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32924. CAJUPUTI CUTICULARIS. From Alwyn Berger, La 

 Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy. Tall shrub or small tree with tortuous, 

 somewhat rigid branches; the bark deciduous in paperlike layers; 

 opposite thick leaves one-fourth to one-half inch long. Male flowers 

 usually in terminal heads; the perfect flowers occasionally in dense 

 oblong or cylindrical spikes, yellow. Native of Dutch East Indies. 

 Formerly known as Melaleuca cuticularis. 



42829. CALPURNEA AUREA. Presented by the director, 

 Department of Colonization, Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Tall, orna- 

 mental shrub, related to Sophora, which it resembles somewhat in 

 its foliage and the arrangement of the inflorescences. The bright- 

 yellow pea-shaped flowers are, however, much showier than the 

 nearly white blooms of Sophora. Blossoms in winter. Native of 

 subtropical Africa. 



CARAGANA ARBORESCENS. Siberian pea tree. Hardy 

 ornamental shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, with pale or bright 

 yellow flowers three-fourths inch long. Extensively grown in Russia; 

 trimmed low for ornamental hedges. Very drought resistant; used 

 by the Russian Government as a nurse tree in dry, young timber 

 tracts. For testing as an ornamental and as a windbreak in cold 

 regions. 



40157. CARAGANA AURANTIACA. From the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, England. Deciduous shrub 4 feet high, with grace- 

 ful, ultimately pendulous, leafy branches, armed with triple spines 

 one-fourth of an inch long. Leaves nearly sessile, composed of four 

 narrow leaflets, one-third to one-half of an inch long. Orange-yellow 

 flowers three-fourths of an inch long, produced in great profusion 

 from the underside of the branches. Easily propagated by late sum- 

 mer cuttings. 



22981. CARAGANA sp. Fei chong. From Soochow, Kiangsu, 

 China. Collected by F. N. Meyer. A low-growing leguminous shrub, 

 far from being common. In China it is cultivated in pots as an 

 ornamental plant, bearing bronze-yellow flowers. It will probably 

 not prove hardy in the North. 



40711. CARAGANA sp. From F. N. Meyer, Taochow, Kansu, 

 China. Spiny shrub of low, dense growth, found in dry loess soil and 

 in pebbly banks at altitudes of 9,500 feet and over. Used in China as 

 a hedge plant. Able to withstand low temperatures and great 

 drought; of value as a hedge plant for the dry, colder sections of the 

 United States. 



