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112247. CEREUS HEXAGONUS. From Cuba. Received from Soledad, Cienfuegos, through 

 F. G. Walsingham of the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum. A tall columnar 

 cactus up to 45 feet high, branching at the base, the joints usually 6-angled. The 

 flowers are 8 to 10 inches long with the outer segments purple and the inner ones 

 white. The ovoid edible fruits are 3 to 6 inches long and have white or pinkish pulp. 

 It is native to the West Indies and the northern part of South America. For indoor 

 culture only except in southern California and southern Florida. (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



72790. CISTUS CORBARIENSIS. (Cistaceae.) Rockrose. From Kew, England. Presented 

 by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens. A white-flowered shrub 2 feet high, native 

 to Spain. For trial in the Gulf region and in California. (Chico, Calif.) 



116969. CISTUS SP . Rockrose. From Turkey. Collected near Mersin by H. L. Westover 

 and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. The color of the flowers of this plant 

 is unknown but the usual colors of this genus are white through rose to purple; 

 these are large and freely produced in terminal or axillary cymes, appearing in early 

 summer. The small, shrubby plants are seldom more than 30 inches high, but very 

 freely branched, and the leaves are gray-green. For trial in the lower South, in the 

 Southwest, and on the Pacific coast. (Chico, Calif., and Glenn Dale, Md.) 



122457. CISTUS SP. Rockrose. From Turkey. Collected at Yalova Baths, Kaplichalari, 

 by H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as 

 for preceding (P. I. No. 116969). (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



122458. CISTUS SP . Rockrose. From Turkey. Collected at Yalova, Kaplichalari, by 

 H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. A species with rose-pink 

 flowers, occurring in many mountainous parts of Turkey. Otherwise, the same descrip- 

 tion as for P. I. No. 116969. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123034. CISTUS SP . (Cistaceae.) From Turkey. Collected west of Balekisehir by 

 H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. A small shrub to 30 

 inches high, with many upright branches, and gray-green pubescent leaves. The large 

 rose-pink flowers are borne in early summer in showy terminal clusters. For trial 

 throughout the South and on the Pacific Coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



123035. CISTUS SP . Rockrose. From Turkey. Collected south of Bursa, by H. L. 

 Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for P. I. 

 No. 116969. (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



109621. CITROPSIS SCHWEINFURTHII. (Rutaceae.) African cherry orange. From tropical 

 Africa. A dwarfish spiny citrus relative with bright-green leaves composed of 3 or 5 

 large leaflets and with v/inged petioles and rachis. The flowers, in axillary clus- 

 ters, are large, white, and very fragrant and are produced abundantly even on young 

 trees. The bright-orange-colored fruits are about l^- inches in diameter, pleasantly 

 fragrant, sweet, and with an agreeable flavor. The plant is reported to have value as 

 a conservatory tree. (Supply very limited.) For trial only in the warmest parts of 

 the citrus region and under glass. (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



119707. CLERODENDRUIvT MYRICOIDES. (Verbenaceae . ) From Africa. Obtained from Mt. 

 Elgon Nurseries, Kitale, Kenya Colony. A tender erect evergreen shrub 3 to 5 feet 

 high, with 4-lobed, oblong, dull-green leaves 2 to 6 inches long, and small bicolored. 



