athena 
90714 and 90860. MELALEUCA HYPERICIFOLIA.* Dotted melaleuca. From New South Wales, 
Australia. Presented by the Director, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A tall glabrous 
shrub with opposite lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 inches long, dotted beneath. The rich— 
red flowers are borne in dense spikes 2 inches long and nearly as wide. It is native 
to Australia. For trial in southern California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
75566. MELALEUCA PUBESCENS. From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presented by the 
Melbourne Botanic Gardens, through Miss Anne Macllvaine, Trenton, N. J. A tall shrub 
or small tree native to Australia. The small, linear leaves, half an inch long, are 
crowded on the pubescent branches and the small white flowers are borne in loose, 
cylindrical spikes. For trial in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, 
Cala t....) 
90716. MELALEUCA PUBESCENS. From New South Wales, Australia. Presented by the 
Director, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Same description as preceding. (Chico, Calif.) 
67082. MELALEUCA RADULA. From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by Edwin Ashby. 
A tall bushy shrub, with opposite linear concave leaves up to 2 inches long, and rather 
large, pink or white flowers in pairs at the bases of the branchlets. Native to 
Western Australia. For trial in southern California and the warmest parts of the 
Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
75567. MELALEUCA STYPELIOIDES. From Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Melbourne 
Botanic Gardens through Miss Anne MacIlvaine. A tall Australian tree, sometimes 80 
feet high, with thick spongy bark. The leaves are very small and the small, creamy 
white flowers are in dense spikes about 2 inches long. For-trial in southern Cali- 
fornia and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
64491, MELALEUCA VIOLACEA. From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by W. L. 
Wheeler, through Edwin Ashby. A handsome shrub. native to Western Austrailia, low 
and spreading in habit, with rigid, small, oval leaves and terminal heads or small 
clusters of purple-red flowers. For trial in southern California and the Guif region. 
(Chico, Calif.) 
$7086. MELALEUCA WEBSTERI. From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by Edwin 
Ashby. An Australian shrub with opposite, narrowly oblong thick leaves about one- 
third of an inch long, and roundish heads of small white flowers. For trial in Cali- 
fornia and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
95078. MORAEA BICOLOR. Iridaceae. From National Botanic Gardens; Kirstenbosch, 
Newlands, C. P., Africa. A perennial with a short, creeping rhizome, fan-shaped, 
basal rosettes of lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 feet long, and flower stems as tall as 
the leaves. The yellow flowers are 2 inches across and have brown spots on the outer 
segments. Native to southern Africa. For trial in southern California and the Guif 
region. (Bell, Md.) 
64192. MYOPORUM INSULARE. From Morocco, Africa. Collected by David Fairchild, 
agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. The principal hedge plant and wind- 
break of the Moroccan coast. It stands clipping well, grows easily from cuttings, 
