37921. HYPTIS LONGIPES. 



From Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel and 

 Popenoe, Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. 

 Trailing plant forming close mat of 

 stems on the sand. May be used in 

 southwest as sand binder. Flowers 

 borne in heads 1 inch in diameter and 

 6 inches above the ground are bright 

 purple in color and present a very 

 ornamental appearance. 



39688. ILEX I NTRICATA. 



From Royal Botanical Gardens, Cal- 

 cutta, India. A low, straggling shrub 

 from Sikkim and Nepal, at altitudes 

 up to 11,000 feet. Woody and rigid, 

 forming matted masses. Flowers very 

 small, followed by sessile globose 

 fruits, red in color. 



36760. I NCAR VI LLEA SI- 

 NE NS I S« From Fangshan, Chili, 

 China, through Frank N, Meyer. A 

 low, tender, ornamental perennial, 

 belonging to the bignonia family, with 

 long spikes of pretty, carmine-rose 

 colored flowers. These probably will 

 require more winter protection than 

 that generally given herbaceous per- 

 ennials. Test as dooryard and gar- 

 den shrub through the south. 



