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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



67804. Berberis sp. 



67800 and 67801. Ipomoea batatas 

 (L.) Poir. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweet potato. 



From China. Tuhers obtained by F. A. McClure, 

 agricultural explorer. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 2. 1926. 



67800. Xo. 363. January 23, 1926. Paak faan 

 gh in. A white-fleshed variety of good quality 

 obtained at Yeunguk. Lungtau Mountain. 



67801. Xo. 392. January 23. 1926. Fan shue. 

 This variety is commonly cultivated in the 

 vicinity of Shiuchow, where these tubers 

 were obtained. 



67802. Laurocebasus officinalis 

 Roemer {Primus laurocerasus L.). 

 Amygdalaceae. Cherry laurel. 



From Elstree, Herts, England. Plants presented 

 by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. 

 Received Februarv 12, 1926. Xumbered June, 

 1926. 



Variety zabeliana. A very free-flowering low- 

 spreading evergreen shrub with narrow, flat foliage. 

 (Eduin Beckett, Superintendent, Aldenham House 

 Gardens.) 



67803. Axoxopussp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Vicosa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Plants pre - 

 sented by P. H. Rolfs, escola superior de agricul- 

 tura e veterinaria. Received Maj- 7, 1926. 



A tufted perennial grass, native to Brazil. To 

 be tested as a lawn grass in the United States. 



Berberidaceae. 

 Barberry. 



From China. Seeds obtained by F. A. McClure, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 2, 1926. 



Xo. 356. Wong paak shue. Seeds from wild 

 plants found near Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountain, 

 January 13, 1926. A shrub, 1 to 1.5 meters high, 

 which is very ornamental with its persistent blue 

 fruits and autumn-red leaves. The large leathery 

 leaves have shiny upper surfaces and very spiny 

 margins; the long swaying half-pendulous spikes 

 are thickly covered with the bloom-covered fruits. 

 The wood is bright yellow and is used in China as 

 medicine. 



67805 to 67834. 



From Hobart, Tasmania. Seeds presented by L. 

 A. Evans, Secretary of Agriculture, Agricultural 

 and Stock Department. Received June 29, 

 1926. 



67805. Anopiebus glandulosus Labill. Escal- 

 loniaceae. 



A handsome evergreen Tasmanian shrub, 

 sometimes a small tree 40 feet high in its native 

 country. The thick narrow leaves, mostly at 

 the ends of the branches, are 4 to 8 inches long, 

 and the white flowers are in drooping terminal 

 racemes. It is suitable for greenhouse culture, 

 blooming in the spring. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 66097. 



67806. Bellexdeka moxxana R. Br. Pro- 

 tea ceae. 



A low bushy shrub, sometimes less than 6 

 inches high, with flat thick wedge-shaped 

 leaves and small flowers in a dense terminal 

 raceme. Xative to Tasmania. 



67807. Bossiaea cobdigeea Benth. Faba* 

 ceae. 



A straggling or trailing shrub, with opposite 

 rounded cordate leaves about one-fourth inch 

 wide. Xative to Tasmania. 



67805 to 67834— Continued. 



67808. Casuarina distyla Vent. Casuari- 

 naceae. 



Unlike many of the better known casuarinas 

 this species is usually a small shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high. It is common in Tasmania and in parts 

 of Australia. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 63765. 



67809. Casuari.va sxricxa Ait. Casuarinaceae. 



This tree, commonly cultivated in California 

 but more rarely in Florida, is a fairly hardy 

 species making a low, often shrubby growth. 

 It is conspicuous on account of its very thick, 

 often pendulous branchlets and very big cones. 

 In appearance it is not so elegant as some of the 

 other casuarinas, but it is very striking and is 

 also of some economic value. The branchlets 

 are said to be a favorite forage of Australian 

 cattle. For shingles and posts the wood is espe- 

 cially valuable. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 62017. 



67810 Celmisia loxgifolia Cass. Asteraceae. 



A herbaceous perennial which forms a dense 

 tuft, with silvery hairy linear leaves and pink 

 or white daisylike flowers on scapes up to V/i 

 feet long. Xative to Australia and Tasmania. 



67811. Celmisia longifolia saxtfraga Benth. 

 Asteraceae. 



A variety of the preceding which is smaller 

 in all its parts. 



67812. Cyaxhodes divaricaxa Hook. f. Epa- 

 cridaceae. 



A rigid juniperlike shrub with small, rigid, 

 very narrow sharp-pointed leaves and white 

 flowers on recurved stems. Xative to Tasmania . 



67813. Drimys lanceolata (Poir.) Baill. (X>. 

 aromatica F. Muell.). Magnoliaceae. 



The bark of this Tasmanian shrub or small 

 tree, like that of its Chilean relative (Drimys 

 winteri), possesses aromatic properties, and the 

 round drupes, about the size of peas, are used 

 as a condiment. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 61327. 



67814 to 67816. Elichbysum spp. Asteraceae. 



Everlasting. 



67814. ELICHBYSUM bacchaboides F. 

 Muell. 



An erect much-branched shrub with small 

 scalelike leaves and dense terminal corymbs of 

 small yellow flower heads. Xative to moun- 

 tainous regions in southern Australia and 

 Tasmania, 



67815. Elichbysum diosmaefoltum (Vent.) 

 Sweet. 



A tall evergreen shrub, native to Australia 

 and Tasmania, which becomes 20 feet high. 

 The leaves are small and very narrow. The 

 flowers, which are white, sometimes tinged 

 with pink, are in dense terminal corymbs of 

 small heads. 



67816. Elichbysum LEDrFOuuM (A. Cunn.); 



Benth. 



A handsome evergreen shrub about 8 

 feet high, with linear leaves about an inch 

 long and small white flower heads in dense 

 terminal corymbs. Xative to Tasmania. 



67817. Eucalyptus cocctfeba Hook. f. Myr- 

 taeeae. 



A handsome Tasmanian eucalypt with leaves 

 of two forms — in young trees these are opposite,, 

 sessile, and oval, while in full-grown trees they 

 are alternate stalked and very narrow. The 

 young branches are nearly pure white. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 50208. 



