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55842 to 55870— Continued. 



55857. Gallipoli. 



55858. Gresley. 



55859. Improved Steinwedel. 



55860. Minister. (Strong flour and late.) 



55861 to 55868. "(C) Varieties lately fixed in West Australia; some 

 from crosses made in New South Wales." 



55861. Carralin. (Strong flour.) 



55862. Cuoalling. 



55863. Dindiloa. (Strong flour.) 



55864. Gerralying. (Strong flour.) 



55865. Merredin. 



55866. Nabawa. 



55867. Nangeenan. 



55868. Narrogin. (Strong flour.) 



55869 and 55870. "(D) Varieties for a hot climate with summer rain- 

 fall." 



55869. Boureng.' 



55870. Bunge. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47380. 



55871. Petjmtjs boldus Molina. Monimiacese. 



From Santiago, Chile. Seeds presented by Salvador Izquierdo. Received 

 October 13, 1922. 



" Boldo. A small tree esteemed in Chile for its ornamental and medicinal 

 value. The dried leaves are exported to Europe, where they are employed in 

 diseases of the liver. An infusion of the flowers is also used medicinally. The 

 fruits are eaten but are not of great value. 



" The tree is dioecious and very aromatic in all its parts. It has opposite, 

 rough, short-petioled, ovate leaves ; the flowers, borne in smnll axillary racemes, 

 are followed by fruits the size of our northern haws." (Wilson Popenoe.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 54639. 



55872. Prtjnus ursina Kotschy. Amygdalacese. Plum. 



From Beirut, Syria. Seeds presented by Alfred E. Day. American Univer- 

 sity of Beirut. Received October 14, 1922. 



"A wild plum. The fruits of this particular tree are decidedly larger and 

 sweeter than usual ; they are about li inches in diameter and yellow with pink 

 cheeks." (Day.) 



55873. Cotoneaster hebephylla Diels. Malaceae. 



From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Ex- 

 plores of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received 

 October 18, 1922. 



" (Likiang. August, 1922.) A deciduous shrub 10 to 18 feet in height, grow- 

 ing in limestone soil at an altitude of 10,000 to 11,000 feet on the Likiang 

 Snow Range. It has long rambling branches, white flowers, and dark-carmine 

 fruits and is quite ornamental." (Rock.) 



