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86690 to 86692— Continued. 



A shrub, 2 to 20 feet high, with the 

 branches covered with thick gray or 

 brown pubescence and with red flowers 

 in copious racemes. It is native to the 

 Himalayas from Simla to Sikkim, India. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 60652. 



Meibomia tiliaefolia (D. Don) 

 Kuntze (Desmodium tiliaefolium D. 

 Don). Fabaceae. 



A hardy and more or less ornamental 

 deciduous shrub, with slender terete 

 branches, thick green trifoliolate leaves 

 about 4 inches long, and red flowers in 

 lax racemes often a foot long. It is 

 native to the Himalayas from 3,000 to 

 9,000 feet altitude. The bark yields an 

 excellent fiber which is used for rope 

 making ; the leaves are good fodder, and 

 the roots are used medicinally as a tonic 

 and diuretic. 



For previous introduction see No. 47726. 



86693 to 86695. 



From Honolulu. Hawaii. Seeds presented 

 by Mr. Harold L. Lyon, in charge, De- 

 partment of Botany and Forestry, Ha- 

 waiian Sugar Planters' Association. 

 Received March 25, 1930. 



86693. Acacia koa A. Gray. Mimosa- 

 re ie. Koa. 



A large spreading tree, up to 60 feet 

 Mgh, native to the Hawaiian Islands. 

 The coriaci ous falcate, phyllodes are 5 to 

 7 inches long, and the small white flow- 

 ers are in globular heads gathered into 

 axillary racemes. The wood, which is 

 called Hawaiian mahogany, is excellent 

 for veneers, and the bark is used for 

 tanning. 



86694. Cassia surattensis Burm. f. (C. 

 glauca Lam.). Caesalpiniaceae. 



A tropical leguminous shrub or small 

 tree with pale-green compound leaves 

 and clusters of pale-yellow flowers. Na- 

 tive to the East Indi< s. 



For previous introduction see No. 68847. 



86695. Sttlonna tiiukstoni (Muell. and 

 Drude) O. F. Cook (Pritcharclia thurs- 

 toni Muell. and Drude). Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



A tall palm with a slender, ringed 

 trunk crowned by a cluster of spreading 

 fan-shapi d leaves 3 to 6 feet in diameter. 

 The clusters of small greenish flowers 

 are borne on long stalks resembling fish- 

 ing poles. It is native to the Fiji 

 Islands. 



86696. Medicago sattva L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Moscow, Union of Socialistic Soviet 

 Republics. Seeds purchased from the 

 All-Russian Seed Association of Agri- 

 cultural Cooperatives. Received March 

 17, 1930. 



Collected in the Dzhetysuisk region, 

 Kazar Republic, Semirechenskaia, Turke- 

 stan. 



86697 to 86699. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Berlin, Germany. Seeds purchased 

 from the German Agricultural Society. 

 Received March 26, 1930. 



86697 to 86699— Continued. 



86697. FranJcische luzern. 



86698. Pfalzer luzern. 



86699. Thuringer luzern. 



86700 to 86706. 



From Anam, Indo-China. Seeds pre- 

 sented by M. Poilane. Received Marcb 

 25, 1930. 



86700. Aeschynomene sp. Fabaceae. 



86701. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



86702. Cassia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



86703. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solana- 

 ceae. Tobacco. 



86704. POUPARTIA AXILLARIS (ROXb.) 



King and Prain. Anacardiaceae. 



A rather common tree at low altitudes 

 in the valleys of western China, growing 

 to a height of 50 to 80 feet and having 

 a trunk often 3 feet in diameter near 

 the base. It has gray bark, massive 

 branches, deciduous leaves, and incon- 

 spicuous flowers. The yellow oval fruits, 

 which are about an inch long, are eaten 

 by the Chinese. 



For previous introduction see No. 71252. 



88705. Strychnos sp. Loganiaceae. 



86706. Ckotalaria spectabilis Roth. 

 Fabaceae. 



A stout shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, native 

 to India, and sometimes cultivated for 

 the sake of its yellowish purple flowers, 

 which are produced in dense lax racemes 

 often 20 inches in length. 



For previous introduction see No. 75877. 

 86707 to 86718. 



From Perth, Western Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented bv Miss Ida W. Richardson. Re- 

 ceived March 26, 1930. 



86707. A lyogyne hakeaefolia (Giordano) 

 Alefeld (Fugosia hakeaefolia Hook.). 

 Malvaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub, native to 

 Australia, with narrow lobed or deeply 

 cut leaves and large purple-lilac flowers. 

 It is closely related to Gossypium. 



For previous introduction see No. 79930. 



86708. Anigozakthos manglesii D. Don. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



An amaryllidaceous plant native to 

 the Swan River country of southwestern 

 Australia. It bears scorpoid racemes, 

 nearly a foot long, on stout, woolly, 

 bright-reel stems. The lustrous green, 

 tomentose flowers, 3 inches long, are tub- 

 ular in bud, but split nearly to the base 

 on opening, with the tips recurved, and 

 bear the yellow stamens on the curve. 



For previous introduction see No. 81671. 



86709. Bossiaea sp. Fabaceae. 



A low shrub with yellow and brown 

 pea-shaped flowers. 



86710. Chamaelaucium dnci.natum 

 Schauer. Myrtaceae. 



An erect bushy heathlike shrub with 

 opposite hook-shaped linear leaves, less 

 than an inch long, and small terminal 

 corymbs of cream-colored flowers. Na- 

 tive to Western Australia. 



