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76903. LUCULIA GRATISSIMA. (Rubiaceae.) From Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Presented 

 by the forest manager of Sikkim. A Himalayan shrub up to 15 feet high, growing at 

 altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet, with opposite ovate leaves 6 inches long and many 

 successive gorgeous rounded panicles of pink or rose-colored flowers in v/inter. A 

 valuable plant for indoor culture and house decoration. (Supply very limited.) For 

 trial indoors or in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



116875. MELASTOMA KERENS. (Melastomaceae . ) From Hunan Province, China. Presented 

 by A. N. Steward, University of Nanking. A small tropical prostrate shrub growing on 

 an open grassy slope at an altitude of 620 feet. The leaves are ovate, conspicuously 

 3-veined, about 1-^ to 2 inches long, dark glossy green above, gray-green below, with 

 reddish stems. The pinkish flowers are borne in small terminal corymbs. For trial 

 in the warmest parts of the Gulf region and in southern California and as a possible 

 summer bedding plant farther north. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



81262. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM PRODUCTUM. Figmarigold. (Aizoaceae.) From the Union of 

 South Africa. Presented by the Director of the National Botanic Gardens, Kirsten- 

 bosch, Newlands, near Cape Town. A dwarf succulent with erect stems 1 to 2 inches 

 high, with crowded incurved semicylindrical leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and pale rose- 

 colored flowers in twos and threes on peduncles about an inch long. Native to South 

 Africa. For trial indoors only except in the warmer parts of the Gulf region and 

 the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



78235. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM SP . From Union of South Africa. Obtained from W. & C. 

 Gowie, Grahamstown, through Hugh Evans, Santa Monica, Calif. An erect succulent 

 perennial, branching from the main stem, with thick fleshy glaucous-green leaves 

 about 2 inches long, triangular in cross section. The leaves resemble those of 

 Mesembr yanth emum aureum. For trial indoors only except in the warmer parts of the 

 Gulf region and the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



77606. METROSIDEROS TOMENTOSA . (Myrtaceae.) Irontree. From New Plymouth, New 

 Zealand. Obtained from Duncan and Davies. A freely branching tree, native to New 

 Zealand, up to 60 feet high and 4 feet in diameter, with coriaceous broadly ovate to 

 gray-green leaves, 2 inches long, tomentose beneath, and terminal cymes of flowers 

 conspicuous for their long scarlet stamens as in the other bottlebrushes. For trial 

 in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



114974. 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 iris-like 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.) 



114772. MUSSAENDA DIVARICATA. (Rubiaceae.) From Szechwan Province, China. Re- 

 ceived through the Botanic Garden at Nanking. An erect or climbing evergreen shrub 3 

 feet or more in height, with elliptic-ovate, abruptly acuminate, papery leaves 3 to 

 5 inches long, and lax cymes of yellow flowers. Native to western China. For trial 

 in the South and on the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



118626. MYOSOTIS SP . (Boraginaceae . ) Forget-me-not. From India. Collected above 

 Tarakbal, Kashmir, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, at an altitude of 



