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98524 to 98536 — Continued. 



98527. Agropyron gmelini (Griseb.) Scribn. 

 and Smith. 



No. 9053. From the Saratov Institute for the 

 Study of Drought. 



ORIENTALE LASIANTHUM 



98528. Agropyron 



Boiss. 



No. 9026. From the Saratov Institute for the 

 Study of Drought. An annual grass thickly 

 branched at the base, with numerous mostly 

 prostrate stems scarcely 8 inches high. Native to 

 Asia Minor and northern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 98201. 



98529 to 98531. Agropyron REPENS (L.) Beauv. 



For previous introduction see 94258. 



98529. No. 9014. From the Experiment Station, 

 Omsk, Siberia. 



98530 and 98531. From the Saratov Institute 

 for the Study of Drought. 



98530. No. 9055. 98531. No. 9035. 



98532 to 98534. Agropyron sibircum (Willd.) 

 Beauv. 



98532. No. 9009. From the Experiment Station, 

 Omsk, Siberia. 



98533. No. 9033. From the Saratov Institute 

 for the Study of Drought. 



98534. No. 

 binsk. 



5305. From Kasakstan, Aktyu- 



98535. Agropyron tenerum Vasey. 



No. 7786. From the Experiment Station, 

 Omsk, Siberia. 



98536. Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) Beauv. 



No. 7951. From the Saratov Institute for the 

 Study of Drought. 



98537 to 98544. Zea mays L. Po- 

 aceae. Corn. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Dr. H. 

 Wenholz, director of plant breeding, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Sydney, New South Wales. 

 Received February 18, 1932. 



A collection of corn from the Glen Innes Experi- 

 ment Farm, introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



98541. 43-1-2-2-1. 



98542. G-43-2-3-3-2. 



98543. G-55-5-1-1-2. 



98544. G-44-1-1-2-1. 



98537. 43-1-3-4-1. 



98538. G-43-2-3-4-2. 



98539. G-55-5-1-1-1. 



98540. G-43-1-1-5-1. 



98545 to 98561. 



From the West Indies and British Guiana, 

 collected by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 with the 1931-32 Allison V. Armour expedition. 

 Received April 11, 1932. 



98545. Attalea cohune Mart. Phoenicaceae. 

 Cohune palm. 



No. 2746. From the Botanic Garden on St. 

 Vincent, Windward Islands. A magnificent 

 feather-leaved palm, native to the West Indies 

 and Central America, which reaches a height of 

 40 feet, with leaves about 20 feet long, produced 

 abundantly at the top of the trunk. The yellow- 

 ish flowers are borne very freely, and the ovoid 

 fruit, 2 to 3 inches long, contains a seed or nut 

 which yields an oil of considerable value, as it is 

 of high quality and finds a ready sale for cooking 

 purposes. 



For previous instructions see 97542. 



98545 to 98561— Continued. 



98546. Byrsonima spicata (Cav.) DO. Mal- 

 pighiaceae. 



No. 2912. Serrette. From the Avena Forest 

 Reserve in the northern part of Trinidad, Febru- 

 ary 16, 1932. A large tree with a girth of 10 feet, 

 found in poor sandy soil. The narrow leaves are 

 shiny green above the rusty brown beneath, and 

 the yellow flowers, followed by acid edible fruits 

 of the same color, make the tree a showy orna- 

 mental. The tough light wood is useful for gen- 

 eral construction, and the bark is a source of tannin. 



For previous introduction see 62006. 



98547. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 



No. 2915. From Roseau, Dominica, Leeward 

 Islands, January 29, 1932. A very sweet, firm- 

 fleshed, large, long-fruited papaya grown from 

 seed brought from Sao Paulo, Brazil, by Mrs. 

 Green of Dominica. Introduced for comparison 

 with varieties now growing in the United States. 



98548. Caryocar tuberculosum (Aubl.) Baill. 

 Caryocaraceae. 



No. 2999. Souari. Presented February 29, 1932, 

 by Mr. Collins, secretary of the British Guiana 

 Producers' Association, Georgetown. A tree na- 

 tive to tropical America, up to 100 feet high, with 

 digitately 3- to 5-foliolate leathery leaves and large 

 white flowers in terminal racemes, followed by 

 large drupaceous fruits having a hard stone and 

 an edible seed, one of the very largest and finest 

 of the tropical world. It is nearly 3 inches long, 

 over 1 inch wide, and almost 1 inch thick. The 

 flavor is delicate, reminding one of the Brazil nut, 

 but it is not so oily. 



98549. Colvillea racemosa Boj. Caesalpinia- 



No. 2907. From the Botanic Garden, Trinidad, 

 February 15, 1932. A tree said to become from 

 40 to 50 feet high. The pinnate leaves are 3 feet 

 long, and the brilliant orange-scarlet curiously 

 shaped flowers with 10 protruding stamens are 

 borne in drooping racemes more than a foot long. 

 The tree was discovered in Madagascar in 1824 

 and named for the Governor of Mauritius, Sir 

 Charles Colville. In all probability it will stand 

 no more frost than the poinciana. Like other 

 leguminous trees, it is readily propagated from 

 seeds. 



For previous introduction see 79538. 



98550. Couroupita guianensis Aubl. Lecythi- 



No. 2904. From Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Feb- 

 ruary 13, 1932. The famous Cannon-ball tree, 

 distinguished by the trunk being covered for 

 many feet with short crooked branches that bear 

 showy flowers of the strangest structure, like a 

 mouse trap, followed by fruits the size and shape 

 of a cannon ball. These fruits are a russet brown 

 and are packed with a pulp full of seeds that, 

 when ripe, has one of the most repellent odors in 

 the vegetable kingdom. The pulp stains any- 

 thing it touches an inky black. 



For previous introduction see 76777. 



98551. Cyrtostachys renda Blume. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



No. 2834. Sealing-wax palm. From Port-of- 

 Spain, Trinidad. A handsome palm with scarlet 

 leaf sheaths. A Sumatran palm of stately habit 

 about 25 feet high, with a slender spineless trunk 

 crowned by a graceful cluster of pinnately divided 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see 97546. 



98552. Eugenia calycolpoides Griseb. Myrta- 

 ceae. 



No. 2854. From the Trinidad Botanic Garden, 

 February 13, 1932. A small tree, native to Trini- 



