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111060. LEEA ASPERA. (Vitaceae.) From India. Presented by the Lloyd Botanic Gar- 

 den, Darjeeling, at the request of the Director of the Botanical Survey of India , 

 Calcutta. A shrubby perennial up to 4 feet high, with handsome pinnate foliage, and 

 juicy black fruits the size of large currants, which are said to be eaten by the 

 natives of India. Native to the Himalayas up to 6,000 fest altitude. For trial in 

 the Eildsr parts of California and in the Gulf region. {Chico, Calif.) 



78855. LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA.* (Caprifoliaceas . ) Froa Oregon. Presented by the 

 W. L. Crissey Alpine Gardens, Greshaa. A handsoEe erect ornamental bush, closely 

 allied to the honeysuckle, which is native to the cooler section of the Himalayas. 

 It is froa S to 8 feat high, with broadly cordate leaves 5 to 7 inches long, nodding 

 terminal spikes of white flowers in th? axils of the dark crimson bracts in late sum- 

 Qer, and subglobose red-purple berries. At Glenn Dale, Maryland, the tops have 

 been killed in severe winters, but the new growth of the following season has always 

 been vigorous. With winter protection it shouVl >^:irv|vfi in all but the coldsst of 

 the Northern States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



113773. LIBERTIA IXIOIDES. (Iridaceae.) Froai Australia . Presented by the Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens, South Yarra. A herbaceous perennial, native to New Zealand, with a 

 short creeping rhizome which forms a compact clump like a sisyrinchium. It has rigid 

 coriaceous linear leaves a foot long, and large panicles of small white flowers on a 

 stem 2 fest high. Apparently best adapted for a soniewhat humid climato. For trial 

 on the Pacific coast and in the Southern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



133415. LOBELIA SPLENDENS. (Lobeliaceae . ) From New Mexico. Collected at Ropes 

 Springs, by L. K. Gcodding, Soil Conservation Service. A brilliant red-flowered 

 lobelia very similar to L. cardinalis except that it is smaller in all its parts and 

 is more tolerant of high temperatures. It is an herbaceous perennial that flowers 

 in late summer. For trial from Washington, D.C., southvmrd. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



126322-3. LONICERA MICROPHYLLA.* (Caprifcliaceae . ) From Afghanistan. Collected at 

 an altitude of about 11,000 feet near Sanglsch by Walter' Koelz, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. A bush up to 6 feet high, with yellowish flowers and attractive red 

 berries. It was found growing in dry streambods and along cultivated areas. From 

 its behavior at Glenn Dale, Maryland, the plant may require cooler summers for good 

 growth. For trial in the northern half of the United States. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



126321. LONICERA SP, From Afghanistan. Collected at an altitude of about 10,000 

 feet, near Zijbak, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A shrub from 4 to 5 

 feet high, found growing on wet plain. The lanceolate elliptic leaves and the 

 reddish brown branches are covered Y.'ith long hairs. The fruit has a huckleberry-like 

 bloom. For trial in all but the hottest and coldest parts of the United States. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



22982. L0R0PETALU!r! CHINEN.SE. From China. Collected at Soochow, Kiangsu, by F, N. 

 Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Native name, Cho mei. An ornamental evergreen 

 shrub, allied to the witch-hazsl, sometimes grov/ing into a small tree. It bears 

 elliptical to ovate dark-green leaves about 1^ inches long and in early spring is 



