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79137. MELALEUCA ELLIPTICA. Myrtaceae. From San Francisco, California. Seeds 
présented by John McLaren, Superintendent of the Golden Gate Park. A tall evergreen 
shrub, native to western Australia, with elliptical evergreen ieaves half an inch 
long, and cylindrical spikes of large showy red flowers. For trial in California 
and the Gulf States. (Chico, Calif.) 
67086. MELALEUCA WEBSTERI. From Blackwood, South Australia. Presented by Edwin 
Ashby. A shrub with opposite, narrowly oblong, thick leaves about one-third of an 
inch long, and roundish heads of small white flowers. For trial in the Gulf States 
and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
75967, MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES. Myrtaceae. From Melbourne, Australia. Presented 
by Melbourne Botanic Gardens through Miss Anne McIlvaine. A tall Australian tree, 
semetimes 80 feet high, with thick spongy bark. The leaves are very small and the 
small creamy white flowers are in dense spikes about 2 inches long. For trial in 
the Gulf States and California. (Chico, Calif.) 
77192. MELICOPE TERNATA. Rutaceac. From Wanganui, New Zealand. Presented by the 
Town Clerk. A small, much-branched New Zealand tree up to 20 feet high, with op-— 
posite compound leaves having three oblong leaflets 4 inches long, small panicles of 
greenish flowers and small wrinkled fruits which open and display shining black seeds. 
Very tender. For trial in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 
77605. MELICOPE TERNATA. Rutaceae. From New Plymouth, New Zealand. Obtained from 
Duncan and Davies. Same as the preceding STN. UTES2) > (Chico; Cals ies) 
77606. METROSIDEROS VILLOSA. frontree. From New Plymouth, New Zealand. Seeds 
obtained from Duncan and Davies. A freely branching tree, native to New Zealand, 
up to 60 feet high and 4 feet in diameter, with coriaceous broadly ovate gray—green 
leaves, 2 inches long, white tomentose beneath, and terminal cymes of scarlet flowers 
conspicuous for their long scarlet stamens as in the cther bottlebrushes. For trial 
in southern California and southern Florida. (Chico, Calif.) 
30330. MORUS NIGRA. Black Mulberry. From Khotan, Sinkiang, China. Collected by 
Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer The berries are large, dark violet—black, 
nd have a fresh, sub—acid taste. They ripen from early August until the end ef 
eptember. Recommended as a home fruit, more especially in desert regions under 
rrigation. (Chico, Calif.) 
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80414. MYOPORUM ACUMINATUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM. Myoporec 
presented by W. J. Spafford, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture, Adel- 
aide. An erect glabrous shrub with alternate nearly linear leaves 1 to 3 inches 
long, axillary clusters of 2 to 4 small campanulate white flowers, followed by slight— 
ly succulent fruits about 1/2 inch in diameter. It is native to Queensland, Australia, 
eae. From South Australia. Seeds 
but these seeds were obtained from a snecimen about 14 feet high, growing in Roches— 
ter. For trial in California and the Guif region. (Chico, Calif.) 
80415. MYCPORUM ACUMINATUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM. Same as the preceding (No. 80414), ex— 
cept that the seeds were collected from a shrub 9 feet high with fruits i-inch in 
diameter, growing in Pekina. (Chico, Calif.) 
