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allied to the callistemons and with similar cultural requirements. The small white 

 flowers with conspicuous stamens are borne in the upper axils as short corymbs or long 

 leafy racemes. Native to southeastern Australia. For trial in the milder parts of 

 the Southwest and in the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



114761. LANGUAS JAPONIC!. (Zinziberaceae . ) From Szechwan Province, China. Received 

 through the Botanic Garden at Nanking. A subtropical ginger-like perennial with 

 leafy stems about 1£ feet high, the leaves rather large and lanceolate, about 10 inches 

 long and 3 inches wide. It is particularly handsome when used along the banks of 

 streams or around perls. The small reddish flowers are in terminal panicles. Native 

 to the warmer areas of Japan. For trial in the Lower South and on the Pacific coast. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



113773. LIBERTIA IXIOIDES. (Iridaceae.) From Australia. Presented by the Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens, South Yarra. A herbaceous perennial, native to New Zealand, with a 

 short creeping rhizome which forms a compact clump like a sisyrinchium. It has rigid 

 coriaceous linear leaves a foot long, and large panicles of small white flowers on a 

 stem 2 feet high. Apparently best adapted for a somewhat humid climate. For trial on 

 the Pacific coast and in the Southern States. (Chico, Calif.) 



11S262. LIGUSTRUM COMPACTUM. From India. Collected at Bandrole, Kulu, Punjab, by 

 Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Collected at an elevation of 5,000 feet. 

 A shrub or skqxI tree with a trunk to 1 foot in diameter, evergreen in the South, with 

 large trusses of creamy flowers, and opposite lanceolate bright-green leaves. For 

 trial throughout the South. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123877. LOBELIA FULGENS . From New Mexico. Collected by L. N. Goodding, Soil Con- 

 servation Service. A handsome, red-flowered, herbaceous, perennial lobelia. It is 

 very similar in color and habit to L. cardinalis , but smaller throughout. (Supply 

 limited.) For trial in all but the coldest and hottest parts of the country. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



125170. LOBELIA GIBBER0A . (Campanulaceae . ) From Belgium. Received from the Jardin 

 Colonial de Laeken, Brussels, through the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Cienfuegos, Cuba. A woody, lobelia up to 25 feet high with a palm-like habit, with 

 large crowded oblong-obovate or lanceolate leaves about 1^- feet long, and a dense 

 terminal spike-like raceme of greenish flowers. Native to the mountains of tropical 

 Africa, For trial in the warmest parts of Florida, the Gulf Coast, and Southern 

 California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



125171. L03ELIA GIBBEROA . From Belgium. Received from the Jardin Colonial de Laeken, 

 Brussels, through the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos, Cuba. 

 Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 125170). (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



126323. L0NICERA MICROPHYLLA. From Afghanistan. Collected near Sanglech, at an 

 altitude of 11,000 feet, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A shrub about 5 

 feet high. The small leaves are glaucous blue-green in color and obovate to elliptic 

 or oblong. The yellowish-white flowers are followed by bright-orange fruits. For 

 trial in all but the hottest and coldest parts of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



