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93828 to 93845 — Continued. 



bright-red stamens. Native to southeast- 

 ern Australia. 



For previous introduction see 78532. 



93833. Callitbis boei (Endl.) Benth. 

 and Hook. Pinaceae. 



A shrub or small tree 12 to 15 feet 

 high, with stout flexuous branchlets. The 

 leaves are reduced to scales the midribs 

 of which form the angles on the stem be- 

 tween the nodes. It is native to Western 

 Australia. 



93834. Calothamnus quadbifidus Ait. 

 Myrtaceae. 



An erect evergreen bush 7 feet high, 

 native to Western Australia, with 

 crowded linear leaves about 1 inch long, 

 somewhat like those of Hakea, and dense 

 spikes of flowers which are conspicuous 

 because of the long, rich crimson stamens. 



For previous introduction see 79935. 



93835. Conospbrmum bracteosum Meissn. 

 Proteaceae. 



An undershrub with usually simple 

 stems 1 to 2 feet" high and petioled basal 

 leaves with nearly orbicular blades 1 inch 

 long. The stem leaves are bractlike, closely 

 appressed, and only half an inch long. 

 The flexuose spikes, 2 to 3 inches long, 

 are in the axils of the upper leaves and 

 bear small white or violet flowers densely 

 covered with silky white hairs. It is 

 native to Western Australia. 



9S836. Dampiera wellsiana F. Muell. 

 Goodeniaceae. 



A tufted perennial, native to Western 

 Australia, with thick glabrous radical 

 leaves arid erect woolly tomentose stems 

 bearing bracted globular heads of small 

 blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see 77280. 



93837. Eucalyptus ebythbocobys F. 

 Muell. Myrtaceae. 



Usually a shrub 8 to 10 feet high, but 

 sometimes a tree up to 30 feet. The 

 broadly linear rigid leaves are 6 inches 

 long. The large flowers in axillary clus- 

 ters have bright-red fleshy caps over the 

 buds, and the long stamens are yellow. 

 The ribbed hemispherical fruits are 1 to 

 2 inches long. It is native to Western 

 Australia. 



93838. Eucalyptus macrocarpa Hook. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A stout Australian shrub or small 

 tree up to 15 feet high, with thick rigid 

 cordate glaucous leaves 6 inches long and 

 large solitary brilliant orange to crimson 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 77283. 



to 93841. Melaleuca spp. Myrta- 

 ceae. 



93839. Melaleuca elliptica Labill. 



A tall evergreen shrub, native to 

 Western Australia, with elliptical ever- 

 green leaves half an inch long and 

 cylindrical spikes of large showy red 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 90713. 



93840. Melaleuca hypericifolia J. E. 

 Smith. Dotted melaleuca. 



A tall glabrous shrub with opposite 

 lanceolate to oblong leaves 1 to 2 inches 



93828 to 93845 — Continued. 



long, dotted beneath, and rich-red flow- 

 ers in spikes 2 inches long and about as 

 thick. Native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 90860. 



93841. Melaleuca latebitia Otto and 

 Dietr. 



A graceful shrub, 6 to 12 feet high, 

 with slender branches, alternate linear 

 leaves about 1 inch long, and cylindri- 

 cal spikes, 3 inches long, of scarlet- 

 vermilion flowers. It is native to 

 Western Australia, 



For previous introduction see 67081. 



93842 to 93844. Vebticobdia spp. Myrta- 

 ceae. 



93842. Vebticobdia dbummondii 

 Schauer. 



A shrub much resembling heather 

 (Calluna vulgaris), with spreading 

 branches and thick concave oblong 

 leaves less than a quarter of an inch 

 long. The flowers, borne in dense 

 panicles, have top-shaped calyxes with 

 the lobes divided into awl-shaped 

 plumes, and the small petals are fringed 

 at the tip. It is native to Western 

 Australia. 



93843. Vebticobdia fontanesii DC. 



An erect bushy shrub, 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with linear half-rouad or 3-cor- 

 nered leaves about one-fourth inch 

 long densely crowded on the shoots. 

 The white or pink flowers on slender 

 pedicels are borne in leafy panicles 

 and are densely covered with soft 

 hairs. It is native to Western Aus- 

 tralia. 



93844. Vebticobdia boei Endl. 



An erect shrub with broadly ovate 

 leaves about one-fourth inch long and 

 terminal leafy corymbs of small flow- 

 ers which have calyx lobes, petals, and 

 staminodes all fringed with long 

 tawny cilia. It is a native to West- 

 ern Australia. 



93845. Xylomelum occidentale R. Br. 

 Proteaceae. 



A large shrub or small tree up to 

 25 feet high, with branchlets and in- 

 florescence densely brown tomentose. 

 The ovate to oblong leaves, 3 to 5 

 inches long, have undulate prickly 

 margins, and the small flowers, in 

 dense spikes 3 to 5 inches long, are 

 followed by woody fruits 2 to 3 inches 

 long and 1 inch in diameter. It is 

 native to Western Australia. 



93846. Amygdalus persica L. (Prunus 

 persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 purchased from H. E. V. Pickstone & 

 Bros. (Ltd.). Simondium, Cape of Good 

 Hope. Received July 18, 1931. 



Pucelle de M alines. 



93847. Prunus sargentii Render. 

 Amygdalaceae. Sargent cherry. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. G. Jack, Arnold Arboretum. 

 Received July 20, 1931. 



To be grown and tested as stock for cul- 

 tivated varieties of oriental cherries. 



