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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80060 to 80074— Continued. 



dense cylindrical racemes 4 to 8 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 40044. 



Halfordia drupifera F. Muell. 

 Rutaceae. 



A small evergreen tree, native to Aus- 

 tralia, with angular branchlets, lanceo- 

 late leaves 3 to 5 inches long, and ter- 

 minal paniculate clusters of small white 

 flowers followed by purple ovoid drupes 

 about half an inch long. 



80070. Kennedia rubicunda (Schneev.) 

 Vent. Fabaceae. 



A climbing evergreen leguminous 

 shrub with dark-green leaves and large 

 attractive dark-red flowers. Of possible 

 value as a forage plant and for green 

 manure. 



80071. Lomatia fraxinifolia F. Muell. 

 Proteaceae. 



A tall evergreen shrub or small tree, 

 native to Queensland, with pinnate leaves 

 made up of three to seven coriaceous 

 ovate coarsely toothed leaflets 2 to 4 

 inches long, and small creamy white 

 flowers in racemes 6 to 8 inches long 

 or gathered together to form a large 

 terminal panicle. 



80072. Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) 

 R. Br. (8. coronillifolia Salisb.). Faba- 

 ceae. Darling pea. 



A low shrubby perennial, native to 

 Australia, with compound vetchlike 

 leaves and scarlet-orange flowers borne 

 on long axillary stems. Reported to be 

 poisonous to livestock. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77447. 



80073. Syncarpia glomulifera (J. E. 

 Smith) Niedenzu. Myrtaceae. 



A tall slender evergreen tree, native 

 to Australia, with broadly ovate leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long, appearing as if in 

 whorls from two pairs being close to- 

 gether. The small white flowers are in 

 globular clusters of 6 to 10 on v short 

 peduncles at the base of the new shoots. 

 The wood is valuable for posts and other 

 underground construction work. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75572. 



80074. Tricondylus myricoides (Gaertn. 

 f.) Kuntze (Lomatia longifolia R. Br.). 

 Proteaceae. 



An evergreen shrub 8 to 10 feet high, 

 native to New South Wales and Victoria, 

 with very narrow lance-shaped leaves, 

 and terminal or axillary racemes of 

 creamy white flowers. The fruit is an 

 oval-oblong follicle, and the . seeds are 

 winged. The wood is light colored and 

 very hard, with a beautiful small figure, 

 well suited for turnery. 



For previous introduction see No. 43580. 



80075. Chayota edulis Jacq. (Se- 

 chium, edule Swartz.). Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Chayote. 



From Guatemala. Fruit presented by Wil- 

 son Popenoe, Research Department of the 

 United Fruit Co., Tela, Honduras. Re- 

 ceived November 26, 1928. Numbered 

 in April, 1929. 



No. 1. A large green variety. 



80076 to 80088. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Leslie, Curator, Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden. Received April 17, 1929. 



80076 to 80078. Berberis spp. Berberida- 

 ceae. Barberry. 



80076. Berberis insignis Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. 



A beautiful bush of erect habit, with 

 very few spines and large, shining 

 hollylike evergreen leaves 3 to 7 inches 

 long. The golden-yellow flowers are 

 borne in clusters of about 15 and are 

 followed by ovoid black berries. It is 

 native to the eastern Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 60637. 



80077. Berberis umbellata Wall. 



A hardy half-evergreen shrub, native 

 to the Himalayas, about 3 feet high, 

 with reddish brown grooved branchlets, 

 obovate leaves an inch long, and um- 

 bellike racemes of yellow flowers which 

 are followed by red berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78918. 



80078. Berberis wallichiana DC. 



A narrow-leaved, evergreen bar- 

 berry from temperate regions in the 

 Himalayas, where it ascends to about 

 10,000 feet. The shining, black-purple 

 berries are produced in dense clusters. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65756. 



80079. Eriobotrya hookeriana Decaisne. 

 Malaceae. 



A small stout-branched tree native to 

 the eastern Himalayas at altitudes of 

 6,500 to 8,000 feet. It has thick leath- 

 ery oblong sharply toothed leaves up to 

 a foot long, large panicles of small white 

 flowers, and egg-shaped yellow fruits 

 about three-fourths of an inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65252. 



80080 to 80082. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



80080. FlCUS BENJAMINA L. 



Benjamin fig. 



A large tree, up to 80 feet high, 

 native to India, with thin coriaceous 

 ovate leaves 3 inches long and axillary 

 pairs of small globose blood-red fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67701. 



80081. FlCUS HISPIDA L. f. 



A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet 

 high, native to southeastern Asia, with 

 hairy branches, ovate to obovate ob- 

 scurely toothed leaves 8 inches long, 

 and turbinate green fruits, nearly an 

 inch in diameter, produced in fascicles 

 on the old wood. 



For previous introduction see No. 



. 54892. 



80082. Ficus hookeri Miquel. 



A subtropical tree native to the tem- 

 perate Himalayas of northeastern In- 

 dia. The oval leaves are up to 11 

 inches in length. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 68336. 



