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90837 to 90865. 



From New South Wales, Australia. Seeds 

 Presented by the Director, Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Sydney. Received January 2, 1931. 



90837 to 90842. Acacia spp. Mimosaceae. 



90837. Acacia crassiuscula Wendl. 

 (A. adunca A. Cunn.). 



A shrub several feet high with 

 acutely angled branchlets, thick linear 

 falcate 1-nerved phyllodes 2 inches 

 long, and short racemes made up of 

 small dense globular heads of 20 or 

 more flowers. It is native to Aus- 

 tralia and Tasmania. 



For previous introduction see 90677. 



90838. Acacia buxifolia A. Cunn. 



An Australian shrub 4 feet high, 

 with angular branchlets and small 

 rather thick phyllodia. The short 

 racemes, scarcely longer than the phyl- 

 lodia, bear globular heads of flowers. 



For previous introduction see 75581. 



90839. Acacia decora Reichenb. 



A shrub with spatulate phyllodes 2 

 inches long and numerous racemes made 

 up of globular heads of small flowers. 

 Native to Queensland, Australia. 



For previous introduction see 75582. 



90840. Acacia discolor Willd. 



An unarmed shrub or small tree 

 native to southeastern Australia and 

 Tasmania. The terminal axillary 

 clusters of yellow flowers are produced 

 during the autumn. 



For previous introduction see 75587. 



90841. Acacia melanoxtlon R. Br. 



An Australian evergreen tree up to 

 100 feet high, with lanceolate leathery 

 phyllodes 4 inches long, heads of 

 creamy flowers in short racemes, and 

 reddish-brown twisted pods. The dark 

 wood is very similar to black walnut 

 and is used for the same purposes. 

 The tree makes a rapid growth while 

 young. 



90837 to 90865 — Continued. 



For previous introduction see 76921. 



90842. Acacia suaveolens ( J. E. 

 Smith) Willd. 



An Australian shrub up to 6 feet 

 high with linear to lanceolate phyl- 

 lodes and small heads of yellow flowers 

 in axillary racemes. 



For previous introduction see 78670. 



90843. Banksia marginata Cav. Protea- 

 ceae. 



Usually a shrub 10 to 15 feet high, but 

 varying from a low straggling shrub to a 

 tree of considerable size. The entire or 

 serrate leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, vary 

 from broadly linear to oblong-lanceolate, 

 with recurved margins, and are white be- 

 neath. The flowers are in spikes varying 

 from nearly globular to oblong-cylindrical 

 and up to 4 inches long. It is native to 

 Australia. 



90844 to 90848. Callistemon spp. Myr- 

 taceae. 



90844. Callistemon acuminatus Cheel. 



An Australian shrub with lanceolate 

 sharp-pointed leaves and spikes of or- 

 namental flowers. 



For previous introduction see 75548. 



90845. Callistemon hortensia Hort. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion or a description has not been 

 found. 



90846. Callistemon citrinds (Cur- 

 tis) Skeels (C. lanceolatus DC). 



Lemon bottlebrush. 



An evergreen shrub up to 12 feet 

 high, with lanceolate leaves 1 to 3 

 inches long, reddish when young, and 

 spikes, 2 to 4 inches long, of small 

 flowers with long bright-red stamens. 

 Native to southeastern Australia. 



For previous introduction see 78532. 



90847. Callistemon citrinus X acu- 

 minatus. 



A hybrid between Callistemon citri- 

 nus and C. acuminatus. 



1 It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, 

 cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was 

 received when introduced by the Division of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, 

 that the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and 

 adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the 

 American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature 

 becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be 

 subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with 

 recognized horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible 

 identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inven- 

 tories are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or 

 herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The 

 only identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other 

 species of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications 

 therefore must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is 

 any question regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from 

 this division, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite 

 identification can be made. 



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