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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80393 to 80411— Continued. 



.dark-green, spiny leaves squarish at the 

 base and red berries. It is probably 

 allied to Ilex cornuta, and was first dis- 

 covered by Pere Paul Perny during his 

 travels in western China between 1850 

 and 1860. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67032. 



80404. Ieis clarkei Baker. Iridaceae. 



Clarke iris. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 80084. 



80405. KlTAIBELIA LINDEMUTHI Hoi't. 



Malvaceae. 



Obtained by M. Lindemuth, gardener 

 at the Botanical Garden, Berlin, by graft- 

 ing Kitaibelia vitifolia on Abutilon 

 thompsoni. It is especially attractive 

 because of its variegated grapelike foli- 

 age and showy pink flowers. 



80406. Laburnum anagyroides alschin- 

 geei (Vis.) C. Schneid. (Cytisus al- 

 schingeri Hort.). Fabaceae. 



Goldenchain. 



A form of the goldenchain with more 

 silky and bluer-gray leaves and nearly 

 erect racemes of golden-yellow flowers. 

 Native to southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76347. 



80407. Loniceea sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



Honeysuckle. 



Hers. Ao. 2001,. 



80408. Pyracantha sp. Malaceae. 



Firethorn. 



M. Y. No. 6257. 



80409. Soebus wilsoniana C. Schneid. 

 Malaceae. 



A tree, up to 30 feet high, with el- 

 liptic-lanceolate yellowish green leaflets 

 and rather small white flowers in large 

 terminal corymbs. It is native to west- 

 ern China. 



80410. Veronica roenitzeri Hort. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



A herbaceous variety. (Has flowered 

 only a little but suggests that it may 

 prove somewhat like V. spicato.) 



80411. Veronica waldsteinii Hort. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



A variety said to have spikes of blue 

 flowers which appear very late in the 

 summer. 



80412 and 80413. 



From Gambia, British West Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Archibald Brooks, Director, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received 

 May 15, 1920. 



80412. Adansonia digitata L. 

 ceae. 



Bombaca- 

 Baobab. 



A tree about 60 feet high and some- 

 times 30 feet in diameter, native to tropi- 

 cal Africa, with palmate leaves divided 

 into five to seven lanceolate leaflets, 

 white flowers 6 inches across, and large 

 gourdlike fruits with edible pulp. 



For previous introduction see 

 77271. 



No. 



80412 and 80413 — Continued. 



80413. Ficus vogelli Miquel. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



A beautiful shade tree of moderate size 

 with large oblong elliptic leaves which 

 are mostly gathered at the ends of the 

 twigs. The small fruits are attractively 

 grouped on the branches and produce 

 many viable seeds. Native to tropical 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 70946. 



80414 to 80416. Myoporum acumina- 

 tum ANGUSTIFOLIUM Beiltll. 



From South Australia. Seeds presented by 

 W. J. Spafford, Deputy Director of the 

 Department of Agriculture, Adelaide, 

 South Australia. Received May 7, 1929. 



An erect glabrous shrub with alternate 

 nearly linear leaves 1 to 3 inches long, ax- 

 illary clusters of two to four small cam- 

 panulate white flowers, followed by slightly 

 succulent fruits about a quarter of an inch 

 in diameter. It is native to Queensland, 

 Australia. 



80414. Obtained from a tree about 14 feet 

 high, growing in Rochester. 



80415. Obtained from a shrub about 9 

 feet high, growing in Pekina. 



80416. Obtained from a shrub about 9 

 feet high, growing in Port Germein. 



80417 to 80421. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by W. H. Brown, Director of 

 the Bureau of Science, Manila. Re- 

 ceived May 16, 1929. 



80417. Ficus calophyloides Elmer. 



A large spreading tree, 70 feet high 

 and 4 feet in diameter, native to the 

 Philippine Islands, with elliptic leaves 5 

 inches long and flattened globose yellow- 

 ish-brown fruits. ' 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77657. 



80418. Ficus indica L. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, which re- 

 sembles the banyan but does not take 

 root from its branches. The leaves are 

 4 to 7 inches long, with four to six 

 pairs of nerves, and the yellowish-red 

 globose fruits, a third of an inch in 

 diameter, are crowded together in ses- 

 sile pairs. Native to tropical Asia and 

 Malaya. 



80419. Ficus minahassae (Teysm. and 

 De Vr.) Miquel. 



A rather small tropical tree, native 

 to the Netherland East Indies, with a 

 soft spongy trunk, irregularly heart- 

 shaped acute leaves, and numerous small 

 fruits about one-fourth of an inch long. 



80420. Ficus nuda Miquel. 



A tropical wocdy plant, native to the 

 Philippine Islands, which is closely re- 

 lated to Ficus bcnjamina. The elliptic 

 or oblong leaves are somewhat leathery, 

 and the small sessile fruits are globular. 



80421. Ficus odorata (Blanco) Men 4 . 



A tree, native to the Philippine Is- 

 lands, 15 to 18 feet high. It is marked 



