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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



64476 to 64497— Continued. 



solitary rich-rod flowers about an inch 

 across. It is said to be very rare in its 

 native country. 



64477. Bossiaea sp. Fabaceae. 



A shrub 6 to 15 feet high ; very 

 ornamental. 



64478. Calothamxus chrysantherus F. 

 Muell. Myrtaceae. 



A rather small shrub, native to 

 Western Australia, described by Benthanr 

 (Flora Australiensis, vol. 3) as erect, 

 with thick corky branches and thick, 

 terete, sharp-pointed leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long. The chief beauty of the shrub 

 lies in the bundles of deep-red stamens 

 which protrude an inch or more from 

 the yellowish flowers. 



64479. Cassia pleurocarpa F. Muell. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



An Australian cassia, which, accord- 

 ing to Bentham (Flora Australiensis, 

 vol. 2) is a tall, erect shrub with rather 

 thick linear leaflets and loose clusters of 

 yellow flowers, the individual flowers 

 being about three-fourths of an inch 

 wide. 



64480. Chorilaena quercifolia Endl. 

 Rutaceae. 



The branches of this tall Australian 

 shrub are densely clothed with soft 

 velvety hairs which often assume a 

 golden-yellow color, according to Ben- 

 tham (Flora Australiensis, vol. 1). The 

 leathery oval leaves are about 3 inches 

 long, densely covered below with velvety 

 hairs. 



64481. Crowea angustifolia Turcz. 

 Rutaceae. 



According to Bentham (Flora Aus- 

 traliensis, vol. 1) this low shrub from 

 Western Australia has small, very nar- 

 row leaves and rather large red or white 

 flowers about half an inch long, either 

 solitary or in pairs. 



64482. Cyanostegia angustifolia Turcz. 

 Verbenaceae. 



An erect shrub, native to Western 

 Australia, which according to Bentham 

 (Flora Australiensis, vol. 5) has small 

 linear leaves and loose pyramidal pani- 

 cles of small purple flowers. 



64483. Hakea laurina R. Br. Protea- 

 ceae. 



A tall Australian shrub. 30 feet or 

 less high, remarkable for its showy crim- 

 son flowers. These are in globular heads 

 about 2 inches in diameter, from which 

 the numerous golden-yellow styles pro- 

 trude an inch or so in all directions. 



64484 and 64485. Hakea multilineata 

 Meism. Proteaceae. 



64484. This tall Australian shrub is 

 closely related to the preceding 

 (Hakea laurina), differing only in 

 the venation of the leaves, the ob- 

 long shape of the flower cluster, and 

 other minor characters. 



64485. Variety rhyncliocarpa, which 

 has beaked fruits. 



64486. Helipterum rdbellum (A. Gray) 

 Benth. Asteraceae. 



An annual composite from Western 

 Australia, with solitary heads of red 

 flowers. Several species of this genus 



64476 to 64497— Continued. 



have become popular as " everlastings." 

 This plant is about 8 inches high, with 

 slender hairy stems and narrow alter- 

 nate leaves. 



64487. Hovea elliptica (J. E. Smith) 

 DC. Fabaceae. 



A leguminous shrub, described by 

 Bentham (Flora Australiensis, vol. 2) as 

 up to 10 feet in height, with slender 

 branches, small, narrowly oval leaves, 

 and short axillary clusters of small blue 

 flowers. Native to Western Australia. 



64488. Kunzea sericea (Labill.) Turcz. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A tall Australian shrub described by 

 Bentham (Flora Australiensis, vol. 3) as 

 having rigid, tortuous branches and sil- 

 very white, very stiff leaves less than an 

 inch in length. The yellowish flowers 

 are either solitary or in terminal clusters. 



64489. Leucopogon verticillatus R. Br. 

 Epacridaceae. 



The leaves of this Australian shrub 

 are crowded at the ends of the branches 

 in such a manner as to appear verti- 

 cillate, according to Bentham (Flora 

 Australiensis, vol. 4). The shrub is tall 

 and erect, and the small reddish flowers 

 are in slender spikes. 



64490. Marianthus erubescens Putterl. 

 Pittosporaceae. 



A perennial twining vine with red 

 flowers, collected in Merreden, Western 

 Australia. 



64491. Melaleuca violacea Schauer. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A handsome shrub, native to Western 

 Australia, which according to Bentham 

 (Flora Australiensis, vol. 3) is low and 

 spreading in habit, with rigid small oval 

 leaves and terminal heads or small clus- 

 ters of purple-red flowers. 



64492. Melaleuca sp. Myrtaceae. 

 A shrub 4 feet high. 



64493. Phebalium tuberculosum (F. 

 Muell.) Benth. Rutaceae. 



A yellow-flowered, narrow-leaved ever- 

 green shrub from Western Australia 

 which might be suitable for coolhouse 

 culture in the northern United States, 

 or perhaps for growing out of doors in 

 the south. The plant becomes about 4 

 feet high and blooms early in the spring. 



64494. Pityrodia teckiana (F. Muell.) 

 E. Pritz. Verbenaceae. 



A low shrub, about 2y 2 feet high, 

 clothed with cottony wool and thickly 

 covered with sessile linear leaves. The 

 green and yellow flowers are solitary 

 or in clusters. Native to Victoria, Aus- 

 tralia. 



64495. Sida calyxhymenia J. Gay. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



According to Bentham (Flora Austra- 

 liensis, vol. 1), this is an erect shrub, 

 entirely covered with a whitish pubes- 

 cence, with yellow flowers, solitary or in 

 twos. Native to southern and Western 

 Australia. 



64496. Thomasia brachystachys Turcz. 

 Sterculiaceae. 



A tall hairy shrub from Western 

 Australia, which is described by Ben- 



