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

 agricultural explorer. A tender, herbaceous, dee -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.) 



S0665. MAACKIA AMURENSIS. Fabaceae. Amur maackia. From Manchuria, China, Col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. A small tree, native to eastern Asia, with c range-brown bark, dull-green, 

 compound leaves, and short, erect clusters of small, yellowish white flowers. For 

 trial especially in the north, (Bell, Md.) 



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 cf 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 melaieuca. 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.) 



79137. MELALEUCA ELLIPTICA. From San Francisco, California. Seeds presented by 

 John McLaren, Superintendent of the Golden Gate Park. A tall evergreen shrub, native 

 to western Australia, with elliptical evergreen leaves half an inch long, and cylin- 

 drical -spikes of large showy red flowers. For trial in California and the Gulf 

 States, (Chico, Calif.) 



75565. MELALEUCA NODOSA. From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presented by the 

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens, through Miss Anne Mcllvaine, Trenton, N. J. A tall, 

 smooth shrub, native to Australia, with rigid, awl-shaped leaves and small heads, 

 half an inch in diameter, of pale-yellow flowers. For trial in southern California 

 and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 



75566. MELALEUCA PUBESCENS. From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presented by the 

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens, through Miss Anne Mcllvaine, Trenton, H. J. A tall shrub 

 or small tret native to Australia. The small, linear leaves, half an inch long, ars 

 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, 

 Calif.) 



75567. MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES. From Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens through Miss Anne Mcllvainv. A tall, Australian tree, sometimes 80 

 feet high, with thick, spongy bark. The leaves are very ;:mall and the small, creamy 

 white flowers are in dense spikes about 2 inches Long. For trial in the Gulf States 

 and California. (Chico, Calif.) 



80414. MYCPORUM ACUMINATUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM. Myoporaceae. From South Australia. Seeds 

 presented by W. J. Spafford, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture, Adel- 



