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Aerotriehe depressa (Epacridaceae ) , 48800-01. From 
Blackwood, South Australia . Seeds presented byMr. Edwin 
Ashby. "The best known variety of our 'native currant , ' 
which is becoming very scarce since the breaking down 
of its habitat, the mallee or dense brushwood or thick- 
et formed by the eucalypts. The leaf and fruit of this 
variety are smaller than those of the Barossa Range 
form. It grows in the dry country where the rainfall 
is often under 15 inches and the soil usually a red 
sand with superficial limestone rock (travertine). 
The better sort are found in the Barossa Ranges where 
they grow in decomposed quartzite, with a good deal of 
humus, on rocky hillsides' often lightly shaded by gum 
trees; the rainfall here is at least 25 inches. The 
bushes are about 2'feet high. The fruit is very juicy, 
and is astringent until cooked. I have a dozen plants 
in my wild plant garden and in the cultivated part as 
well; the latter are doing best,- they are too young 
to fruit but will do so next year. The one bush which 
is in bearing carries several pints of fruit in masses 
low down on the main stems, so that they can be gath- 
ered in handfuls. The seed germinates very slowly, and 
will probably be more successful if treated with boil- 
ing water. I had one large bush which died in the 
drought of 1914; I burnt the dead bush, and young plants 
made their appearance only last spring; it is likely, 
therefore, that seeds will germinate after several 
years in the ground." (Ashby.) 
Aiistolochia fimbriate (Aristolochiaceae ) , 48657. 
From Montevideo , Uruguay . Seeds presented by Sr. Luis 
Gulllot , Direccion General de Paseos Publicos . "Fringe- 
flowered Aristolochla. " A native of Buenos Aires, 
with a weak, slender stem, not climbing; the. leaves 
are cordate-renlf orm and very obtuse. The tube of the 
perianth is green, and yellow veined, much curved, 
like a hunting horn, swollen at the base, expanding 
above into a large , one-sided limb, greenish brown out- 
side and deep purple-brown inside; the margin is beset 
with long, succulent, gland-tipped hairs. The very 
singular structure and color of the long-fringed flow- 
ers , render this species particularly worthy of culti- 
vation in the greenhouse. In a favorable situation, 
it may be found able to endure the open air of our cli- 
mate [England]. (Adapted from Curtis 's Botanical Maga- 
zine, vol. 66, pi. 3756, as A. ciliata.) 
