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67022 to 67066 — Continued. 



67063 to 67065. Viburnum spp. Caprifoliaceae. 



67063. Viburnum hupehense Rehder. 



Hupeh viburnum. 



A fairly hardy deciduous shrubby species, 

 allied to Viburnum wrightii, with coarsely 

 toothed, long-pointed dark-green leaves, and 

 ovoid dark-red fruits. Native to central 

 China. 



For previous introduction see No. 63687. 



67064. Viburnum theiferum Rehder. 



Tea viburnum. 



One of the more recent introductions from 

 China made by E. H. Wilson, which is 

 especially beautiful because of its brilliant 

 red fruits. It is an upright shrub 4 meters 

 high, with oval-oblong dark-green leaves. 



For previous introduction see No. 62854. 



67065. Viburnum sp. 



67066. Vicia michauxii Spreng. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



A creeping or climbing annual vetch, native 

 to Syria, with very narrow leaflets, light-yellow 

 flowers, and hairy pods about an inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 59357. 

 67067 to 67087. 



From Blackwood, South Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Edwin Ashby. Received April 28, 

 1926. 



67067. Baechea platycephala E. Pritz. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A small densely branched shrub, 1 or 2 feet 

 high, with thick erect leaves crowded at the 

 ends of the branches and small white flowers 

 in the upper axils. Native to Western Australia. 



67068. Beaufortia micrantha Schauer. 

 Myrtaceae. 



A small much-branched shrub, with oppo- 

 site, triangular-oval, thick leaves and small 

 pink flowers, the staminate in small round 

 heads and the pistillate in oblong spikes. 

 Native to Western Australia. 



67069 to 67071. Calothamnus spp. Myrtaceae. 



67069. Calothamnus asper Turcz. 



A hairy shrub, with crowded linear flat 

 leaves and short dense clusters of flowers 

 with crimson stamens. Native to Western 

 Australia. 



€7070. Calothamnus gilesh F. Muell. 



A stout hairy shrub native to Victoria, 

 Australia, with terete linear leaves and loose 

 clusters of flowers. 



67071. Calothamnus quadrifidus Ait. 



An erect shrub 7 feet high, with crowded 

 linear leaves about an inch long and dense 

 spikes of flowers which are conspicuous 

 because of the rich crimson stamens. Native 

 to Western Australia. 



€7072. Candollea cuneiformis Labill. Can- 



An erect evergreen shrub about 7 feet high, 

 with thick wedge-shaped leaves and yellow 

 Jflowers. 



€7073 to 67075. Kunzea spp. Myrtaceae. 



67073. Kunzea recurva Schauer. 



A tall rigid shrub with rather narrow 

 leaves and dense globular flower heads. 

 Native to Western Australia. 



67067 to 67087— Continued. 



67074. Kunzea spicata S. Moore. 



A shrub native to Western Australia, with 

 small, widely oval, leathery leaves about 

 one-eighth of an inch long and small flowers 

 in short spikes. 



67075. Kunzea sulphurea Hort. 



A heathlike shrub, native to Australia. 

 67078. Leptospermum roei Benth. Myr- 

 taceae. 



A hairy slender-branched Australian shrub 

 with flat, silky white leaves nearly half an inch 

 long and rather large, axillary white flowers. 



67077 to 67086. Melaleuca spp. Myrtaceae. 



67077. Melaleuca cordata Benth. 



A rigid red-flowered shrub from Western 

 Australia. The numerous rounded leaves 

 are about half an inch long, and the flowers 

 are in dense globular terminal heads. 



67078. Melaleuca crassifolia Benth. 



A bushy shrub with scattered thick 

 oblong leaves half an inch long and leafy 

 spikes of pink or white flowers. Native to 

 Western Australia. 



67079. Melaleuca fulgens R. Br. 



A tall shrub, native to Western Australia, 

 with linear concave leaves and loose lateral 

 spikes of large showy red flowers. 



67080. Melaleuca holosericea Schauer. 



A bushy shrub, about 3 feet high, with 

 hairy branches and foliage, crowded linear 

 leaves, and dense terminal heads of pink 

 flowers. Native to Western Australia. 



67081. Melaleuca lateritia Otto and 

 Dietr. 



A medium-sized shrub with very narrow 

 leaves and oblong spikes of large rich-scarlet 

 flowers. Native to Western Australia. 



67082. Melaleuca radula Lindl. 



A tall bushy shrub with opposite linear 

 concave leaves up to 2 inches long and rather 

 large pink or white flowers in pairs at the 

 bases of the branchlets. Native to Western 

 Australia. 



67083. Melaleuca thymoides Labill. 



A tall slender-branched shrub from 

 Western Australia, with rigid, scattered 

 leaves and dense terminal heads of yellowish 

 white flowers. 



67084. Melaleuca uncinata R. Br. 



A tall somewhat hairy Australian shrub 

 with linear-subulate leaves an inch or two 

 long and numerous small flowers in very 

 dense terminal heads. 



67085. Melaleuca violacea Schauer. 



A low spreading shrub, with the flowering 

 branches often corky, and oval heart-shaped 

 leaves. The purple-red flowers are either 

 in terminal globular heads or in small axil- 

 lary clusters. Native to Western Australia. 



67086. Melaleuca websteri S. Moore. 



An Australian shrub with opposite, nar- 

 rowly oblong thick leaves about one-third 

 of an inch long and roundish heads of small 

 white flowers. 



67087. Orthrosanthus multiflorus Sweet. 

 Iridaceae. 



An Australian irislike plant with a short 

 perennial rhizome and flat grasslike radical 

 leaves up to 2 feet in length. The blue flowers 

 are in a several-flowered oblong spike borne on a 

 stem 1 to 2 feet high. 



