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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98793 to 98888— Continued. 



No. 2973. From a private garden at 

 St. George, Grenada, Windward Islands, 

 February 9. 1932. Very similar to no. 2974 

 (98840), but a smaller plant. 



98842. Crotalaria rettjsa L. 



No. 3876. Collected January 26, 1932, on 

 Antigua, Leeward Islands. 



For previous introduction see 98835. 



98843. Cyperus comosus (Kunth) Poir. Cyper- 

 aceae. Sedge. 



No. 3701. Collected March 4, 1932, in the ex- 

 periment station, Paramaribo, Surinam. A large 

 handsome sedge which becomes 8 feet high in the 

 wet lands of the experiment station at Para- 

 maribo. Introduced for trial as an ornamental 

 sedge for water gardens. 



98844. Diospyros peregrina (Gaertn.) Guerke. 

 Diospyraceae. 



No. 2848. Collected February 13, . 1932, at 

 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. An evergreen Indian 

 species, with large leaves, which produce a very 

 dense shade. The young foliage is blood red, and 

 the white waxy blossoms are very fragrant. The 

 fruits, over 1 inch in diameter, have sticky pulp 

 which, in India, is used in calking boats. Intro- 

 duced as an ornamental. 



98845. Dolichos larlab L. Fabaceae. 



Hyacinth-bean. 



No. 3796. Collected March 15, 1932, in the vil- 

 lage of Bottom, Saba, Netherland West Indies. 

 This is the standard variety grown on the island, 

 where it is known as the Bonamst bean and forms 

 an important article of diet. 



98846. Erythrina variegata Stickm. Fab- 

 aceae. Coraltree. 



No. 3774. Collected March 12, 1932, in the Jar- 

 din d'Essais, Guadeloupe. A moderate-sized, 

 quick-growing deciduous tree, native throughout 

 India from the foot of the Himalayas into Burma 

 and cultivated in many parts of the Tropics. 

 The clusters of large bright-red flowers appear 

 before the leaves. The pods, 4 to 8 inches long, 

 contain several dark-carmine seeds. The flowers 

 are dried for use as a dye; the bark is used for tan- 

 ning and dyeing and yields an excellent pale 

 straw-colored fiber. The leaves are used as cattle 

 fodder; the bark and leaves are also used medic- 

 inally. The open-grained light wood is durable 

 and does not split or warp; it is used for boxes, 

 toys, and also for firewood. Much of the lac- 

 quered ware of India is made from the wood of 

 this tree. 



For previous introduction see 68335. 



98847. Erythrina glauca Willd. 



No. 3710. Bois Immortelle. From St. Louis, 

 Windward Islands, March 8, 1932. The immor- 

 telles are spectacular trees as seen from the harbor 

 in St. Lucia. Their salmon-colored flowers, 

 borne by leafless branches on great spreading 

 crowned trees, dot the landscape with color, 

 making it gay and very attractive. There are 

 several forms, though all have salmon-pink and 

 yellow blossoms. 



For previous introduction see 77163. 



98848. Eugenia australis Wendl. Myrtaceae. 



Australian brush-cherry. 



No. 3655. The so-called Jammon. Collected in 

 the Botanic Garden, Georgetown. A form with 

 small, almost black, fruits not over one-half inch 

 long. An Australian tree up to 80 feet high, with 

 ovate evergreen leaves 3 inches long, branching 

 panicles of white flowers 1 inch across, and ovoid 

 reddish edible fruits an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 76938. 

 to 98851. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



98793 to 98888— Continued. 



and 98850. Ficus laevigata Vahl. 



No. 3726. Collected March 10, 1932, 

 on the drier side of the island of Martinique. 

 A rather attractive species with medium- 

 sized glossy leaves and an abundance of 

 white berries with irregular chocolate- 

 brown spots. 



98850. No. 3861. From near Harringan, Tor- 

 tola, British Virgin Islands, March 19, 1932. 

 A good-looking tree 15 feet high growing on 

 the dry side of the island. The white 

 fruits, less than one-half inch in diameter, 

 turn pink as they ripen and are covered 

 with irregular reddish spots. 



98851. Ficus sp. 



No. 3904. From Haiti, March 27, 1932. A 

 tall buttressed tree with leaves like F. altissima, 

 found at 1,000 feet altitude. 



98852. Galactia longiflora Arnott. Fabaceae. 



No. 2657. Collected January 26, 1932, on Boggy 

 Peak, MacCarthy Valley, Antigua, Leeward 

 Islands. A tropical leguminous vine with pin- 

 nately trifoliolate leaves composed of rounded or 

 retuse leaflets and handsome scarlet pealike flow- 

 ers in small axillary racemes of great charm and 

 beauty. Native to St. Vincent, British West 

 Indies. 



98853. Hamelia erecta Jacq. Rubiaceae. 



Scarletbush. 



No. 3764. Collected March 10, 1932, in Lamen- 

 tin, Martinique. A shrub or small tree up to 25 

 feet high, native to Florida and southward to 

 Brazil. The opposite or verticillate, elliptic 

 to ovate leaves, 2 to 6 inches long, are pubescent, 

 and the cymes of tubular crimson, scarlet, or 

 orange flowers, nearly 1 inch long, are followed by 

 small dark-red to purple berries. Introduced for 

 comparison with the forms now grown in the 

 Southern States. 



98854. Hibiscus bifurcatus Cav. 



Malvaceae. 

 Rosemallow. 



No. 3696. Collected March 3, 1932, from a pot- 

 hole in the rocks in the middle of the Surinam 

 River. A wild species, with large pink flowers 3 

 inches long, that occurs commonly along the 

 Surinam River. 



98855 to 98861. Indigofera spp. Fabaceae. 



Indigo. 



98855 and 98856. INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA L. 



True indigo. 



For previous introduction see 45309. 



No. 3714. Collected February 6, 1932, 

 on almost pure beach sand at Grand Bay, 

 Cannouan, Grenadine Islands. 



. No. 3801. Collected January 23, 1932, 

 in an open field near the experiment station 

 of St. Kitts, Leeward Islands. 



98857 to 98859. INDIGO SUFFRUTICOSA Mill. 



A slender yellow-flowered bushy legume 3 to 5 

 feet high, producing a rather scanty growth 

 which is not considered one of the best cover 

 crops. 



For previous introduction see 98728. 



98857. No. 3835. From Barbuda, Leeward 

 Islands, March 14, 1932. 



98858. No. 3839. From the town of Bottom, 

 Saba, Netherland West Indies, at 1,000 

 feet altitude, March 15, 1932. A low 

 shrubby very fruitful species, covered with 

 small sickle-shaped pods. 



98859. No. 3875. From Beata Island, Domin- 

 ican Republic, March 23, 1932. A woody 

 plant 5 feet high found on the beach. 



