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95067 — Continued. 



and fence posts made of it have been found 

 in good condition 25 years after they have 

 been set in the ground. Sheep and goats 

 browse on the foliage, and the sweetish 

 fruits are eaten by children and poultry- 

 The karroo 'boom makes a beautiful street 

 and shade tree, being hardier and more or- 

 namental than Schinus molle, which it re- 

 sembles in habit. 



For previous introduction see 46810. 



95068 to 95070. Pistacia spp. Ana- 

 cardiaceae. Pistache. 



From Syria, Asia Minor. Seeds collected by 

 V. M. Maroukian, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received October 27, 1931. 



95068. Pistacia teeebinthds palestina 

 (Boiss.) Engl. 



No. 3. Collected September 12, 1931, 

 on hills around Betias, Syria. A small 

 tree or bush from 4 to 6 feet high. It 

 grows wild in limestone soil between 

 1,500 and 2,000 feet altitude. The fruit 

 is white at first, gradually becoming 

 dark red. The growers here use it as a 

 stock on which to graft the better varie- 

 ties of cultivated pistache. 



For previous introduction see 29476. 



95069. Pistacia vera L. 



No. 1. Collected September 15, 1931, 

 from gardens near Aleppo, Syria. A tree 

 between 25 and 30 feet high, found in 

 dry sandy loam. In this region no irri- 

 gating or watering is done ; there is 

 little rain and plenty of sunshine, and 

 the climate is warm. 



95070. Pistacia vera L. 



No. 2. Collected September 15, .1931, 

 from gardens near Aleppo, Syria. A tree 

 between 25 and 30 feet high, found on 

 sandy limestone soil, well drained and 

 with a southern exposure. No irrigat- 

 ing is done, but a dry soil mulch is main- 

 tained. 



95071 and 95072. 



From the Union of South Africa. Bulbs 

 presented by Mrs. J. Norman Henry, 

 Gladwyne, Pa. Received October 28, 

 1931. 



95071. Ixia scaeiosa Thunb. Iridaceae. 



A bulbous plant, native to southern Af- 

 rica, with two to three short sword- 

 shaped basal leaves and flower stems 1 

 foot high, bearing lax spikes of three to 

 six funnel-shaped reddisn or lilac flowers 

 1 inch long. 



95072. Homeria collina (Thunb.) Vent. 

 Iridaceae. 



A perennial plant, native to the Cape 

 of Good Hope, with a globose corm cov- 

 ered with fibrous coats, and usually one 

 convolute-concave narrow leaf, much 

 longer than the stem. The erect stem 

 bears one or more clusters of handsome 

 red-orange flowers grouped in twos or 

 threes. 



For previous introduction see 48676. 

 95073 and 95074. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Ida 

 Richardson, Perth, Western Australia. 

 Received October 28, 1931. 



95073. VERTICORDIA CHRYSOSTACHYS 



Meissn. Myrtaceae. 



95073 and 95074— Continued. 



An erect shrub 4 to 6 feet high, with 

 spreading branches and obovate to or- 

 bicular, thick scurfy leaves. The calyx 

 and corolla of the yellow flowers are 

 both deeply cut into ciliate lobes, and the 

 flowers are borne in the axils of the 

 leaves near the ends of the branches. 

 Native to Western Australia. 



95074. Verticordia grandis Drumm. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A stout shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with 

 erect or spreading branches and orbicu- 

 lar, half-stem-clasping leaves one-half 

 inch in diameter. The flowers are axil- 

 lary along the branches, each forming, 

 when fully open, a densely plumose crim- 

 son tuft fully an inch across. Native 

 to Western Australia. 



95075. Litchi chinensis Sonner. 

 Sapindaceae. Lychee. 



From China. Plants growing at the United 

 States Plant Introduction Garden, Glenn 

 Dale, Md., under the Bell No. 2087. 

 Numbered in October, 1931, for conveni- 

 ence in distribution. 



95076. Crataegus azarolus L. Mala- 

 cca e. 



From Syria, Asia Minor. Seeds collected 

 by V. M. Maroukian, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received October 29, 1931. 



Alogc. Collected near Aleppo. A small 

 wild tree from 9 to 12 feet high, which is 

 grown both for its fruit and as an orna- 

 mental. The small yellow or reddish 

 fruits, about an inch in diameter, are 

 slightly sour and are eaten raw or made 

 into preserves. The tree is native on soil 

 where calcium carbonate predominates. 



95077. Livistona mariae F. Muell. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 Council for Scientific and Industrial 

 Research, Canberra. Received October 

 29, 1931. 



An erect palm with fan-shaped leaves 

 divided into narrow plicate segments. 

 Found in Palm Valley in the Macdonnell 

 Range, Central Australia. 



For previous introduction see 45980. 

 95078 to 95084. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the director, National Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, 

 Cape Province. Received October 30, 

 1931. 



95078. Moraea bicolor (Sweet) Steud. 

 Iridaceae. 



An irislike perennial with a short 

 creeping rhizome, fan-shaped basal ro- 

 settes of lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 feet 

 long, and flower stems as tall as the 

 leaves. The yellow flowers are 2 inches 

 across and have brown spots on the outer 

 segments. Native to southern Africa. 



95079. Moraea polystachya (Thunb.) 

 Ker. Iridaceae. 



A bulbous plant 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 about four linear leaves 1 to 2 feet long 

 and lax panicles of 5 to 20 clusters of 

 lilac irislike flowers 1 to 2 inches across. 

 There is a bright yellow spot at the base 

 Of each outer segment of the perianth. 

 Native to southern Africa. 



