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67805 to 67834— Continued. 



67818. Gaultheria hispida R. Br. Ericaceae. 

 An erect spreading shrub 2 to 3 feet high, 



with the branches and midribs of the oblong 

 leaves covered with hispid hairs. The whit 

 flowers are in dense terminal or axillary racemes. 

 Native to Australia and Tasmania. 



67819. Gentiana saxosa Forst. f. Genti- 



An erect annual gentian, found in many 

 parts of Australia and Tasmania, with white 

 or blue bell-shaped flowers. 



67820. Hakea acicularis lissosperma Benth. 

 Proteaceae. 



A small evergreen tree or tall shrub, with 

 rigid terete sharp-pointed leaves about 2 inches 

 long and axillary clusters of white flowers. 

 Native to Tasmania. 



67821. Hibbertia procumbens (Labill.) DC. 

 Dilleniaceae. 



A prostrate, much-branched, yellow-flowered 

 evergreen shrub from Australia, with very 

 narrow leaves about half an inch long. 



67822 to 67824. Leptospermum spp. Myrt- 



67822. Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber. 



A tall evergreen shrub, about 9 feet high, 

 with small flat oblong leaves less than half 

 an inch in length. The white solitary 

 flowers are produced in the leaf axils. Native 

 to Australia. 



67823. Leptospermum pubescens Lam. 



Variety montanum. A tall erect ever- 

 green shrub or small tree with small oblong 

 leaves,, hairy on both sides, and solitary 

 yellow flowers. Native to Tasmania. 



67824. Leptospermum rupestre Hook. f. 



A procumbent or prostrate evergreen 

 shrub with small thick oblong leaves and 

 small white flowers. Native to Tasmania at 

 altitudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 



67825. Nothofagus gunnii (Hook, f.) Oerst. 



A dense bushy evergreen shrub from Tas- 

 mania, where it is said to make an impenetrable 

 scrub 5 to 8 feet high. The leaves, about half 

 an inch long, are broadly oval or almost round. 



67826 to 67828. Olearia spp. Asteraceae. 



67826. Olearia ledifolia (DC.) Benth. 



A small evergreen thickly-branched 

 shrub, with crowded narrowly oval leaves, 

 silvery hairy beneath. Native to Tasmania. 



67827. OLE A] 

 Benth. 



IA PERSOONIOIDES (DC.) 



A low evergreen bush, 3 feet or less high, 

 with small shining-green leaves, silvery 

 beneath, and white asterlike flowers in 

 numerous small heads. Native to Tasmania. 



67828. Olearia pinifolia (Hook, f.) Benth. 



A rigid shrub with stout hairy branches 

 and crowded rigid, very narrow leaves. 

 Native to Tasmania. 



67805 to 67834— Continued. 



67829. Oxylobium ellipticum (Labill.) R. Br. 

 Fabaceae. 



An erect leguminous shrub, sometimes 10 feet 

 tall, native to Australia and Tasmania. The 

 small oval-oblong leaves are mostly in irregular 

 whorls of three, and the yellow flowers are in 

 dense racemes. 



67830. Persoonia gunnii Hook. f. Proteaceae. 



An erect bushy shrub about 8 feet high with 

 flat thick crowded leaves and solitary yellow 

 flowers. Native to Tasmania. 



67831. Pittosporum bicolor Hook. Pitto- 

 sporaceae. 



A bushy shrub or small tree which is some- 

 times 40 feet high; the thick narrow leaves, 1 to 

 2 inches long, are entire, hairy beneath, and 

 usually crowded; the purple and yellow flowers 

 are in terminal clusters. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see No. 42293. 



67832 to 67834. Styphelia spp. Epacridaceae. 



67832. Styphelia acerosa (Gaertn.) Laing 

 and Blackwell. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, native to 

 New Zealand, with blackish branches and 

 rigid, sharp, needle-shaped leaves about one- 

 half inch in length with recurved margins. 

 The small white flowers are succeeded by 

 funnel-shaped corollas, forming small white 

 or red drupes. 



For previous introduction see No. 47880. 



67833. Styphelia adscendens R. Br. 



A stout spreading evergreen white-flow- 

 ered shrub, native to Tasmania, with oval- 

 oblong flat leaves about one-fourth of an inch 

 long. 



67834. Styphelia straminea (R. Br.) Spreng. 



A bushy evergreen Tasmanian shrub 

 about 2 feet high, with very small broadly 

 oblong leaves, usually crowded near the ends 

 of the current year's shoots. The solitary 

 flowers are white. 



67835. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. 

 Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato. 



From San Juan, Porto Rico. Cuttings presented 

 by O. W. Barrett, agricultural director, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received June 30, 1926. 



No. 74. Grown at Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. 



67836. Cedbela sp. Meliaceae. " 



From Chihli Province, China. Suckers obtained 

 by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received March 2, 1925. 

 Numbered June, 1926. 



No. 1912. Village of Kechiatsum, near Feingtai. 

 January 27, 1925. Hsiang chun shu (fragrant 

 heaven tree). A tree which is forced in the green- 

 houses for the sake of the young leaves and shoots, 

 which are eaten as a vegetable in the spring. The- 

 young trees are propagated by root suckers, and 

 the trees are said to bear fruit only when they 

 become quite old. 



