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80214 and 97822. TURRAEA OBTUSIFOLIA. Meliaceae. From Los Angeles, Calif. Pre- 

 sented by P. D. Barnhart. An attractive dwarf evergreen shrub 4 to 6 feet high 

 which bears, between October and March, an abundance of white flowers having slender 

 petals about an inch long. Native to southern Africa. For trial in southern Cali- 

 fornia and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



101223. VAGNERA PANICULATA. Convallariaceae . Collected near Irazu Volcano, Costa 

 Rica, by H. E. Stork, Professor of Botany, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. An 

 ephiphytic perennial, native to Central America. The ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate 

 leaves are 5 to 6 inches long, and the snow-white flower panicles are 2 inches long. 

 For trial in the Gulf region. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



101405. VIOLA IRCUTIANA. Violet. From B. W. Skvortzow, Harbin, Manchuria. A 

 perennial violet, native to dry hilly regions on the River Kaja, Siberia. It has 

 oval-cordate leaves and rosy-violet flowers and is similar to Viola variega ta Fischer. 

 but has smaller flowers. For trial in the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



101406. VIOLA SEOULENSIS. Violet. From B. W. Skvortzow, Harbin, Manchuria. A 

 perennial violet with oblong or ovate-oblong, crenate-dentate, long-stemmed leaves 

 an inch long and pale-violet flowers. Native to Chosen. For trial in the northern 

 states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



101063. WARIONIA SAHARAE . Asteraceae . From Morocco. Presented by H. Brayard, 

 Marrakech. A very striking tree composite, native to the Sahara Desert of western 

 Algeria and Morocco, which forms a tree 10 feet or more high and bears great yellow 

 flowers which are almost as large as those of the artichoke. For trial in the 

 milder parts of the southwest and in the Gulf region. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



81806. ZANTHOXYLUM PIPERITUM. Japanese prickly-ash. From Japan. Collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. A 

 shrub or small tree with pubescent branchlets and slender prickles in pairs. The 

 compound leaves are made up of 11 to 19 oblong-ovate leaflets, and the small corymbs 

 of greenish flowers are followed by red fruits which open and reveal the black seeds. 

 The young leaves are used as a condiment. Native to northern China, Chosen and 

 Japan. For trial in the southern states and California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



77870. ZANTHOXYLUM SCHINIFOLIUM . Rutaceae . From Rochester, N. Y. Collected in 

 Highland Park by Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. A graceful Japanese shrub 

 or small tree with attractive compound leaves and rather conspicuous clusters of 

 greenish or brownish fruits which open and show the black seeds in autumn. For trial 

 in the upper south and the milder parts of the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



