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125145. GAULTHERIA PERPLEXA . (Ericaceae.) From New Zealand. Received from Mrs. 

 R. T. Richards, Canterbury. A small evergreen shrub, often procuinbent, with narrow 

 leaves up to one-half inch long and small solitary white flowers. Native to New 

 Zealand. For trial in the middle California coast and the Gulf region. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



100629. HIBISCUS HUEGELII. (Malvaceae.) From Australia. Presented by Edwin Ashby, 

 "Wittunga," Blackwood, South Australia. A bushy evergreen shrub, native to Australia, 

 with 3- to 5-lobed coarsely toothed leaves 1 to 3 inches long and large violet-purple 

 flowers 4 to 5 inches across, with tv/isted petals, borne in May. Propagated vege- 

 tatively by softwood cuttings. For trial in southern California an'd southern Florida. 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



76345. HYMENANTHSRA CRASSIFOLIA. (Violaceae.) From France. Precented by Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Company, Verrieres-le-buisson, Seine-et-Oise . A dense half-evergreen 

 drought-resistant shrub up to 6 feet high, often with branches prostrate, with 

 crowded obovate leaves, small yellowish-white or brownish flowers and small berrylike 

 white fruits. It is useful for edging, also as a pot plant, and when so used should 

 be cut back heavily while young to induce- 'free branching. The plant has withstood 

 a temperature of 11° F. It is propagated easily by cuttings. Native to New Zealand. 

 For trial in California and the Gulf States. (Chico, Calif.) 



128951. HYPERICUM OBLONGIFOLIUM.* (Hypericaceae . ) St. Johnswort. From India. 

 Presented by the Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native 

 to thP temperate slopes of the Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. The 

 sessile ovate-lanceolate leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, and the nodding flower's, 

 2 inches across, are white on opening, turning light yellow v/ith age. For trial in 

 all but the warmest parts of the South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



129231. HYPERICUM SP.* From China. Collected at an altitude of about 5,000 feet, 

 on Mt . Omei, Szechwan Province, and presented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum and Botanic 

 Garden, Kiukiang. The hypericums are herbaceous perennials to subshrubs with terminal 

 bright-yellow flowers which vary greatly in size, according to the species. For trial 

 in all but the most Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



129232. HYPERICUM SP.* Collected in Tien Chuan Hsien, Szechwan Province, and pre- 

 sented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Kiukiang. Collected at an 

 altitude of about 7,000 feet. Same description as for the preceding (P. I. No. 



129231) . (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



129233. HYPERICUM SP.* From China. Received from Lu-Shan, Kuan Hsien, Szechwan 

 Province. Same description as for P. I. No. 129231. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



130078. HYPERICUM SP ; * From China. Collected at an altitude of about 8,500 feet 

 near Atuntze, Dokerla, by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan Expedition of the Fan Memorial 

 Institute of Biology and presented by the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Same description as for P. I. No. 129231. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



130079. HYPERICUM SP . * From China. Collected at an elevation of about 9,500 feet, 

 near Yatsa, Muli, Yunnan, by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan Expedition of the Fan Memorial 

 Institute of Biology, and presented by the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



Same description as for P. I. No. 123231. (Glenn Dale, Md.; 



