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77619. EPHEDRA DISTACHYA. Common Jointfir. From Peshawar, Northwest Frontier 
Province, India. Seeds presented by A. M. Mustafa, Agricultural Officer, through 
Renwick S. McNiece, American Consul, Karachi, India. A low-growing, rigid tufted 
shrub, with erect green leafless branches and small red fruits. Native to Europe and 
Asia. (Bell, Md.) 
75324. ERLANGEA CORDIFOLIA. Asteraceae. From British East Africa. Collected by 
L. W. Kephart and R. L. Piemeisel, Agricultural Explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 
A tropical herbaceous plant with an abundance of small deep-purple, tubular—shaped 
flowers in heads. The stems are purple at the base and light green at the top 
finely pubescent. The alternate leaves have a soft white pubescence beneath. (Chico, 
Calif.) 
78338. ESCALLONIA GLUTINOSA. Escalloniaceae. From Chiddingfold, Surrey, England. 
Plants obtained from V. N. Gauntlett & Co. A white-flowered variety of an evergreen 
shrub, native to Chile, with small sessile, thick cuneate-lanceolate leaves about 
7 inches long. For trial in the extreme south and California. (Bell, Md.) 
78348. ESCALLONIA sp. From Chiddingfold, Surrey, England. Plants obtained from 
V. N. Gauntlett & Co. Variety Donardensis. A shrub of erect growth, 5 to 6 feet 
high, bearing, between July and September, flowers of a pale blush color. For trial 
in the lower south and in California. (Bell, Md.) 
8349. ESCALLONIA sp. From Chiddingfold, Surrey, England. Obtained from V. N. 
Gauntlett & Co. Variety Edinburgh. A beautiful shrub resembling Escallonia lang- 
leyensis in habit of growth. The rose-pink flowers are borne abundantly during 
July and August. For trial in the southern states and California. (Bell, Md.) 
78350. ESCALLONIA sp. From-Chiddingfold, Surrey, England. Plants obtained from 
V. N. Gauntlett & Co. Variety Edinensis. A hybrid between variety philippiana 
{(Escallonia virgata) and Escallonia punctata. The small brilliant rose-pink flowers, 
covering the branches, are borne abundantly between July and September. For trial 
in the southern states and California. (Bell, Md.) 


78351. ESCALLONIA sp. From Chiddingfold, Surrey, England. Plants obtained from 
V. N. Gauntlett & Co. Variety Microphylla. A dense twiggy bush, 2 to 3 feet high. 
of dwarf habit, with small evergreen or semi-evergreen leaves and terminal panicles 
of bright red flowers between July and September. For trial in the south and on the 
Pacific Coast. (Bell, Md.) 
80067. EUCALYPTUS SIDEROPHLOIA. Broadleaf Ironbark. From South Yarra, Melbourne, 
Victoria, Australia. Presented by the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. An evergreen trec 
of Queensland and New South Wales, growing to 100 feet and having thick lanceolate- 
falcate leaves, 3 to 6 inches long. Terminal corymbose panicles of small white 
flowers are followed by small ovoid fruits. The heavy durable wood is said to be 
used for tool handles, posts, railway ties and construction work. The tree grows in 
parts of the ccast region of California but does not stand the heat of the interior 
valleys. It is injured by cold at 20 degrees F. For trial in California and Florida. 
(Chico, Calif.) 
