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98200 to 98219— Continued 



98217. Rheum turkestanicum Janschew. 

 Polygonaceae. 



No. 134S36. A wild rhubarb from the 

 trans-Caspian region over 2 feet high, 

 with a large thick rhizome and a short 

 thickened densely leafy stem. The cor- 

 date reniform leaves, up to 8 in number, 

 are about a foot wide. 



For previous introduction see 92987. 



98218. Salsola arbuscula Pall. {8. rieh- 

 leri Hort.). Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 134835. A shrub up to 15 feet 

 high, native to Turkistan, with linear 

 haves 3 inches long and inconspicuous 

 flowers. It is used as a sand binder 

 along the trans-Caspian railway. 



For previous introduction see 92989. 



98219. Salsola subaphylla Meyer. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 134834. A leafless, much-branched 

 shrub about a foot high, native to desert 

 places on the shores of the Caspian Sea. 



For previous introduction see 92990. 



98220 to 98229. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by F. Walton Jameson, city 

 engineer, Kimberley. Received March 22, 

 1932. 



98220. Callitris juniperoides (L.) Dur. 

 and Schinz. Pinaceae. 



A widely branched tree 20 to 60 feet 

 high, with spirally arranged glaucous- 

 green leaves less than an inch long. The 

 moderately hard yellowish wood is used 

 for making furniture. It is native to 

 the Cedarburg Mountains of South Africa 

 at 3.000 to 4,000 feet altitude. This 

 region has cold damp winters and hot 

 dry summi rs. 



98221. Callitris schwarzii Marloth. 

 Pinaceae. 



A handsome tree of pyramidal habit 

 up to 50 feet high, with horizontal 

 branches. It is closely related to C. 

 cupressoides, differing in the structure of 

 the cones and in being a larger tree. 

 Native to the Cape of ^ood Hope. 



98222. Carissa graxdiflora (B. Mey.) 

 DC. Apocynaceae. 



A handsome shrub, native to southern 

 Africa, which is now cultivated in south- 

 ern Florida and California as an orna- 

 mental hedge plant and for its scarlet 

 edible berries. 



For previous introduction see 41504. 



98223. Dovyalis caffra (Hook, and 

 Harv.) Warb. Flacourtiaeeae. 



Kei-apple. 



A very prickly shrub or small tree, 

 native to tropical Africa, where it is 

 used as a hedge. The pale-green leaves 

 are over an inch long and nearly an inch 

 wide. The edible fruit resembles a small 

 yellow apple and is so exceedingly acid 

 when fresh that it is said to be used as a 

 pickle without vinegar. 



For previous introduction see 44847. 



98224. Harpephyllum caffrum Bernh. 

 Anacardiaceae. 



Kaffir plum. An evergreen tree with 

 beautiful dark-green foliage. The timber 

 resembles mahogany and is used for 



98220 to 98229— Continued 



wagon making ; the Dutch call it eschen- 

 hout. The fruit is a red showy drupe 

 with a pleasant acid taste but little pulp. 

 The branches of the tree are sometimes 

 planted as fence posts, and these large 

 " cuttings " take root and form trees. 

 It is not a desert tree, but it will stand 

 some drought. 



For previous introduction see 34943. 



98225. Leucadexdrox argexteum (L.) 

 R. Br. Proteactae- 



Witteboom or silver-leaf pine. A hand- 

 some evergreen South African tree native 

 only in the vicinity of Cape Town. The 

 narrow white-silky leaves, up ro < ineiies 

 long, are commonly used as curios and 

 for bookmarks. 



For previous introduction see 73031. 



98226. Nageia eloxgata (Ait.) Kuntze 

 (Jrodocarpus elongatus L'Her.i. Tax- 

 aceae. 



Common yellow-wood. An evergreen 

 slow-growing timber tree which becomes 

 80 to 100 feet high and 3 to 4 feet in 

 diameter, with narrow leaves less than 



2 inches long. The fine-grained wood is 

 light, soft, moderately strong, elastic, 

 and of a pale yellow-brown ; it is largely 

 used for furniture. This tree is the 

 largest, most plentiful, and one of the 

 most useful trees of Cape Colony. 



For previous introduction see 56196. 



98227. Nageia thuxbergii (Hook.) F. 

 Muell. (Podocarpus thunoergii Hook.). 

 Taxaceae. 



A fine evergreen timber tree, up to 

 100 feet tall and with a trunk 4 feet in 

 diameter, which occurs throughout all 

 the timber forests from Cape of Good 

 Hope to Natal. The quality of the wood 

 of this species is very similar to that of 

 Xugeia elongata, and for most purposes 

 they are used interchangeably. 



For previous introduction see 57267. 



98228. Pallasia capexis Christm. (Calo- 

 dendrum capensis Thunb.). Rutaceae. 



A large and handsome tree with 

 spreading branches in pairs or in threes. 

 The ovate evergreen opposite leaves are 



3 to 4 inches long. The white flowers, 

 with linear-oblong reflexed petals 1 to 2 

 inches long, are in terminal panicles, 

 and the shining black seeds, the size of 

 hazelnuts, are borne in hard thick cap- 

 sules. It is native to southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 80667. 



98229. Spar max xia africaxa L. f. Til- 

 iaceae. 



A handsome flowering shrub up to 12 

 feet or more high, with heart-shaped 

 obscurely 5- to 7-lobed leaves about 5 

 inches long. The handsome white flow- 

 ers, over an inch across, which appear 

 in May are borne in small umbels in such 

 profusion that this is considered one of 

 the finest white-flowered plants in ex- 

 istence 1 . It is native to southern Africa. 



98230 to 98255. 



From Leningrad, Union of Soviet Socialist 

 Republics. Seeds presented by V. P. 

 Alekseev, Division of New Cultures and 

 Foreign Plant Introduction of the All- 

 Union Institute of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 21, 1932. 



