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105397. MEIBOMIA SP. From India. Collected at Chaura, Rampur, Bashahr, by Dr. 

 Walter Koelz, University of Michigan. A leguminous shrub 8 feet high, with small 

 pea-like pink flowers in copious racemes, found in damp situations in semi-shade. 

 For trial in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



1C3505. MORUS SP. Mulberry. From India. Collected at Bhadwar, Kangra, Punjab, 

 at 2,000 feet altitude by Dr. Walter Koelz, University of Michigan. A large well- 

 formed tree with red fruits, larger and later than the common mulberry. The leaves 

 of the young plants are very similar in character to those of Morus acido sa, which is 

 a tree reported to grow 25 feet high. For trial in all except the warmest and 

 coldest parts of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105706. UORUS SP. Mulberry. From China. Collected in Kwangsi Province, at 300 

 feet altitude, by A. N. Steward and H. C. Cheo, University of Nanking. A large tree 

 with red globose fruits over an inch in diameter. The leaves of the young plants 

 resemble those of Morus rubra . For trial in all except the warmest and coldest 

 parts of the United States. (Supply limited.) (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



1033S6. NEPETA GRANDIFLORA. Menthaceae. From the U. S. S. R. Presented by the 

 Botanic Garden, Leningrad. An attractive, nearly glabrous perennial 1 to 3 feet high, 

 native to the Caucasus region. The heart-shaped leaves are crenate and the two- 

 lipped flowers are violet and blue. For trial throughout the northern states. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



11C948. OENOTHERA TETRAPTERA. Evening-primrose. From Colombia. Collected by Dr. 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. An ornamental plant a foot high, with deeply 

 cut leaves and flowers an inch across that open white in the morning and later turn 

 pink. The fruits are top-shaped and 4-winged. Of possible use in rock gardens. 

 For trial in the South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



"03934. OPUNTIA STREPTACANTHA . Pricklypear. From Cuba. Presented by the Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos. A much-branched cactus, sometimes 

 15 feet high with a trunk 18 inches in diameter. The dark-green obovate to orbicular 

 joints, about a foot long are covered with numerous white spines. The orange-yellow 

 flowers, 3 inches across, are followed by dull-red, globular fruits about 2 inches in 

 diameter. Native to central Mexico, where it was collected by Prof. Juan Balme, 

 botanical explorer. For indoor culture only except in southern California and southern 

 Florida. (Very few plants available.) (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



99963 OSBECKIA CAPITATA.* Melastomaceae . From China. Collecte by the Forrest 

 Expedition to southwestern China and presented by Maj . Lionel de Rothschild, London, 

 England. An ornamental, much-branched, perennial herb 1 to 2 feet high, native to 

 India. The ovate hairy leaves are 1 inch or more long, and the purple flowers, 1 

 inch across and with conspicuous yellow stamens, are in clusters. The very hairy 

 fruits, f inch long, lend attractiveness to the plant when flowering is past. The 

 species has been used as a summer bedding plant in the North. For trial outside in the 

 South and on the Pacific coast, and indoors or for bedding elsewhere. (Glenn Dale, 

 kd.) 



