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126535. SENECIO SALIGNUS. (Asteraceae . ) Collected near Patagonia, Ariz., and pre- 

 sented by Fred Gibson, Director, Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, Superior, 

 Arizona. A handsome well-branched evergreen shrub which attains a height of about 8 

 feet. The golden-yellow flowers, in large terminal cymes, are produced in midwinter. 

 For trial in the warmest parts of Florida, the Gulf coast, and the Southwest. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md. ) 



132796. S0PHORA CHRYSOPHYLLA. (Fabaceae.) From Hawaii. Presented by L. W. Bryan, 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Hilo. An attractive native 

 Hawaiian tree up to 30 feet high, with pinnate leaves with 13 to 20 obovate-oblong 

 obtuse leaflets one-half to 1 inch long, tawny or grayish pubescent beneath, less so 

 above, and pale-yellow flowers about an inch long, followed by 4-winged pods 4 to 6 

 inches long. For trial in southern Florida and southern California. (Chico, Calif.) 



136G22. S0PH0RA TETRAPTERA . * Fourwing sophora. From Chile. Presented by Professor 

 G. Montero 0., Temuco. Pelu . A handsome large shrub or small tree to 30 feet high, 

 with slender spreading branches, found in sandy soil at the edge of woods. Its glossy, 

 evergreen pinnate leaves have numerous small leaflets. The deep-yellow flowers, about 

 1£ inches long, in small axillary pendulous racemes in the spring, make it an attrac- 

 tive and desirable plant. For trial in the warmer parts of the South and Southwest. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



135625. S0RBARIA S0RBIF0LIA STELLIPILA.* (Rosaceae.) From Manchuria. Collected in 

 the mountains near Maoershan, E. Harbin, by B. V. Skvortzov. A small shrub, closely 

 related to Spiraea, with pinnate leaves and sharply serrate lanceolate leaflets. The 

 pure-white flowers in dense terminal panicles are produced in July and August, at a 

 time when few shrubs are in flower. For trial throughout the country. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



78388. SYC0PSIS SINENSIS. (Hamamelidaceae . ) From England. Obtained from G. Reuthe, 

 Foxhill Hardy Plant Farm, Keston, Kent. A moderately hardy evergreen Chinese shrub or 

 small tree to 25 feet high, with elliptic-lanceolate leaves 4 inches long, lustrous 

 above and pale green beneath. The small heads of flowers, conspicuous only from their 

 red anthers, are borne in February and March. Softwood cuttings root readily during 

 the summer. As the plant commonly grows it makes a near shrub which should be quite 

 useful from Tennessee southward. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



112091. SYNCARPIA GL0MULIFERA. (Myrtaceae.) Turpentine tree. From Africa. Received 

 frcm the Forest Department, Kenya Colony, through the Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos, Cuba. A tall slender evergreen tree of rapid growth, 

 native to Australia, with broadly ovate opposite leaves 3 to 4 inches long, appearing 

 as if in whorls from two pairs being close together. The small white flowers are in 

 globular clusters of 6 to 10 on short peduncles at the base of the new shoots. The 

 wocd is said to be very valuable for posts and underground construction work and also 

 for cabinet work. For trial in the coastal region of southern California and in 

 southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



101179. THRYALLIS GLAUCA. (Malpighiaceae . ) From the Union of South Africa. Presented 

 by the Botanical Gardens, Kirstenbosch, Cape Colony, through Dr. C. S. Dolley, Nassau, 

 Bahamas, B. W. I. A very pleasing ornamental shrub 6 to 8 feet high, of neat compact 

 growth, with elliptical glaucous leaves about 2 inches long, and golden yellow flowers 



