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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98139 to 98161— Continued 



98143. Baixlonia juncba (Gill, and 

 Hook.) Briquet (Diostea juncea Miors). 

 Verbenaceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 20 feet 

 high, native to Chile and Peru. The 

 rushlike branches have distant pairs of 

 small ovate dentate leaves, and the small 

 pale-lilac flowers are borne in dense lat L 

 eral and terminal spikes 1 to 2 inches 

 long. The plant resembles Spartium 

 junceum in habit. 



98144. Dregea sinensis Hemsl. Ascle- 

 piadaceae. 



A woody vine, native to China, With 

 ovate-cordate papery leaves, 2 to 6 

 inches long, smooth above and densely 

 tomento.se beneath. The white or pink 

 milkweedlike flowers are half an inch 

 long and are borne in ample cymes. 



98145. Forsythia intermedia densi- 

 flora Koehne. Oleaceae. 



A form with spreading and pendulous 

 branches, much crowded, flat, rather pale 

 flowers with slightly recurved lobes. 



98146 to 98148. Lavandula spica L. 

 Menthaceae. Lavender. 



98146. Miss Duddington. A charming 

 variety with blue flowers. 



98147. Munstead blue. An early 

 flowering plant of bushy habit that 

 produces many spikes of blue flowers. 



98148. Twiclcel purple. A plant with 

 fine bold foliage and good heads of 

 deep-purple flowers. 



98149 to 98152. Lonicera spp. Capri- 

 foliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



98149. Lonicera muendeniensis 

 Rehder. 



Considered to be a hybrid between 

 Lonicera bella and L. ruprechtiana, 

 closely resembling L. bella,, but differ- 

 ing in having more acuminate and 

 darker green leaves. 



98150. Lonicera tatarica L. 



Tatarian honeysuckle. 



Punicea. A form with bright-red 

 flowers. 



98151. Lonicera trichopoda Franch. 



A low slender-branched shrub 3 to 

 5 feet high, native to Yunnan, China. 

 The oblong-ovate pubescent leaves are 

 1 to 2 inches long, and the creamy 

 white flowers, tinged with pink, are 

 borne in axillary pairs and are fol- 

 lowed by bright-red berries. 



98152. Lonicera sp. 



98153. Pertya sinensis Oliver. Astera- 

 ceae. 



A slender upright shrub 6 feet high, 

 native to central China. The ovate to 

 lanceolate entire leaves are 2 to 3 inches 

 long, and the pinkish bell-shaped flower 

 heads are solitary on slender pedicels. 



98154 and 98155. Gaya lyallii (Hook, f.) 

 Baker f. (Plagiantlms lyallii Hook f.). 

 Malvaceae. Lacebark. 



98154. For previous introduction and 

 description see 97617. 



98155. Ribifolia. A form with the 

 leaves deeply lobed. 



98156 and 98157. Sorbus aucuparia L. 



(Pyrus aucuparia Ehrh.) Malaceae. 



European mountain-ash. 



98139 to 98161— Continued 



98156. A round-headed tree 20 to 40 

 feet high. The young branchlets are 

 pubescent, becoming gray-brown with 

 age. The leaves, 9 to 15 inches 

 long, are composed of 11 to 13 ob- 

 long to oblong-lanceolate serrate 

 leaflets entire towards the base, dull 

 green above and pubescent beneath 

 or rarely glabrous. The small white 

 flowers are in flat corymbs 4 to 6 

 inches broad and are followed by 

 bright-reel globose fruits one third 

 of an inch in diameter. 



98157. Fructu-luteo. A form with yel- 

 low fruits. 



98158. Maluss sylvestris Mill. (Pyrus 

 malus L.). Malaceae. Apple. 



Veitoh's Scarlet. 



98159. Ruscus acdleatus L. Conval- 

 lariaceae. Butchersbroom. 



Hermaphroditus. Said to be a form 

 with perfect flowers, all of which bear 

 fruits freely each year. 



Vinca difformis Pourr. Apocy- 

 naceae. Periwinkle. 



An evergreen subshrub with prostrate 

 leafy branches and ascending flowering 

 shoots. The ovate leaves are 1 to 3 

 inches long and the pale-lilac flowers, an 

 inch across, are solitary in the upper 

 axils. It is native to southern Europe 

 and northern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 92762. 



98161. Vinca minor L. Apocynaceae. 



Common periwinkle. 



La Grave. A form with pale-blue 

 flowers. 



98162 to 98164. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. H. 

 Baker, Richmond, Victoria. Received 

 March 17, 1932. 



98162. Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) 

 Skeels (C. lanceolatus DC). Myrta- 

 ceae. 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 southeast- 

 ern Australia. 



For previous introduction see 93832. 



98163. Hakea ladrina R. Br. Protea- 

 ceae. Sea-urchin hakea. 



A tall Australian shrub up to 30 feet 

 high, remarkable for its showy crimson 

 flowers. These are in globular heads 

 about 2 inches in diameter, from which 

 numerous golden styles protrude an inch 

 or so in all directions. 



For previous introduction see 95322. 



98164. Kennedia monophylla Vent. 

 Fabaceae. 



An Australian vine with single lanceo- 

 late leaflets and terminal panicles and 

 axillary racemes of pea-shaped flowers 

 ranging from white through rose to 

 purple. 



For previous introduction see 77970. 



