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114374. MORAEA IRIDIOIDES. (Iridaceae.) From Ceylon. Collected at Hakgala Gardens, 

 Ceylon, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A very attractive relative of the 

 iris with large clumps of irislike leaves with flower stalks to three feet. The 

 flowers have blue-purple standards and white falls, marked with yellow, resembling 

 Japanese iris in form. For trial in the lower South. (Chico, Calif.) 



130156. MYRSINE SP. (Myrsinaceae . ) From China. Collected at an altitude of about 

 7,500 feet, at Muli, N. E. Muli, by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan Expedition of the Fan 

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

 Mass. A plant v/ith attractive foliage. The closely-spaced, short-petioled leaves 

 are glossy rich green. They are ovate, and about \ inch long. The genus includes 

 both trees and shrubs. No species has showy flowers. The present species appears to 

 be a shrub. For trial throughout the South and Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123884. NISSOLIA SCHOTTII. (Fabaceae.) From New Mexico. Collected by L. N. 

 Goodding, Soil Conservation Service. A low climbing legume, woody at the base, 

 usually found in the protection of trees. The small yellow flowers in late summer are 

 in racemes. Native to Mexico and southwestern United States. (Supply limited.) For 

 trial in the warmest parts of the South and Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



132873. OMANTHE COSTARICANA. * (Phoenicaceae. ) From Costa Rica. Presented by W. E. 

 Klippert, Goodyear Rubber Co., San Jose. An attractive small tufted palm, sometimes 

 8 to 10 feet high, with striking clusters of bright-green foliage. The pinnae, 17 to 

 20 on a side, are similar to those of Neanthe bel la. Native to Costa Rica. For trial 

 in the warmest parts of the lower South and the Southwest or indoors as a conservatory 

 or house plant. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



134361. 0RM0SIA CALAVENSIS.* (Fabaceae.) From the Philippine Islands . Presented by 

 the Bureau of Forestry, Manila. Bahai . A large tropical tree with handsome pinnate 

 leaves with 7 or 9 ovate leaflets. The violet-colored flowers are followed by small 

 woody pods containing 2 or 3 coral-pink seeds. For trial only in the warmest parts of 

 Florida and California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



38184. PAULOWNIA F0RTUNEI. (Scrophulariaceae . ) From China. Collected at Chenkiao, 

 Honan Province, by Frank N. Meyer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A handsome, large- 

 leaved, deciduous tree 50 feet high, with terminal panicles 1 to \\ feet long of fox- 

 glovelike, light-purple, fragrant flowers, in April. The tree resembles the more 

 common Paulowni a imperial is but is less hardy. It has withstood uninjured, however, 

 a minimum temperature of 12° F. at Chico, Calif. Propagation by seed or soft-wood 

 cuttings. For trial in the milder parts of California and the Gulf region. (Chico, 

 Calif.) 



139480. PENSTEMON RUBICUNDUS . (Scrophulariaceae.) From Nevada. Collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry, at an elevation of about 6,000 feet, in the Wassuk 

 Mountains. A beautiful penstemon, closely related to Penste /non palm eri . Its broad 

 leaves are gray green, with numerous teeth on the margins. The stems reach a height 

 of about 3 feet under good conditions. The flowers are borne along the upper two- 

 thirds, 2 to 4 in each axil of the bracts. The flowers are large for the genus, 

 although not as large as those of P. palmeri . The color is rose, somewhat more 



