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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



64765 to 64797— Continued. 



64790. I'uuxus AVUJI L. Amygdalaceae. 



Sweet cherry. 



N 38. Harbin. .Tun..- 18, 1925. A 



my white cherry, the fruits of which 

 vary considerably in size, purchased in 

 the market. 



64791. Pr.uxus I'adus L. Amygdalaceae. 



European bird cherry. 



X«. 3607. Hailar. July 5, 1925. This 

 cherry was procured in the sand dunes. 

 It may prove to be of interest as a shade 

 and ornamental tree for the Great Plains 

 region. 



64792 and 64793. Puccixellia distaxs 

 iC.i Pari. Poaceae. Grass. 



64792. No. 3315. Harbin. June 17. 

 1925. We found this grass being 

 eaten by cattle, but that may have 

 been because they had little else to 

 eat 



61793. No. 3634. July 5, 1925. A 



38 of medium height collected at 

 Hailar. 



64794. Pipes diacaxtha Pall. Grossu- 

 lariaceae. Currant. 



No. 3600. July 3. 1023. Found wild 

 in the sand dunes to the north of Hailar. 



64795. Sambucus sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



Elder. 



No. 3703. Harbin. July 11. 1925. A 

 dark-brown seeded elderberry growing in 

 the new Russian cemetery. 



64796. Spiraea sp. Eosaceae. 



Spirea. 



No. 3495. Jalatun. June 28, 1925. 

 Found on the west side of the Granite 

 Mountain across from the railway sta- 

 tion. The nlants showed evidence of 

 having flowered very ire'riy. and they did 

 not show any winterkilling. 



64797. Loxiceea sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 3685. Bukedoo. July S. 1925. A 

 variety having dark-purple or black ber- 

 ries which are very acid, mucilaginous, 



and of good flavor. 



64798 to 64805. 



From Blackwood. South Australia. Seeds 

 presented by Edwin Ashby. ,; Wittunga. r ' 

 Received Sep* mbez 3. 1925. Nc:^ taken 

 from Bentham. Flora AustraKensis. 



64798. Acacia scapellifoemis Meisn. 

 Miinosaceae. 



A tall shrub from Western Australia. 

 with the phyllodia < leaflike stems .i tri- 

 angular lanceolate and about an ' inch 

 1 ng. The pods are very long and nar- 

 row, twisting readily. 



64799. Acacia sigxata F. Muell. Mintb- 

 saceae. 



A straggling shrub, 6 to B feet high. 

 b narowly linear phyllodia about" 4 

 inches long and short flat leathery pods. 

 Native to Western Australia. 



64800. Isopogox asfer R. Br. Protea- 

 ceae. 



Usually a low shrub, with erect 

 aches 1 or 2 feet high, and crowded 

 pinnate leaves with rigid leaflets, the en- 

 tire leaf generally not more than an inch 

 long. The red flowers are in small dense 

 cones which are either terminal or axil- 

 lary. Native to Western Australia. 



64798 to 64805 — Continued. 



64801. Leptosperm u.m koei Benth. Myr- 

 taceae. 



A b lender-branched shrub. Indigenous to 

 stern Australia, covered with 

 pub Bcence, and with flat oblong leaves 

 3 to 6 inches long. The rather large 

 white flowers are either solitary 



64802 to 64804. Melaleuca spp. Myr- 



taceae. 



64802. Melaleuca COupata Bentb. 



A rigid shrub with numerous -mall 

 round or oval spreading leaves and 

 dense globular heads of rather small 

 red flowers. Native to Western Aus- 

 tralia. 



64803. Melaleuca h '.- l o s e bi cm A 



S< .uer. 



A bushy shrub, from Western Aus- 

 tralia, gei. -rally 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 the leaves and branches covered with 

 white pubescence. The leaves are 

 linear and half an inch long. The pink 

 flowers are in dense terminal heads. 



64804. Melaleuca loxgicoma Benth. 



The large rich-red flowers of this 

 Australian "shrub are in small cylindri- 

 cal spikes at the bases of the young 

 leafy branches. The oblong leaves are 

 less than 2 inches long. 



64805. Templetoxia retusa (Vent.) K. 

 Br. Fabaceae. 



A tall Australian leguminous shrub 

 with small leathery leaves and large 

 bright-red flowers, more than an inch 

 long, either solitary or in few-flowered 

 clusters. 



64806 and 64807. 



From Richmond. Victoria. Australia. Seeds 

 presented by F. H. Baker. Received Sep- 

 tember 5. 1925 



64303. Acacia veexiciflua A. Cunn. 

 Mimosaceae. 



According to Curtis's Botanical Maga- 

 zine (pi. 3266,1. this is a slender much- 

 branched shrub with leathery, very nar- 

 row phyllodia [leaflike stems] about 2 

 inches in length and deep-yellow flowers 

 in small heads which are generally in 

 pairs. It is native to the barren hills 

 around Bathurst. New South Wales. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 56869. 



64807. Caxdollea gsamixifolia i Swartz") 

 F. Mnell. > StvlidHtm gra mini folium 

 Swart-z ' . Candolleaceae. 



An ornamental Australian plant which, 

 according to Bentham i Flora Austraiien- 

 sas, vol. 4. p. 10 >. has stiff srasslike 

 leaves, sometimes 9 inches long and 

 always growing in a tuft from the end 

 of a very short stem, and scapes 6 to 

 18 inches long bearing a simple raceme 

 of pink flowers. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 56563. 



64808 to 64810. 



Dehra Dun. United Provinces. India. 

 Seeds presented by R. N. Parker, forest 

 botanist. Forest Research Institute and 

 College. Received September 14. 1925. 

 Notes taken from Munro"s Monograph 

 of the Bambusaceae. 



