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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98545 to 98561— Continued. 



dad, with oblong-lanceolate membranous leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long. The small flowers are borne 

 in axillary fascicles and are followed by ovoid 

 scarlet berries one half inch long, said to be edible. 



98553. Japarandiba augusta (L.) Kuntze (Gus- 

 tavia augusta L.). Lecythidaceae. 



No. 2853. Presented February 13, 1932, by R. O. 

 Williams, director, Botanic Garden, Port-of- 

 Spain, Trinidad. A small evergreen tree, native 

 to tropical America, which bears flowers 4 inches 

 across, creamy white tinged with rose inside and 

 externally rose colored. The stamens form a 

 circle in the center of the flowers and are white 

 at the base with rosy filaments and yellow an- 

 thers. 



98554. Heliconia psittacorum L. f. Musaceae. 



No. 2905. Collected February 15, 1932, on the 

 Aripo Savanna, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. A 

 shrub 3 feet high with a small cluster of pretty 

 and curiously shaped flowers at the top of the 

 slender stems, orange yellow with black tips. 



98555. Jacaranda filicifolia (Anders.) Don. 



No. 2901. From the Botanic Garden, Trinidad, 

 February 12, 1932. A tree with blue-purple 

 flowers and fernlike leaves. 



98556. Manicaria saccifera Gaertn. 



Phoeni- 

 Palm. 



No. 2940. Monkey-cap palm. Collected Febru- 

 ary 18, 1932, near Sangre Grande, Trinidad. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 98497. 



98557. Operculina pterodes (Choisy) Meisn. 

 Convolvulaceae. Morning-glory. 

 No. 2959. From the Botanic Garden, Trinidad, 



February 15, 1932. A tuberous-rooted climbing 

 vine, native to Trinidad, with large cordate- 

 sinuate leaves and campanulate yellow flowers 2 

 inches across, said to open in the morning. 



98558. Peltogyne porphyrocardia Griseb. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 2913. Purple heart. From the Avena For- 

 est Reserve, Trinidad, February 16, 1932. A 

 much-branched timber tree which reaches a girth 

 of 10 feet, with bifoliolate leaves consisting of ob- 

 long-falcate leaflets about 1 inch long and small 

 flowers in short racemes. The wood is a strange 

 purple color, very hard and durable, and is used 

 for a certain type of furniture. It is native to the 

 West Indies. 



98559. Picrodendron baccatum (L.) Krug. and 

 Urb. (P. arboreum Planch.). Simaroubaceae. 



No. 2846. From the Botanic Garden, Trinidad, 

 February 13, 1932. A deciduous tree up to 40 feet 

 high, native to Jamaica. The digitately com- 

 pound leaves are made up of three elliptical to 

 lanceolate leaflets 4 to 5 inches long, and the incon- 

 spicuous flowers are followed by orange-yellow 

 fruits about 1 inch in diameter. 



98560. Rheedia macrophylla (Mart.) Planch, 

 and Triana. Clusiaceae. 



No. 2860. From the Botanic Garden, Trinidad, 

 February 15, 1932. A shrub with deep-green 

 leathery foliage and fruit the shape and size of a 

 lemon, with a rough watery skin and several large 

 smooth seeds. The scanty pulp around the seeds 

 is palatable and reminds one of the mangosteen. 



98561. Stachytarpheta grandiflora Hort. 

 Verbenaceae. 



No. 2906. From the Botanic Garden, Trinidad, 

 February 15, 1932. A name for which a place of 

 publication and a description have not been 

 found. 



98562 to 98565. Oryza sativa L. Po- 

 aceae. Rice. 



From India. Seeds purchased through Arthur G. 

 Frost, American consul general, Calcutta. Re- 

 ceived April 19, 1932. 



A collection of Patnai or Patna rice, introduced for 

 the use of Department specialists. 



98562. Borna. 98564. Kotcho. 



98563. Deshi. 98565. Nabashan. 



98566 and 98567. 



From Chilo6 Island, Chile, South America. Tu- 

 bers collected by H. G. MacMillan and C. O. 

 Erlanson, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 April 20, 1932. 



98566. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 

 No. 186. Silvestre. Collected March 22, 1932. 



98567. Dioscorea sp. Discoreaceae. Yam. 

 No. 143. Collected March 16, 1932. 



98568. Agropyron pungens (Pers.) 

 Roem. and Schult. Poaceae. 



Wheatgrass. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by N. Vavilov, Bureau of Intro- 

 duction, Leningrad. Received April 23, 1932. 



From the Maikop region, Khutor Shuntuk, at 600 

 feet altitude. Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists working with drought-resistant forage 

 crops. 



98569 to 98572. 



From Chile, South America. Seeds and tubers col- 

 lected by H. G. MacMillan and C. O. Erlanson, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 20, 

 1932. 



98569. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



No. 144. Collected March 16, 1932, on Chiloe 

 Island. 



98570. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. 



Potato. 



No. 102. Seed balls from a wild type of potato 

 growing in a cultivated field on the farm of Mr. 

 Ritter, south of Ancud, Chiloe' Island. The balls 

 are less than 1 inch in diameter and are round at 

 the apex. 



98571. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. 



Potato. 



No. 162. Frutilla. Collected March 22, 1932, in 

 the garden of Francisco Schwerter, Puerto Montt. 

 A small round irregular tuber with rather deep 

 eyes, pink and white mottled skin, and white 

 flesh. It is considered a very disease-resistant 

 potato. 



98572. (Undetermined.) 



No. 153. Collected March 17, 1932, in the garden 

 of Mr. Turner, Ancud, Chilofi Island. A plant 

 cultivated for its medicinal properties and not as 

 a food. Probably the same as no. 144 (98569). 



98573 and 98574. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by P. T. L. Put- 

 man, Avakuli, Stanleyville, Belgian Congo. Re- 

 ceived April 22, 1932. 



98573. (Undetermined.) 



M-73. A large forest tree with edible fruits. 



98574. Erythrophloeum sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



M. 123. Akoba or igbanda. A black bean, seed 

 of a leguminous forest tree, which is eaten by mon- 

 keys; but when shelled, steamed a little, and beat- 

 en into a paste it is used by the natives as an arrow 

 poison. 



