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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98418 to 98444— Continued. 



98424. Dissectum palmatifidum; a tree with 

 bright-green very fine palmately divided 

 leaves. 



98425. Dissectum variegatum; a tree with very fine 

 palmately divided leaves, prettily variegated 

 rose and white. 



. Involutum; a tree with five-lobed serrated 

 leaves, edged with rose in the spring. 



98427. Involutum variegatum; a tree with five- 

 lobed serrated leaves, prettily variegated with 

 white in the center and edged with rose; very 

 pretty in the spring. 



98428 to 98432. Acer japonicum Thunb. 



Fullmoon maple. 



98428. A tree with light-green, many-lobed 

 leaves which change in summer to red tints. 



98429. Aureum; a splendid bright-golden form of 

 the above; the finest golden maple. 



98430. Dissectum; a distinct species with large 

 broad foliage of dark green, marbled with 

 yellow. 



98431. Laciniatum; a beautiful form whose 

 leaves have deeply laciniated lobes which are 

 light green in the spring, changing to reddish 

 in the summer and crimson in autumn. 



98432. Uribanishki. 



98433 to 98444. Acer palmatum Thunb. 



Japanese maple. 



98433. Laciniatum; bright-green, deeply lacini- 

 ated leaves which change to red in autumn. 



98434. Laciniatum atropurpureum; a dark-pur- 

 ple form of the above. 



98435. Linearifolium; a very distinct form with 

 light-green leaves having seven very narrow 

 lobes. 



98436. Linearifolium purpureum; a dark-purple 

 form of the preceding. 



98437. Reticulatum (flavescens) ; a form with 

 pale yellow-green, seven-lobed, deeply serrated 

 leaves with dark-green veins. 



98438. Roseum marginatum; a very distinct and 

 charming variety having light-green leaves 

 with deeply cut lobes, margined with rose. 



98439. Rufescens; a form with pale-green sharply 

 serrated leaves with seven lobes. 



98440. Sanguineum; a striking variety with 

 five-lobed leaves of deep reddish crimson. 



98441. Sanguineum variegatum; a striking vari- 

 ety with five-lobed leaves of deep reddish 

 crimson variegated with bright scarlet, 

 changing to white. 



98442. Septemlobum; a form with seven-lobed, 

 pale-green leaves which change to red in the 

 autumn. 



98443. Seigenii; a pretty variety with bright-red 

 leaves in the spring which change in the 

 summer. 



98444. Variegatum (versicolor) ; a form with vari- 

 egated green leaves spotted and striped, rose 

 and white. 



98445 to 98447. Mangifera indica L. 

 Anacardiaceae. Mango. 



From the West Indies. Scions collected by David 

 Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural ex- 

 plorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 

 1931-32 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 

 April 14, 1932. 



Presented February 17, 1932, by R. O. Williams, 

 director, Trinidad Botanic Garden. 



98445. No. 2898. Graham; a seedling of the Julie 

 mango, originated locally and named after the 



98445 to 98447— Continued. 



originator. When grown in the wet part of the 

 island, the mango is a yellowish green, but 

 when grown in dry parts of the island it de- 

 velops a crimson cheek. The fruit is larger 

 than the Julie, and the tree is a good bearer. 



98446. No. 2899. Pere Louis; a medium-sized, 

 yellow mango of very good flavor and very little 

 fiber. It has no turpentine taste. 



98447. No. 2900. Roseau; a yellow-green mango of 

 good flavor and little fiber, with no turpentine 

 flavor. It is not as good as the Julie and is not a 

 good shipper. 



98448. Citrus aurantium L. Ruta- 

 ceae. Seville orange. 



From the West Indies. Seeds collected on Domi- 

 nica, Windward Islands, and presented through 

 the Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and 

 Diseases. Received April 14, 1932. 

 Dominican sour orange. 



98449. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. Grapefruit. 



From the West Indies. Plants collected by David 

 Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural ex- 

 plorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 

 1931-32 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 

 April 11, 1932. 



No. 2865. Presented February 16, 1932, by R. O . 

 Williams, director, Trinidad Botanic Gardens. A 

 wild grapefruit which is oval in shape and quite 

 distinct from the common grapefruit of Florida. 



98450 to 98481. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



From England. Plants purchased from Harry 

 White, Sunningdale Nursery, Windlesham, Sur- 

 rey. Received April 15, 1932. 



98450 to 98456. RHODODENDRON AZALEODENDRON 



Vilm. and Bois. 



A collection of rhododendron-azalea hybrids. 



98450. Govenianum. 



98451. Odoratum. 



98452. Jackie. 



98453. Katie. 



98454. Nellie. 



98455. Smithii aureum. 



98456. Torlonianum. 



98457. RHODODENDRON AMBIGUUM Hemsl. 



A low Chinese evergreen shrub with lanceolate 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches long and flowers which are pale 

 yellow spotted with greenish yellow and 2 inches 



For previous introduction see 86758. 



98458. Rhododendron calostrotum Balf. and 

 Ward. 



A low shrub a foot high, native to northeastern 

 Burma between 11,000 and 12,000 feet altitude. 

 The obovate leaves 1 inch long are densely cov- 

 ered above with greenish scales, and the lower 

 surface is pale red with numerous flaky scales. 

 The widely funnel-shaped flowers, 1 inch long, 

 are bright red purple and are borne in pairs at the 

 ends of the branchlets. 



For previous introduction see 97384. 



98459. Rhododendron cantabile Balf. f. 



A shrub up to 3 feet high with small oval-elliptic 

 leaves densely dotted brown beneath. The small 

 flowers are a deep purplish blue. 



For previous introduction see 59564. 





