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Agati grandiflora (Fabaceae), 54468. Prom Honolulu, 
Hawaii. Seeds presented by Dr. H.L. Lyon, in charge, 
Department of Botany and Forestry , Experiment Station, 
Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. "If given plenty 
of room this plant grows into a tree some 30 feet tall 
with a trunk diameter of 6 to 8 inches. Seedlings of 
this tree develop numerous large nodules on their roots 
at a very early stage in their growth and we have used 
the species as a green soiling crop, the seeds being 
planted thickly and the plants turned under when they 
are 4 to 6 feet tall." (Lyon.) 
Bueklandia populnea (Hamamelidaceae) , 54692 . From 
Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Pros- 
chowsky. One of the most beautiful of the forest trees 
of the Sikkim Himalaya, at altitudes of 4,000 to 6,000 
feet. The glossy green, leathery leaves are red-veined 
and red-petioled . The young leaves are more or less 
deep blood-red, unspotted beneath, but shot with green 
above. The remarkable , long, red stipules resemble those 
of the tulip tree {Liriodendron tulipifera) . (Adapted from 
Curtis 's Botanical Magazine, pi. 6507.) 
Bupleurum fruticosum (Apiaceae), 54693. From Nice, 
France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschow- 
sky. "An evergreen, quite hardy shrub." (Proschowsky . ) 
This ornamental European shrub is interesting 
because of its densely leafy branches and continuous 
bloom. The persistent leathery leaves resemble those 
of some of the shrubby Hypericums in appearance and 
arrangement. The ends of the branches are tipped with 
broad umbels of yellow flowers that are in bloom more 
or less continuously from late April to September. In 
southern Europe , Syria, and northern Africa, this plant 
is found growing wild in sterile soil on dry hills . 
(Adapted from Bonnier , Flore Complete de France, Suisse , 
et Belgique, vol. 4, p. 13.) 
Davidsonia pruriens (Cunonlaceae) , 54785. From Bris- 
bane, Queensland. Seeds presented by Mr. C. T. White, 
Government Botanist. A small (30 to 40 feet) erect 
tree of graceful habit with long drooping pinnate 
leaves and pendulous clusters of reddish flowers. The 
oval fruit, about the size of a goose egg, is covered 
with short stiff hairs. Rubbing with a rough cloth 
quickly and easily removes these and exposes the smooth, 
plumlike, purple skin. The soft fleshy pulp is rich 
purple and has a sharply acid flavor; it contains a 
