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covered with delightfully fragrant white flowers having slender strap-shaped petals 

 half an inch long. It may be grown in a cool greenhouse, as well as out-of-doors 

 where the winters are not too severe. It withstands summer heat in full sun at 

 Chico, Calif., without irrigation. For pot culture a soil containing peat and sand 

 is best. For trial out-of-doors from Philadelphia southward to the Gulf and on the 

 Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif.) 



112738. MAURANDYA ERUBESCENS. (Scrophulariaceae . ) From Brazil. Collected in the 

 State of Rio de Janeiro by Dr. Doris Cochran, United States National Museum, Wash- 

 ington, D.C. A vigorous woody climber with triangular, serrate* alternate, pubescent 

 leaves. The shov,'y trumpet-shaped rose-pink flowers are borne freely in late summer 

 and fall and, in the warmest regions, through the winter. For trial only in the 

 warmest parts of the Gulf region and the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



129254. MELASTOMA SP. (Melastomaceae . ) From China. Collected at an altitude of 

 about 2,000 feet, on Mt. Omei, Szechwan Province, and presented by the Lu-Shan 

 Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Kiukiang. The melastomas are small shrubs with large 

 opposite, elliptic leaves and usually showy flowers of pink, magenta or light purple. 

 For trial in the lower South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



129255. MELASTOMA SP . From China. Collected on Mt. Omei, Szechwan Province, and 

 presented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Kiukiang. Same description 

 as for preceding (P. I. No. 129254), (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



57941. NATKUSIA ALATA. (Cleaceae.) From Transvaal . Presented by George Thorncroft, 

 Barberton. A tree about 20 feet high v/ith pinnately compound leaves, of 5 leaflets, 

 which are persistent in the greenhouse. The pink, fragrant flowers, in terminal 

 paniculate cymes in early June, resemble those of jasmine. For trial in the warmest 

 parts of the lower South and of the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



124007. ONCOBA ROUTLEDGEI . (Flacourtiaceae. ) From Egypt. Received from Alfred 

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

 Cuba. Undoubtedly one of the most handsome of recent introductions of tropical plants. 

 It is a spiny shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, with alternate lanceolate, 

 glossy-green, persistent leaves about 4 inches long. The showy fragrant flowers are 

 borne rather freely on the old wood, over a long period in late winter. The 8 to 

 10 pure-white petals, about 1 to 1^ inches long, surround a mass of golden yellow 

 stamens. For trial in the warmest parts of Florida and southern California or under 

 glass. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



124976. OPSIANDRA MAYA. (Phoenicaceae . ) Maya palm. Originally from Guatemala. The 

 seeds from which the present plants have come were the first crop produced in the 

 United States and were from a tree grown by Dr. David Fairohild, at Coconut Grove, 

 Fla,, from a collection by 0. F. Cook, Bureau of Plant Industry, near Uaxachtun, 

 Department of Peten, Guatemala. The Maya palm is a graceful, feather-leaved tree 

 attaining a height of 60 feet or more in the jungles of northern Guatemala. The 

 trunk is 5 to 6 inches in diameter, marked with distinct leaf-scars as in the coconut 

 palm, but resembling the royal palm in having rather long leaf sheaths. One of the 

 peculiarities of the Maya palm is that 15 to 20 inflorescences appear along the trunk 

 below the leaves over a period of 3 to 4 years before any begin to flower. Then 



