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105596. CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA.* Chinese-fir. From Kweichow Province, China. 
Presented by Albert N. Steward, College of Agriculture, University of Nanking, 
Nanking. A handsome evergreen forest tree related to Araucaria, 65 to 80 feet tall, 
and of broad pyramidal habit. The linear~lanceolate leaves are 1 — 3 inches long. 
The tree sprouts from the roots if cut back. For trial from Norfolk Va., southward 
and on the Pacific coast. - (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
67353. CYTISUS MONSPESSULANUS. Broom. From the Canary Islands. Presented by the 
Director, Cambridge Botanic Garden, England. A leguminous shrub about 10 feet high 
with fragrant bright-yellow flowers in small racemes, For trial in the southern 
United States. (Chico, Calif.) 
7468. DATISCA CANNABINA. Datiscaceae. From Cluj, Roumania. Presented by the 
Director, Botanic Garden, University of Cluj. A hardy herbaceous perennial 4 feet 
high, with inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in dense spikelike racemes. The 
species is dioecious. It is native to the Himalayas. The roots are used aS @ source 
of yellow dye. For trial on the Pacific coast and inthe lower south. (Chico, Calif.) 
103515. DODONAEA VISCOSA. Sapindaceae. Hopbush. From India. Collected at Bhad— 
war, Kangra, Punjab, at 2,000 feet altitude, by Dr. Walter Koelz, and presented 
ty the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. A shrub up to 15 feet high, with 
linear to oblanceolate, viscoid leaves 2 to 6 inches long, and small lateral corymbs 
of yellowish flowers. It is cosmopolitan in the tropics, and in Australia the fruits 
are used in making yeast. The hard, brown, closé-grained wood is used in India 
for engraving, turning, tool handles and walking sticks. For trial in central and 
southern Florida. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
81154. ECHEVERIA AMOENA. Crassulaceae. From Ventimiglia, Italy. Presented by 
S. W. McLeod Braggins, Superintendent, La Mortola. A nearly stemless succulent 
with small dense rosettes of thick leaves and slender scapes 4 to 8 inches high 
bearing 1 to 8 red flowers in racemes. Native to Mexico. For trial in southern 
California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 
103406. EHRETIA ELLIPTICA. Boraginaceae. From Texas. Presented by Peter H. 
Heinz, Brownsville. Mexican names, Anaqua and Manzanillo. A shrub or tree up to 
50 feet high, native to western Texas and northern Mexico. The thick oblong scabrous 
leaves are 1 to 4 inches long. The small white fragrant flowers are borne profusely 
and are followed by sweet edible yellow fruits about 4+ inch in diameter. The wood 
is used for tool handles and wheel spokes. In southern Texas, young trees are used 
as ornamentals for planting on lawns. For trial in the southwest and the Gulf 
region. (Chico, Calif.) 
101915. ELEUTHERINE PALMIFOLIA. MJIridaceae. From the Philippine Islands. Pre- 
sented by Dr. W. Dwight Pierce. A tropical irislike plant with white flowers an 
inch across, borne on a scape about 9 inches high. The one or two linear-lanceolate 
leaves are a foot or a foot and a half long. Native to the American Tropics and 
naturalized in the Philippines. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 
