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89217 to 89382— Continued. 



with a 2-layered epidermis. It 



flourishes best within reach of 



the sea spray. Many varieties of 



this plant are cultivated in 

 gardens. 



89310. A form with blue flowers. 



89311. A subalpine form. 



89312. Hebe townsoni (Cheeseman) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica town- 

 soni Cheeseman). 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet or more in 

 height, with very thick and leathery 

 linear-lanceolate flat leaves 2 or 3 

 inches long and white flowers in lax 

 racemes usually longer than the 

 leaves. 



89313. Hebe traversii (Hook, f.) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica traversii 

 Hook. f.). 



A small compact shrub 2 to 5 feet 

 in diameter, with spreading leathery 

 leaves an inch long and racemes of 

 small white flowers at the tips of the 

 branches. 



For previous introduction see 77581. 



89314. Hebe trisepala (Colenso) Cock- 

 ayne (Veronica trisepala Colenso). 



Closely related to Hebe diosmifolia, 

 but having narrower incised leaves and 

 a 3-parted calyx. 



89315 to 89331. Leptosperm u M spp. 

 Myrtaceae. 



89315. Leptospermum ericoides A. 

 Rich. 



An evergreen shrub or tree, at times 

 a large tree, with loose papery bark 

 and slender branchlets. The very nar- 

 row-lanceolate leaves are but half an 

 inch long, and the small white axillary 

 flowers are usually produced in great 

 profusion. 



89316 to 89330. Leptospermum scopa- 

 rium Forst. Manuka. 



89316. Variety boscowenii. A form 

 with narrow green glaucous leaves 

 and exceptionally large clear-pink 

 flowers an inch across, with a 

 dark eye. 



89317. Cerise. 



89318. Deep rose pink. 



89319. Double pink improved. 



89320. Flush pink (red in center). 



89321. Double white. 



89322. Good red. 



89323. A good collection of hybrids. 



89324. Pink. 



89325. Red center. 



89326. Rose. 



89327. Rose pink. 



89328. Variety rosea. A form with 

 pale-pink flowers. 



89329. Variety rubra pygmeum. A 

 dwarf form about 2 feet high 

 with dark-red foliage and flowers. 



89330. Variety sandersii. A new hy- 

 brid, very floriferous, about 5 feet 

 high. The large single pink 

 flowers have a deep-pink center. 



89217 to 89382— Continued. 



89331. Leptospermum scoparium nich- 

 ollii (Darr.-Smith) Turrill. 



Variety rubra. 



89332 to 89339. Metrosideros spp. Myr- 

 taceae. 



89332. Metrosideros colensoi Hook. f. 



A slender climbing evergreen shrub 

 with numerous very slender branches 

 and small narrowly oval distichous 

 leaves. The small pink or whitish 

 flowers are in terminal or lateral 

 cymes about an inch long. 



89333. Metrosideros diffusa J. B. 

 Smith. 



A tall stout evergreen woody climber 

 which reaches the tops of the tallest 

 trees. The very stiff oval-oblong 

 leaves are about an inch long, and the 

 abundant bright crimson flowers are in 

 terminal much-branched cymes. 



89334. Metrosideros lucida A. Rich. 



An evergreen shrub or tree of erect 

 habit with narrow pointed leathery 

 leaves and broad terminal cymes of 

 small bright-crimson flowers. 



89335 and 89336. Metrosideros perfo- 

 rata (Forst.) A. Rich. (M. scan- 

 dens Sol.). 



A high-climbing evergreen shrub 

 with broadly oblong sessile leaves half 

 an inch long and numerous small white 

 flowers in axillary cymes. 



89335. Variety aurata. A yellow- 

 flowered form. 



89336. Variety magnifica, A large- 

 flowered form. 



89337. Metrosideros robusta A. Cunn. 



Rata. 



A large evergreen forest tree, some- 

 times 100 feet tall. The very leathery 

 elliptic-oval leaves are about an inch 

 long, and the dark scarlet flowers are 

 in broad dense terminal clusters. 



89338. Metrosideros tomentosa A. 

 Rich. 



The Christmas tree, so called because 

 of its season of bloom. It becomes 

 eventually a tree 70 feet tall with 

 leaves which vary from lanceolate to 

 broadly oblong and from 1 to 4 inches 

 long. The large dark-crimson flowers 

 are in dense terminal cymes. This is 

 a special form which has adult foliage 

 on young plants. 



89339. Metrosideros vilxosa (L.)J. E. 

 Smith. 



A freely branching tree up to 60 

 feet high and 4 feet in diameter, with 

 coriaceous broadly ovate gray-green 

 leaves 2 inches long, white tomentose 

 beneath, and terminal cymes of scarlet 

 flowers conspicuous for their long scar- 

 let stamens as in the other bottle- 

 brushes. 



For previous introduction see 77606. 



89340 to 89345. Nageia spp. Taxaceae. 



89340. Nageia ferruginea (G. Benn.) 

 Kuntze (Podocarpus ferruginea G. 

 Benn.). 



A large evergreen tree with gray or 

 blackish bark which peels off in large 

 flakes and small narrow pointed leaves 



