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65021. LONICERA IMPLEXA. Honeysuckle. From the Mediterranean region. Collected 
by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A much-branched shrubby evergreen honey— 
suckle with perfoliate oval or narrowly oblong leaves and pink fruits in the leaf 
axils. For trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
44394. LONICERA NITIDA. Honeysuckle. From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by 
Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House, through &. Beckett. An evergreen shrub native to 
western China, up to 6 feet high, with upright branches, broadly oval or oblong glossy 
leaves, fragrant whitish flowers one-third of an inch long, and purple fruits. For 
trial south of Washington, D. C. (Bell, Md.) 
76584. LONICERA PILEATA YUNNANENSIS. Honeysuckle. From southwestern China. Pre- 
sented by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens, Elstree, Herts, England. A prostrate 
half-evergreen shrub with small privet-like foliage, inconspicuous yellow flowers, 
and clusters of dainty but not conspicuous dark violet berries. (Bell, Md.) 
78147. LONICERA PILEATA YUNNANENSIS. Honeysuckle. From southwestern China. Ob- 
tained from V. Lemoine and Son, Nancy, France. Same as the preceding (No. 76584.). 
(Bell, Md.) 
81540. LONICERA sp. Honeysuckle. From Karinzawa, Japan. Collected by Dorsett & 
Morse. A bush bearing an abundance of bright red fruits. It should have value as 
an ornamental in California and the southern States. (Chico, Calif.) 
66774, LOPEZIA HIRSUTA. Onagraceas. From Rabat, Morocco. Presented by A. Pochon, 
Director, Jardin d'Essais de Rabat. An ornamental subtropical climbing plant with 
small pink flowers which make it a peculiarly delicate plant for walls and rockwork. 
Native to Mexico. For trial in Florida 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.) 
76903. LUCULIA GRATISSIMA. Rubiaceae. From Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Presented by 
the forest manager of Sikkim. A Himalayan shrub up to 15 feet high, growing at 
altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet, with opposite ovate leaves 6 inches long and gor- 
geous rounded panicles of pink or rose~colored flowers. For trial in southern Cali- 
fornia and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 
77835. MAACKIA AMURENSIS. Fabaceae. From Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Seeds 
collected at the Arnold Arboretum by Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. A 
small tree, native to eastern Asia, with orange-brown bark, dull green compound 
leaves, and short erect clusters of small yellowish white flowers. For trial es-— 
pecially in the north. (Bell, Md.) 
81174. MELALEUCA ACUMINATA. Myrtaceae. From Ventimiglia, Italy. Seeds presented 
by S. W. McLeod Braggins, Superintendent, La Mortola. 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.) 
