South Africa, with 4 

 angled stems about 3 inches high. The 

 purplish-violet flower is 3 inches across, 

 with purple corolla tips and numerous 

 traverse yellow lines. 



79503 to 79505. 



From Nancy. France. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. Edmond Gain, director of the bo- 

 tanic garden of the Nancv University. 

 Received March 18. 1920. 



79503. Kitaibelia vitifolia Willd. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 79174. 



79504. Omphalodes linifolia 

 Moench. Boraginaceae. 



(L.) 



A summer-flowering annual plant a 

 foot high, with wedge-shaped radical 

 leaves, linear-lanceolate stem Ic&ves, and 

 lax racemes of white flowers. Native to 

 dry stony hills of Spain and Portugal. 



79505. Pettebia bamentacea (Sieber) 

 Presl {Cytisus weldeni Vis.). Fabaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 79039. 



79506 to 79521. 



From Winchester. England. Plants pur- 

 chased from Hillier & Sons, West Hill 

 Nurseries. Received December 20, 1928. 

 Numbered in March, 1929. 



79506 to 79508. Bebbebis spp. Berberida- 

 ceae. Barberry. 



79506. Bebbebis atbocabpa C. Schneid. 



An ornamental shrub, native to 

 western Szechwan, China, 3 to 5 feet 

 high, with leathery evergreen leaves, 

 shining green above and yellowish 

 green beneath, and almost globose jet- 

 black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76212. 



79506 to 79521— Continued. 



79507. Berbebis empetbifolia Pers. 



Crow barberry. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78877. 



79508. Berbebis hookeri Lem. 



An evergreen barberry, native to the 

 Himalayas, where it is a dense shrub 

 3 to 5 feet high, with usually 3-parted 

 spines, dark-green, leathery, spiny mar- 

 gined leaves, and cylindrical black- 

 purple berries often persisting on the 

 shrub until spring. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65232. 



79509 to 79521. Buxrs spp. Buxaceae. 



79509. Buxus harlandii Hance. 



A compact evergreen shrub, native 

 to China, about 3 feet high, with 

 obovate-oblong leaves, gradually nar- 

 rower! toward the base, less than an 

 inch long and one-fourth of an inch 

 broad. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76558. 



79510 to 79520. Buxrs sempebvibens 

 L. Common box. 



79510. Variety aurea maculata. 



79511. Variety aurea pendula. 



79512. Variety hands worthii. 



79513. Variety latifolia macrophylla. 



79514. Variety latifolia maculata. 



79515. Variety myosotifolia. 



79516. Variety myrtifolia. 



79517. Variety prostrata. 



79518. Variety pyramidalis. 



79519. Variety rosmarinifolia. 



79520. Variety salicifolia. 



79521. BUXUS WALLICHIANA Baill. 



An evergreen shrub, native to the 

 Himalayas. 10 feet high, with linear- 

 lanceolate leaves 2 to 4 inches long. 



79522. Amygdalus communis L. 

 (Prunus amygdalus Stokes). Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Almond. 



From Granada, Spain. Plants presented by 

 Juan Leyva, through Austin C. Brady, 

 American consul, Malaga. Received 

 March 19, 1929. 



Marcona. 



79523 and 79524. Ficus carica L. 

 Moraceae. Common fig. 



From Balaguer, Lerida, Spain. Cuttings 

 presented by Ramon Sala Roqueta. Re- 

 ceived March 21. 1929. 



79523. Fraga. 



79524. Layola blanca. 



79525. Elaeodendron capense Eckl. 

 and Zeyh. Oelastraceae. 



False olive. 



Plants grown from seeds presented by the 

 Plant Quarantine and Control Adminis- 

 tration. Received February 15, 1929. 



