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64478. CALOTHAMNUS CHRYSANTHERUS . From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by 

 W. L. Wheeler, through Edwin Ashby. A rather small erect shrub, native to Western 

 Australia, with thick corky branches, and thick, terete, sharp-^^iointed leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long. The chief beauty of the shrub lies in the bundles of deep-red stamens 

 which protrude an inch ^r more from the yellowish flowers. For trial in the warmer 

 parts of California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



77176. CARMICHAELIA ARBOREA.* From Wanganui, New Zealand. Presented by the Town 

 Clerk, Wanganui City Council. A New Zealand leguminous shrub up to 9 feet high, 

 somewhat resembling Scotch broom but with thin flat green branches taking the place 

 of leaves. The clusters of small pea-like lilac-striped flowers are followed by small 

 black pods the sides of which drop off and expose the bright-red seeds surrounded by 

 the dark margin of the pod. For trial in the warmer parts of California and the 

 Gulf region. (Chico. Calif.) 



90849. CARMICHAELIA EXSUL. From New South Wales, Australia. Presented by the 

 Director, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A low-growing leguminous shrub with flattened 

 branchlets, compound leaves made up of 3 to 5 obovate, emarginate leaflets nearly 

 1 inch long, and axillary peduncles bearing 1 or 2 yellowish white flowers. It is 

 native to Lord Kowe Island. For trial in the warmer parts of California and the 

 Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



77177. CARMICHAELIA ODORATA . From Wanganui, New Zealand. Presented by the Town 

 Clerk, Wanganui City Council. A much-branched New Zealand shrub, related to the 

 brooms, 3 to 10 feet high, leafy in the spring and summer. The slender erect racemes 

 of purple flowers are borne on pendulous branches. For trial in the warmer parts of 

 California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



•103491. CARISSA SPINARUM. From India. Collected at Bhadwar, Kangra, Punjab, at 

 2,000 feet altitude, by Dr. Walter Koelz, and presented by the University of Michigan. 

 A .^piny suberect evergreen shrub 6 feet high, native to the lov/er slopes of the Him- 

 alayas, with elliptic-ovate leathery leaves- 1 to 2 inches long and white tubular 

 fragrant flowers, ^ inch long, in dense terminal cymes. The subglobose black fruits 

 are -^ inch in diameter and are said to be edible. In India the shrub is said to be 

 eaten greedily by sheep and goats and to survive under such browsing even in poor 

 rocky soils. It is grown as an individual ornamental and also as a hedge, trimmed. 

 For trial in the warmer parts of the Gulf region and southern California. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



624C8. CHRYSANTHEMUM MORIFOLIUM. From China. Collected in the Western Hills between 

 Ming Tombs and the Fa Huassu Temple, by P. H. Dcrsett, agricultural explorer. Bureau 

 cf Plant Industry. A low herbaceous plant with basal tufts of evergreen foliage and 

 widely branched 2-foot stalks of small pink to white single flowers from September 

 until frost. For trial in all except the warmest and coldest parts of the United 

 States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



IC5699. CIPADESSA SP . From China. Collected at 6,000 feet altitude in Kwangsi 

 Province by A. N. Stevmrd, University of Nanking. A small tree with pinnate leaves 

 resembling those of the genus Melia, to which it is related. It bears globose black 

 fruits. For tris\ in the Gulf states and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale. Md.) 



