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1342C4. FLACOURTIA INDICA. (Flacourtiaceae . ) Ramontchi, or governor-plum. From 

 India. Collected at Lahore, Punjab, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A 

 large spiny evergreen shrub, native to the Philippine Islands. The white flowers 

 are borne singly or in pairs in the leaf axils or at the ends of short branchlets. 

 The rounded, dark purplish-red, edible sweet fruits, nearly an inch in diameter, 

 contain a fleshy few-seeded pulp of pleasing flavor. They are usually eaten out-of- 

 hand, though sometimes cooked; the seeds impart a pronounced flavor when cooked. 

 The tree is dioecious, and the plants here offered are seedlings. For trial in 

 central and southern Florida. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



136073. FRAXINUS SP. (Oleaceae.) Ash. From Afghanistan. Collected at an elevation 

 of about 1500 feet near Balkh, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A quick- 

 growing tree of good form, with 5-pinnate, coarsely toothed leaves. It may be of 

 especial value in the warmer, drier regions of the Southwest. For trial from Phila- 

 delphia southward. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



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

 R. T. Richards, Canterbury. A small evergreen shrub, often procumbent, 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.) 



129227- GAULTKERIA SP.* From China. Collected at Mt. Omei, S^echuan Province, and 

 presented by the Lu-Shan Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Lu Shan, Kiukiang. An erect 

 species with large, pilose leaves. For trial throughout the South. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



67358. GENISTA RADIATA. (Fabaceae.) Broom. From England. Presented by the 

 Director, Cambridge Botanic Garden, Cambridge. An attractive erect hardy shrub up to 

 30 inches high, with a somewhat rounded head, stiff evergreen branches, and simple or 

 trifoliolate caducous leaves. The bright-yellow flowers, 3 to 10 in a head, are 

 followed ty oval silky pods. Native to southeastern Europe. For trial on the 

 Pacific coast and in all but the warmest parts of the southern States. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



130069. GLYCYRRHIZA SP . (Fabaceae.) From China. Collected by T. T. Yu, with the 

 Yunnan Expedition of the Fam Memorial Institute of Biology and presented by the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. An upright vigorous herbaceous perennial with 

 pinnate leaves. The flowers and fruit are not known. Licorice is obtained from the 

 roots of another species, Glycyrrhi za g labr a. For tria] from Philadelphia southward. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



129783. HEBE RAKAIENSIS. (Scrophulariaceae . ) From New Zealand. Presented by the 

 Botanic Gardens, Christchurch. A small rounded bush of compact habit, 2 to 5 feet 

 high, with linear-oblong flat leaves about an inch long and white flowers in oblong 

 dense clusters. For trial on the Pacific coast and all but the warmest parts of the 

 South. (Chico, Calif.) 



129784. HEBE SALICIF0LIA. From New Zealand. Presented by the Botanic Garden, 

 Christchurch. An erect, much-branched shrub 3 to 10 feet, sometimes 15 feet high, 

 with thin pale-green lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 to 6 inches long and 



