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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98744 to 98754— Continued. 



98753. Gossypium sp. 



From Albert Town, Fortune Island. 



98754. Gossypium sp. 



From Duncan Town, Great Rugged Island. 



98755. Bryophyllum proliferum 

 Bowie. Crassulaceae. 



Plants presented by George Pring, superintendent, 

 Missouri Botanic Garden, St. Louis, Mo. Re- 

 ceived April 29, 1932. 



A tall robust succulent, native to southern 

 Africa, with stems reaching a height of 12 feet. 

 The new growth is four-angled, later becoming 

 cylindrical, and the pinnatifid to pinnate leaves are 

 much contorted and have finely crenate margins. 

 The tubular yellowish flowers are borne in panicu- 

 late clusters. 



98756 to 98778. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From the West Indies. Seeds 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 21, 1932. 



98756. Gossypium sp. 



No. 1. From Nassau, New Providence Island, 

 Bahamas. 



98757. Gossypium sp. 



No. 4. From Conception Island, Bahamas. 



Nos. 98758 to 98761 were collected in the Bahama 

 Islands, but the names of the islands were not given. 



98758. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 5. 



98759. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 6. 



98760. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 9. 



98761. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 11. 



98762. Gossypium sp. 



No. 14. From Great Inagua, Bahamas. 



98763. Gossypium sp. 



No. 21. From Saona Island, Dominican Re- 

 public. 



Nos. 98764 to 98768 were collected on Beata Island, 

 Dominican Republic. 



98764. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 16. 



98765. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 17. 



98766. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 18. 



98767. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 19. 



98768. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 20. 



98769. Gossypium sp. 



No. 25. From St. Kitts, Leeward Islands. 



98770. Gossypium sp. 



No. 30. From Dominica, Leeward Islands. 



98756 to 98778— Continued. 



98771. Gossypium sp. 



No. 36. From a town between the Bar de 1'Isle 

 and D'Ennery, St. Lucia, Windward Islands. 



98772 Gossypium sp. 



No. 87. From St. Lucia, Windward Islands. 



98773. Gossypium sp. 



No. 91. From Martinique, French West Indies. 



98774. Gossypium sp. 



No. 95. From Deer Point, Guantanamo Bay, 

 Cuba. 



98775. Gossypium sp. 



No. 8. From the Bahamas. 



98776. Gossypium sp. 



No. 3. From Cat Island, Bahamas. 



98777. Gossypium sp. 



From St. Martin, colony of Curacao. 



98778. Gossypium sp. 



Marie Galante cotton, from Cannouna Island. 



98779. Hernandia sonora L. Her- 

 nandiaceae. 



From Trinidad. Seeds presented by the Bureau of 

 Plant Quarantine. Received September 11, 1931. 

 Numbered in April 1932. 



A large soft-wooded tree growing very close to the 

 beach line, with rather thin broad leaves and masses 

 of very interesting, curiously shaped fruits. The 

 black seed hangs in the center of a large white 

 translucent inverted bell-shaped covering and may 

 be seen through a hole in the bottom of this covering. 



For previous introduction see 67185. 



98780. Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) 

 Planch. Ulmaceae. Sawleaf zelkova. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by M. Fujioka, 

 director, Forest Experiment Station, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and Forestry, Meguro, 

 Tokyo, at the request of Dr. H. Ando, director, 

 Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Tokyo. Received April 23, 1932. 



Keaki. Collected in Yamagata in 1930. A hand- 

 some tree, native to Japan, up to 90 feet high, with a 

 short trunk dividing into many upright spreading 

 branches and forming a broad round-topped head. 

 The sharply serrate leaves are ovate and are usually 

 2 to 3 inches long, or on young shoots, up to 8 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 82488. 



98781. Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Mal- 

 vaceae. Linden hibiscus. 



From Straits Settlements. Seeds presented by R. 

 Holttum, director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 

 Received April 25, 1932. 



A tall shrub or small tree up to 30 feet high, gen- 

 erally cultivated in the Tropics. The broadly 

 cordate leaves are hoary beneath, and the yellow 

 flowers are 2 to 3 inches long. 



98782 to 98790. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Bureau of Introduction 

 of the Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. 

 Received May 2, 1932. 



A collection of Russian cotton varieties, intro- 

 duced for the use of Department specialists. 



98782 to 98789. Gossypium hirsutum L. 



Upland cotton. 



