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67085. MELALEUCA VIOLACEA . From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by Edwin
Ashby. A low, spreading shrub, with the flowering branches often corky, and oval-
heart-shaped leaves. The purple-red flowers are either in terminal globular heads
or in small axillary clusters. Native to Western Australia, For trial in the Gulf
States and California. (Chico, Calif.)

67086. MELALEUCA WEBSTERI . From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by Edwin
Ashby. An Australian shrub with opposite, narrowly oblong thick leaves about one-
third of an inch long, and roundish heads of small white flowers. For trial in the
Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.)

27048. MORUS ALBA. Mulberry. Variety FASTIGIATA. From Orleans, France. Presented by 
Leon Chenault. A variety with a narrow pyramidal habit, reported to bear large crops
of good quality berries. Probably not hardy north of southern Ohio. (Chico, Calif.)

60324. MORUS KAGAYAMAE. Mulberry. From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr, L.
Trabut. A handsome Japanse mulberry which thrives in Algeria and whose leaves are
readily eaten by silkworms. For trial in southern California. (Chico, Calif.)

30330. MORUS NIGRA. Black Mulberry. From Khotan, Sinkiang, China. Collected by
Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. The berries are large, dark violet-black,
and have a fresh, subacid taste. They rippen [ripen] from early August until the end of
September. Recommended as a home fruit in desert regions under irrigations. (Chico,
Calif.)

66228. MUSSAENDA LUTEOLA. Rubiaceae. From Peradeniya, Ceylon, India. Collected
by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural Explorers. A dwarf shrub with
small, yellow flowers and large, white bract-like sepals which are very showy. It
resembles slightly the northern dogwood. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman,
Field, Fla.)

66229. ONCOBA SPINOSA From Peradeniya, Ceyon, [Ceylon] India. Collected by David Fairchild 
and P. H, Dorsett, Agricultural Explorers. A relative of ONCOBA ECHINATA with
seeds which contain chaulmoogric acid. This species, native to Arabia, forms a
small, bushy tree bearing large, scented, white flowers, and fruits the size of small
apples which are reported to be edible. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman
Field, Fla.)

67724. PASSIFLORA FOETIDA. From the Dutch East Indies. Collected by David Fairchild 
and P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural Explorers. A passion fruit with small purple
flowers and delicately flavored, yellow fruits, half to three fourth of an inch in
diameter. For trial in southern Florida. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

67647. PAYENA sp . Sapotaceae. From Java. Collected by David Fairchild, Agricultural 
Explorer. An ornamental tropical tree which is especially attractive when
loaded with bright orange-red fruits the size of a robin's egg. For trial in Florida
and southern California. (Bell, Md.)
        