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10378&. OPUNTIA ROBUSTA. Presented by A. Bircher, Middle Egypt Botanic Station, 

 El Saff, Egypt, through the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos, 

 Cuba. A stout erect cactus, sometimes as much as 15 feet high, with many branches. 

 The round or oblong joints, 8 to 10 inches long, are very thick and bluish green, 

 with 8 to 12 stout brownish spines 1 or 2 inches long. The yellow flowers, 2 inches 

 across, are succeeded by deep-red fruits about 3 inches long. Native to central 

 Mexico. For trial indoors only except in the warmest parts of the Southwest. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



110949. ORTHROSANTHUS CHIMBORACENSIS . Collected in Venezuela by W . A. Archer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. An irislike plant, native to the Andes, with a short 

 woody rhizome, grasslike leaves a foot or more long, and small blue flowers opening 

 in succession along a lax narrow panicle. For trial in all except the warmest parts 

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



99963. OSBECKIA CAFITATA.* Melastomaceae . From China. Collected 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 summer bedding elsewhere. 

 (Glenn Dale Md. ) 



102908. OSBECKIA CRINITA.* From India. Presented by the Curator, Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden, Darjeeling, through Dr. Ralph A. Fenton, Portland, Ore. A handsome branching 

 shrub 3 to 8 feet high, with hairy leaves 1|- to 4 inches long, and purple flowers 

 somewhat larger than those of Osb eckia cap itata . Except for the greater height of 

 plant and the larger size of leaves and flowers, the plants of the tv/o species are 

 similar in appearance. This plant is abundant at altitudes between 4,000 and 8,500 

 feet in the mountains of Sikkim and Bhutan, India. For trial outside in the Gulf 

 region and in southern California and indoors or as a summer bedding plant in the 

 North. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



114981. OSBECKIA RUBICUNDA. From Ceylon, India. Collected at Hakgala Gardens by 

 Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A branched shrub, 4 to 6 feet in height, 

 with hairy elliptic leaves about 2 inches long, and brilliant purplish-crimson 

 flowers borne in clusters of one to five. Native to Ceylon. For trial outside in 

 southern Florida and southern California only. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



114774. PATRINIA VILLOSA. Valerianaceae . From China. Received from Szechwan 

 Province, through the Botanic Garden, Nankinp;. An erect perennial 1 foot high with 

 lower leaves auriculate, the upper ovate, smaller, about 2 inches long. The small 

 yellow flowers are in cymes. Native to Japan. For trial south of the Ohio River 

 and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



114090. PENTAS LANCEOLATA.* From Africa. Obtained from the Mt. Elgon Nurseries, 

 Kitale, Kenya Colony. A soft-wooded tropical shrub 1 to 2 feet high, with ovate, 

 elliptic, or lance-oblong leaves 3 to 6 inches long. The flowers, up to 1 inch long, 

 are in terminal heads and range from lilac to rose purple. For trial outside in the 

 vermer parts of the Gulf region and southern California only. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



