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73067. JASMINUM DICHOTOMUM. Jasmine. From Gold Coast, Africa. Collected by Allison 
V. Armour Expedition. A shrubby tropical vine with large leathery green leaves and 
many—flowered corymbs on which are produced in succession large 6 to 8—petaled flow-— 
ers of delightful fragrance. As the species is tender it probably will be useful only 
in localities with nearly frostless winters. For trial in southern California ana 
the Gulf region. (Bell, Md.) 
78083. JASMINUM STEPHANENSE. Jasmine. From Orleans, France. Procured from BE. 
Turbat and Son. A fragrant, hybrid jasmine resembling in general habit the familiar 
white Jasminum officinale but with pink-—tinted buds and flowers suggestive of its 
other parent, J. beesianum. Hardy from Philadelphia south. (Bell, Md.) 
91256. LESPEDEZA DAURICA. Bushclover. From Japan. Obtained from Chugai Shokubutsu 
Yen, Kawabegun, near Kobe. A tall plant with white pea-like flowers. For trial jin 
all except the warmest and coldest parts of the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
76984. LONICERA PILEATA YUNNANENSIS.. Honeysuckle. Native to southwestern China. 
Presented by the late Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, Herts, 
England. A prostrate, half-evergreen shrub with small, privet-like foliage, incon- 
spicuous, yellow flowers, and clusters of dainty but not conspicuous dark—violet 
berries. For trial in the middle and upper south. (Bell, Md.) 
78147, LONICERA PILEATA YUNNANENSIS. Honeysuckle. Native to. southwestern China. 
Obtained from V. Lemoine and Son, Nancy, France. Same as the preceding (No. 76584). 
(Bell, Md.) 
65022. LOTUS GLAUCUS. From the Mediterranean region. Collected by David Fairchild, 
agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tender herbaceous, deep-rooted 
perennial, about a foot high, with glaucous-green foliage; closely related to the 
clovers. It is native to dry, rocky hillsides in the Canary Islands and Madeira. 
For trial as a cover plant in the southwest. (Chico, Calif.) 
81174. MELALEUCA ACUMINATA. Myrtaceae. From Ventimiglia, Italy. Presented by 
La Mortola Garden. A glabrous, bushy shrub with slender branches, mostly opposite, 
lanceolate leaves a quarter of an inch long; and lateral clusters of small whitish 
flowers. Native to Australia. For trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
90712. MELALEUCA ARMILLARIS.* Drooping melaleuca. From New South Wales, Australia. 
Presented by the Director, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A tall shrub with gracefully 
drooping branchlets, narrowly linear leaves less than an inch long, and cylindrical 
spikes, 2 inchesS long, of small white flowers. Native to Australia. For trial in 
southern California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 
90713 and 90859. MELALEUCA ELLIPTICA. From New South Wales, Australia. Presented 
by the Director, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A tall evergreen shrub, native to Western 
Australia, with elliptical evergreen leaves half an inch long, and cylindrical spikes 
of large showy red flowers. For trial in California and the Gulf region. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
