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22382. LOROPETALUM CHINENSE. (Hamamelidaceae . ) From China. Collected at Soochow, 

 Kiangsu, by F. N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Native name, Chp mei . An orna- 

 mental evergreen shrub, allied to the witch-hazel, sometimes growing into a small 

 tree. It bears elliptical to ovate dark-green leaves about 1£ inches long and in 

 early spring is 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.) 



76903. LUCULIA GRATISSIMA. (Rubiaceae.) From Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Presented by 

 the forest manager of Sikkim. A Himalayan shrub up to 15 feet high, growing at 

 altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet, with opposite ovate leaves 6 inches long and many 

 successive gorgeous rounded panicles of pink or rose-colored flowers in winter. A 

 valuable plant for indoor culture and house decoration. For trial indoors or in 

 southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



139483. LYCIUM HALMIFOLIUM. (Solanaceae . ) From Nevada. Collected at Overton, by 

 Percy Train, Bureau of Plant Industry. A bushy shrub up to 6 feet high, with spiny, 

 pale-gray branches and gray-green lanceolate leaves about 1 inch long. The dull 

 purple flowers are about an inch long and the small bright-orange berries are about 

 \ inch across. The berries are borne in great quantities and mature from midsummer 

 until fall. The species is native to Europe and Asia but apparently it is established 

 as an escape in Nevada. For trial throughout the United States, especially in tho 

 Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



139479. LYCIUM PALLIDUM. From Nevada. Collected at Overton by Percy Train, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Similar to the preceding, except for its attractive and distinc- 

 tive pale green-yellow flowers which are borne in great profusion. Fruiting seems 

 to be uncertain in cultivation. For trial throughout the United States and especially 

 in the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



130714. MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES . (Myrtaceae.) From New Zealand. Received from 

 V. Launder Millin, Napier. A tall Australian tree sometimes 80 feet high, with thick 

 spongy bark. The leaves are very small, and the small creamy white flowers are in 

 dense spikes about 2 inches long. For trial in the warmer parts of California and 

 the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



129255. MELAST0MA SP.* (Melastomaceae . ) From China. Collected on Mt. Omei, Szech- 

 wan 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.) 



129739. METR0SIDER0S TOMENT0SA. (Myrtaceae.) Irontree. From New Zealand. Obtained 

 from the Botanic Garden, Christchurch. A freely branching tree, native to New Zealand, 

 up to 60 feet high and 4 feet in diameter, with coriaceous broadly ovate gray-green 

 leaves, 2 inches long, tomentose beneath, and terminal cymes of flowers conspicuous 

 for their long scarlet stamens as in the other bottlebrushes. For trial in the moister 

 localities of southern California and in southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



