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134204. 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 sv/eet fruits, nearly an inch in diameter, contain a 

 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 

 soutl-.er:; 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-pinnat3, coarsely toothed leaves. It may be of 

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

 delphia southward. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



138809. FRAXINUS SP.* Ash. From Iran. Collected near Isfahan by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. A small fast-growing tree planted along water courses in 

 a mild climate. For trial throughout the Southern States and on the Pacific Coast. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



125143. GAULTHERIA ANTIPODA.* (Ericaceae.) From New Zealand. Obtained from Mrs. 

 R. T. Richards, Canterbury. A very attractive, erect, evergreen shrub, from a few 

 inches high on the mountains to 6 feet in lowlands, in New Zealand. The glossy deep- 

 green leaves are ovate or suborbicular and from t to 3/4 inch long, and the white or 

 red flowers, solitary or subracemose, are followed by white or red berry-like fruits 

 about ^ inch in diameter. Several varieties of the species, exhibiting differences 

 in habit, foliage, inflorescence, and fruit, have been reported. Native to Nev/ 

 Zealand. For trial in the Gulf region and the milder parts of the Pacific Coast re- 

 gion. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



12S783. HEBE RAKAIEKSIS. (Scrophulariaceae . 1 From New Zealand. Presented by the 

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

 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.) 



129785. HEBE TRAVERSII . (Scrophulariaceae.) From New Zealand. Presented by the 

 Botanic Garden, Christchurch. A small compact shrub 2 to 5 feet in diameter, with 

 spreading leathery leaves an inch long and racemes of small white flowers at the tips 

 of the branches. For trial in California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



111054. HYPERICUf^ HOOKERIANUM. (Hypericaceas . ) St. Johnswort. From India. Pre- 

 sented by the Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, at the request of the Director of the 

 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. A compact srub up to 6 feet high, with bright 

 red-bro'ffn branches, evergreen leaves 1 to 4 inches long, and many-flowered corymbs of 

 large golden-yellow flowers, each about 2 inches across. Native to the Himalayas. 

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



