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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98450 to 98481— Continued. 



98476. Rhododendron smirnowii Trautv. 



Smirnow rhododendron. 



A shrub or small tree about 20 feet high, with 

 dark-green leaves, gray-hairy beneath, and com- 

 pact heads of rose-red flowers each about 3 inches 

 across. Native to the Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see 79042. 



98477. Rhododendron telmateium Balf. and 

 Smith. 



A low shrubby plant up to 3 feet high, with 

 oblong or narrowly lanceolate leaves about one- 

 half inch long and solitary rose-purple flowers 

 one-half inch long. Native to Yunnan, China. 



For previous introduction see 94130. 



98478. Rhododendron ungernii Trautv. 



A shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, with 

 white-tomentose branchlets, native to the Cau- 

 casus region. The thick leathery oblong-lanceo- 

 late leaves are 4 to 8 inches long, glabrous and 

 dark green above and covered beneath with gray 

 to fawn dense woolly tomentum and scattered 

 long-stalked glands. The funnel-campanulate, 

 pale-rose flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, are borne in 

 20- to 30-flowered lax racemes. 



98479. Rhododendron weyrichii Maxim. 



A deciduous shrub up to 15 feet high, native to 

 Japan and China. The broadly ovate to rhombic 

 leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, are in clusters of 2 to 3 

 at the tips of the branchlets and turn vinous- 

 purple in autumn. The rotate-funnelform red 

 flowers, 1 to 3 inches across, appear before or with 

 the leaves. 



98480. Rhododendron yungningense Balf. f. 



A low shrub 1 to 2 feet high with short densely 

 scaly branchlets, native to Szechwan, China. 

 The oblong-lanceolate leaves, one-third inch long, 

 are densely covered with rust-brown scales, and 

 the openly funnel-shaped deep-purple flowers are 

 one-third inch long. 



98481. Rhododendron yunnanense Franch. 



Yunnan rhododendron. 



A low shrub, 6 feet or less high, with narrowly 

 elliptic somewhat hairy leaves and few-flowered 

 clusters of broadly funnel-shaped flowers, white 

 with the upper lobes spotted blood red. Native 

 to Yunnan, China. 



98482. Rhodendron Catjcasicon Pall. 

 Ericaceae. Caucasian rhododendron. 



From England. Plants purchased from Robert 

 Veitch & Son, Ltd., Royal Nurseries, Exeter. 

 Received April 15, 1932. 



Cunningham's sulphur. 



98483 to 98503. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From the West Indies, British Guiana, and Suri- 

 nam. Seeds collected by David Fairchild and 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received April 18, 1932. 



98483. Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart. 



Macauba palm. 



No. 2961. From St. Vincent, Windward 

 Islands, February 4, 1932. A beautiful palm 

 40 feet high, with a very spiny trunk, particularly 

 when young, as its finely pinnate leaves are 

 graceful and drooping. The large bunches of 

 fruits are green with brown scurfy hairs at the 

 basal portion. 



For previous introduction 



93399. 



Archontophoenix alexandrae 

 Muell.) Wendl. and Drude. 



(F. 



No. 2983. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana. A pinnate-leaved palm, 



98483 to 98503— Continued. 



70 to 80 feet high, with leaves several feet long of 

 lanceolate usually entire leaflets, 1 to 2 feet long, 

 and whitish beneath. The green-yellow flowers 

 are borne in a cluster about 1 foot long and are 

 followed by small round fruits. It is native to 

 Queensland, Australia. 



For previous introduction see 97805. 



98485. Areca triandra Roxb. 



No. 2954. From the Botanic Station, Scar- 

 borough, Tobago. A graceful spineless palm 

 ultimately about 25 feet high, usually with several 

 trunks which bear crowns of pinnate leaves 4 to 6 

 feet in length. The fruits, about the size of an 

 olive, are orange-scarlet. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see 97807. 



98486. Areca sp. 



No. 3727. Collected March 10, 1932, on the 

 island of Martinique. 



98487. BorassusflabelliferL. Palmyra palm. 



No. 2979. From the Botanic Gardens, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 25, 1932. A 

 handsome though slow-growing palm found on 

 the dry coastal regions of Ceylon where it appears 

 able to withstand any amount of lime and is said 

 to have been used successfully as a sand binder. 

 In the number of ways in which this palm is used 

 in Ceylon, it rivals the coconut. 



For previous introduction see 93318. 



98488. Coccothrinax martii (Griseb. and 

 Wendl.) Beccari. 



No. 3889. From the United States Naval Sta- 

 tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 25, 1932. 

 A slender fan palm 25 feet high growing in cal- 

 careous and hard red clay soil where the rainfall 

 is 16 inches annually. It resembles the silver 

 palm, but has a bottlelike base. 



98489. Coccothrinax sp. 



No. 3873. From a tree in the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Tortola, British Virgin 

 Islands, March 19, 1932. A rather slender fan 

 palm with tips of the pinnae drooping and the 

 basal pinnae twisted in a position of a spiral, 

 making some of the pinnae cross over the petiole 

 of the leaf in a very characteristic manner. The 

 shining black fruits are large for the genus. 



98490. Rhyticocos amara (Jacq.) Beccari 

 (Cocos amara Jacq.). 



No. 3728. From Martinique. A tall slender 

 perfectly straight feather palm 50 feet high, with 

 leaves 15 feet long. The golden-yellow fruits, 

 2 inches long by \\$ inches wide, are covered with 

 a pulp filled with long fibers. This pulp ferments 

 easily and develops butyric acid. The seed is 

 large and of the characteristic coconut shape. 



For previous introduction see 97282. 



98491. Copernicia cerifera Mart. 



Carnauba palm. 



No. 2977. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana. The wax palm of Brazil, 

 which has fan-shaped leaves and grows to . a 

 height of 25 feet. From the leaves is obtained 

 carnauba wax which is used in making phono- 

 graph records. 



For previous introduction see 97811. 



98492. Elaeis melanococca Gaertn. 



No. 3683. Collected near the Station Onver- 

 wacht, Surinam, March 3, 1932. A wide-spread- 

 ing low wild palm which grows in damp situations. 

 It is closely related to the African oil palm {Elaeis 

 guineensis). A clear oil is extracted from the 

 kernels in small quantities by the natives, who 

 prize it highly for cooking. 



For previous introduction see 97911. 





