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75065. CUDRANIA sp. From southeastern China. Collected by F. A. McClure, Agri- 
cultural Explorer. A thorny ornamental shrub, about 3 feet high, which bears clus— 
J ters of small golden yellow fruits. For trial in the Gulf States and California. | 
hi (Bell, Md.) ay 
.) 67351. CYNOGLOSSUM AMABILE. From Cambridge, England. Presented by the Director, 
Cambridge Botanic Gardens. A hardy Chinese biennial which produces a large quantity | 
of small bright-blue flowers; suitable for mass effect. Probably hardy except in 
7 the extreme North. (Chico, Calif.) 

69584. CYTISUS PALMENSIS. Fabaceae. Tagasaste. From Santa Cruz, Palma, Canary 
Islands. Purchased by David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A stout leguminous 
shrub, up to 12 feet high, of rather lax habit, with long, slender branches, and’ 
green trifoliate leaves with silky pubescent lower surfaces. The white flowers are 
in axillary clusters among the branches. It is native to the Canary Islands, where 
it is considered an excellent drought-resistant forage plant. For trial in the Gulf 
States and California. (Chico, Calif.) | 
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69011. CYTISUS STENOPETALUS. Broom. From the Canary Islands. Collected by David 
Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer. A handsome shrub or small tree, 20 feet or less 
in height, with silky—hairy foliage, and elongated racemes of bright~yellow flowers. 
In the Canary Islands this shrub is used for feeding goats. For trial in the south-— 
ern United States. (Chico, Calif.) 

‘ 66461. DEUTZIA LONGIFOLIA VEITCHII. From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by William 
Wright Smith, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden. A shrubby plant about 3 feet 
high, with roughly hairy leaves 3 inches or more in length, and bright-pink flowers 
‘oy an inch across, borne in terminal corymbs. Native to western China, and considered 
one of the handsomest of the deutzias, although scarcely hardy north of Washington,” — 
Deec. () (Beli Ma)-,) 
71145. DEUTZIA PARVIFLORA. From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, Agricul- 
tural Explorer. <A hardy ornamental shrub about 6 feet high, with corymbs of white 
flowers. Probably hardy throughout the United States. (Bell, Md.) 
64762.  ELAEAGNUS PHILIPPENSIS. From the Philippine Islands. Presented by P. J. | 
Wester-— LINGARO. An attractive climbing wild shrub. with small, pointed leaves, 
Silvery beneath, and smooth, pink, oblong, edible fruits about an inch long. These 
fruits have subacid or sour flesh of good flavor, and make excellent jelly. For 
trial in southern California and Florida. (Bell, Md.) } 
68143. ELICHRYSUM STOECHAS. From Brignoles, France. Presented by R. Salgues, Sta- 
») tion Botanique de Brignoles. A handsome evergreen shrub about 2 feet high, with 
yellow flowers. Native to the Mediterranean region. For trial in the southern 
} United States and California. (Bell, Md.) 
if 72436. ERYTHRINA FUSCA. Fabaceae. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. W. 
Docters van Leeuwen, Director, Botanic Garden. A tropical shrub 8 feet high, with 
prickly bark, narrow leaflets, and brown-red flowers in terminal racemes. For trial 
in Florida and southern California. (Champan Field, Fla.) 
