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1G1200. CALOTHAMNUS ASPER. Net-bush. Myrtaceae . From Australia. Presented by 

 Edwin Ashby, Wittunga, South Australia. A hairy evergreen shrub, v/ith crowded linear 

 flat leaves and short dense clusters of flowers with crimson stamens. It does well 

 in full sunlight and is the most ornamental calothamnus thus far tested at Chico. 

 The plant may be propagated by ripe-wood cuttings in fall. For trial in the milder 

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



114724 CAMPANUMAEA JAVANICA. Campanulaceae . From China. Received from Szechwan 

 Province, through the Botanic Garden, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park, Nanking. A perennial 

 twining vine with opposite leaves and yellowish, brown-veined, broadly bell-shaped 

 flowers li inches across. For trial in the Gulf region and in California. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



103491. CARISSA SPINARUf.:. From India. Collected at Bhadwar, Kangra, Punjab, at 

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

 spiny suberect evergreen shrub 6 feet high, native to the lower slopes of the Hima- 

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

 rant flowers, ^ inch long, in dense terminal cymes. The subglobose flack fruits are 

 i 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 

 ^rial in the warmer parts of the Gulf region and southern California. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



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

 Clerk, Wanganui City Council. A New Zealand leguminous shrub up to S 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 surround- 

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

 the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



90849. CARJnCHAELIA EXSUL. From Australia. Presented by the Director, Botanic 

 Gardens, Sydney, N. S. W. A leguminous shrub of rather upright habit, 2 to 4 feet 

 high, with flattened branchlets, compound leaves made up of 3 to 5 obovate, eraarginate 

 leaflets nearly 1 inch long, and axillary peduncles bearing 1 or 2 yellov/ish white 

 flowers. The shrub is rather more attractive than most related species and is suited 

 to dry sunny situations. It is readily propagated in the greenhouse from cuttings of 

 1- to 2- year old wood. Native to Lord Howe Island. For trial in the v/armer parts 

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



111349. CATALPA DUCLOUXII.* Bignoniaceae . From China. Received from H. H. Chung, 

 National Wu-Han University, Wuchang, Hupeh. A tree to 80 feet high, native to central 

 and western China, with ovate-cordate leaves 4 to 8 inches long. The flowers, smaller 

 than those of our American catalpas, are rose pink, with orange markings in the throat, 

 and are borne in 5- to 15-flov/ered racemes. The slender pods are up to 2 feet long. 

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



102925. CELTIS SP. Haokberry. From China. Collected at Kuanyinchiao, Lu Shan, 

 Kiangsi Province, and presented by A. N. Steward, University of Nanking. An uniden- 

 tified haokberry obtained for testing in the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. 

 Supply very limited. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



