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65021. LONICERA IMPLEXA. Honeysuckle. From the Mediterranean region. Collected 

 by David Fairchild, agricultural explorer. A much-branched, shrubby, evergreen 

 honeysuckle v/ith perfoliate, oval or narrowly oblong leaves and pink fruits in the 

 leaf axils. For trial in the Gulf states and California. (Chico, Calif.) 



65022. LOTUS GLAUCUS . From the Mediterranean region. Collected by David Fairchild, 

 agricultural explorer. 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. A tall shrub with gracefully 

 drooping branchlets, narrowly linear leaves less than an inch long, and cylindrical 

 spikes, 2 inches 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.) 



64803. MELALEUCA HOLOSERICEA. From Blackwood, South Australia. Seeds presented 

 by Edwin Ashby, "Wittunga." A bushy shrub from Western Australia, generally 2 to 

 3 feet high, with the leaves and branches covered with white pubescence. The leaves 

 are linear and I— inch long. The pink flov/ers are in dense terminal heads. For trial 

 in the v?armer parts of California and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



90860. MELALEUCA HYPERICIFOLIA. Dotted melaleuca. From New South Wales, Aus- 

 tralia. 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.) 



93840. MELALEUCA HYPERICIFOLIA. Dotted melaleuca. From Perth, Western Australia. 

 Presented by Miss Ida W. Richardson. Same description as preceding. (Chico, Calif.) 



9 0715. MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRON . Cajuput tree. From New South Wales, Australia. 

 Presented by the Director, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. The cajuput tree of India and 

 Australia reaches a height of 80 feet, and can be grovm on the edges of salt water 

 swamps v/here no Eucalyptus will survive. The wood is hard, close-grained and im- 

 perishable underground. The leaves yield as much as 2 per cent of the well known 

 cajuput oil, closely allied to that of Eucalyptus. For trial in southern California 

 and the warmer parts of the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



