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64519. ASPARAGUS ALTISSIMUS. Convallariaceae. From Marrakesh, Morocco.
Obtained through David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A tall-growing,
slender species, probably from the Great Atlas Mountains, which may have
value as a greenhouse plant because of its attractive flower sprays.
(Bell, Md. )

66181. BAUHINIA KURZII. Caesalpiniaceae. From Porto Rico, Presented
by W. P. Kramer, Chief, Porto Rico Forest Service. A climbing shrub,
with papery, rounded-cordate leaves slit down about ⅓ of their length
and about 4 inches long. The flowers are borne in terminal racemes.
For trial in Florida and southern California. (Chapman Field, Fla. )

66150. BAUHINIA TOMENTOSA. Caesalpiniaceae, From Bangalore, India.
Presented by the Director, Botanic Gardens. An erect shrub or small
tree with leathery leaves, broader than long and with obtuse lobes, and
few-flowered clusters of pale golden-yellow flowers, with the upper
petals marked by deep-purple blotches. For trial in Florida and
southern California. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

56562. BILLARDIERA LONGIFLORA. Pittosporaceae. From Hobart, Tasmania.
Presented by L. A. Evans, Secretary of Agriculture, Agricultural and
Stock Department. 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 southern half of the United States.
(Chico, Calif.)

64913. BOCCONIA FRUTESCENS. Papaveraceae, From the Mediterranean
region. Collected by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A large,
showy shrub 10 feet in height, with very large attractive leaves which
are deeply lobed and pale beneath. The yellow flowers are borne in
large, pendent panicles followed by very interesting fruits each with
a brilliant red arillus. For trial in the Gulf States and California.
(Chapman Field, Fla.)

63677. BUDDLEIA ALTERNIFOLIA. Butterflybush. From China. Obtained in
France by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A Chinese shrub of
elegant habit, which bears in mid-summer dense spikes of small lilac
flowers, Probably not hardy north of southern Ohio. (Bell, Md. )

65758. BUDDLEIA COLVILEI, Loganiaceae. From India. Presented by G.
H. Cave, Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjiling. With large, loose,
terminal clusters of crimson flowers, and smooth, dark-green leaves,
this Himalayan relative of the well-known butterfly bush has been called
the handsomest of the genus. It is a shrub or small tree, 30 to 40 feet
high, and has proved hardy in some parts of England and Scotland, For
trial in the southern United States. (Chapman Field, Fla.)
        