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77543. ARTHROPODIUM CIRRHATUM. Liliaceae. From Nelson, New Zealand. Presented 
by A. Wilkinson, New Zealand Alpine and Rock Garden Society. An herbaceous perennial 
bearing tall somewhat branched stalks, with small leafy bracts subtending the droop— 
ing white flowers. These are about 1 inch in diameter with slender tube and re-—- 
flexed but spreading lobes and conspicuous stamens and pistil, somewhat like Anther— 
icun, For trial in the southeastern states and the Pacific northwest. (Chico, 
Calan.) 
106601. ARUM PALAESTINUM. Black calla. Received from Oraten & Co., Palestine. 
An ornamental aroid with cordate—hastate leaves 6 inches across the base and about 
the same in length. The lance-oblong tapering limb of the spathe is green outside 
and black—purple inside. The upper part of the spadix is black-purple and the flowers 
have a sweet fragrance. For trial in the lower south and in California. (Glenn 
Dale, Md.) 
102740. BETULA JAPONICA MANDSHURICA. Birch. From Manchuria. Purchased from Manshu 
Nosen Shokai, Inc., Dairen. A white-barked birch up to 80 feet high with the leaves 
often broadly wedge-shaped at the base. Native to Hopeh Province, China. For trial 
in the upper South and in the milder parts of the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
102216. BETULA JAPONICA SZECHUANICA. Japanese white birch. From France. Presented 
by L. Parde, Directeur des ecoles Forestieres des Barres, Nogent-sur—Vernisson, 
Loiret. A tree up to 60 feet high, native to western China. The rhombic—ovate 
leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, are unequally dentate-serrate, and are densely glandular— 
punctate beneath. The dark dull—green color of the leaves persists until late 
autumn. For trial in the upper South and in the milder parts of the northern states. 
(Glenn Dale, Md.) 
9662. BIGNONIA CHAMBERLAYNIT. From Funchal, Madeira. Received through Barbour 
Lathrop and David Fairchild. A beautiful tropical climber, which produces clusters 
of tubular, bright-yellow flowers. Suitable for walls and trellises in southern 
California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 
76954. BILLARDIERA LONGIFLORA. Pittosporaceae. From Tasmania. Presented by Mrs. 
Frieda Cobb Blanchard, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. A twining shrub, 
sometimes several feet in length, with leaves varying from oval to linear and 2 
inches long. The flowers, greenish yellow, often changing to purple, are pendulous 
on solitary stems an inch long. For trial in the Gulf region and in southern Calif— 
Ornia. (Chico, Calif.) 
78434. BRYOPHYLLUM DAIGREMONTIANUM. From Madagascar. Collected at Diego Suarez, 
Montagne des Francais, by Dr. Charles F. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Dr. 
Henri Humbert, University of Algiers, Algeria. A brownish-green succulent perennial, 
native to Madagascar, becoming about 2 feet high. The leaves are petiolate, some-~ 
times peltate, and the small deep—pink flowers are in lax terminal panicles. For 
indoor culture only except in southern California and southern Florida. (Glenn 
Dale, Md.) 
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