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112215 and 112302. LAPLACEA INTERMEDIA. Thsaceae. From Ecuador. Collected in 

 Carchi Province, at 7,500 feet altitude, by Mrs. Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 An ever&reen shrub, allied to Gordonia, with obovate-elliptic leaves 1 inch long, 

 and white flowers about 1 inch across. Native to Ecuador. For trial in the warmer 

 parts of the Gulf region and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



110270. LAWSONIA INERMIS . * Henna. Received from Dr. Hamilton P. Traub, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Orlando, Florida. A rapid-growing, ornamental, evergreen shrub, 6 

 feet high, with glaucous leaves and small yellov/ish flowers produced in large showy 

 panicles. The flowers exhale a strong fragrance, especially at night, and contain a 

 volatile oil used in perfumery. A dye is made from the leaves and young branches. 

 Recommended for hedges. For trial in Florida and southern California. (Glenn 

 Dale. Md.) 



111782. LEPTODERMIS LANCEOLATA. Rubiaceae . From India. Presented by H . A. Lee, 

 Simla. A rigid erect shrub with opposite lanceolate leaves up to 4 inches long, 

 and small white flovfers in terminal fascicles. Native to the temperate Himalayas 

 at altitudes of 4,000 to 10,000 feet. For trial on the Pacific coast and in the 

 Gulf region. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



89315. LEPTOSPERMUM ERICOIDES. Myrtaceae. From New Zsland. Obtained from Duncan 

 & Davies, Ltd., New Plymouth. An evergreen shrub or tree, at times a large tree, 

 with loose papery bark and slender branchlets. The narrowly lanceolate leaves are 

 but half an inch long, and the small white axillary flowers are usually produced in 

 great profusion. For trial in the south Atlantic and Gulf regions and on the Pacific 

 coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



107650. LIGUSTRUM VULGARE . Privet. From Yugoslavia. Collected at Sarajevo by 

 Dr. E. A. Anderson, Balkan Expedition of the Arnold Arboretum. This and the suc- 

 ceeding numbers were collected by the Expedition in unusually cold and dry localities. 

 107631. Ligustrum vulgare. Collected at Cluj , Rumania 

 108763. " " " " Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. 



112095 " " " " Cluj , Rumania. 



112096 " " " " ." !t 



(Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



102228. LIGUSTRUM SP . * Privet. Presented by L. Parde, Dirscteur des Ecoles For- 

 estieres des Barres, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret. A shrub up to 22 feet high, re- 

 sembling Ligustrum chenaultii . For trial in the more temperate parts of the United 

 States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



108387. LIMONIUM SP . Plumbaginaceae . Sea-lavender. From the Soviet Union. Col- 

 lected at Chelkar by H. L. Westover and C. R. Enlov/, Bureau of Plant Industry. The 

 species of Limonium have panicles of small blue, lavender, white, red, or yellow 

 flowers on leafless branched scapes 1 to 2 feet high. This unidentified species is 

 an. herbaceous perennial with rosettes of narrowly ovate radical leaves up to 8 inches 

 long, of which the basal third is narrowed into a petiole. For trial i.n all but the 

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



