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98934. No. 11. 



Ananasrenett. 



98935. No. 12. 



98936. No. 13. 



98930 to 98973— Continued. 



98933. No. 8. Guldparmdn (Winter-Goldparmdne) . 



98953. No. 91. 



98954. No. 92. 



98955. No. 92-a. 



98956. No. 93. 

 98937. No. 19. QQO ,_ XT n . 



Winter-Dechans- 98957 - No - 94 - 



bairne. 98 9 58i No 107 _ 



No- 21. 98959. No. 108. 



>. No. 22. 98960i No- 113- 



98940. No. 24. 98961 . No . 115 . 



98941. No. 28. 98962 . No. 116. 



98942. No. 31. 98963 . No . 117 . 



98964. No. 122. 



98965. No. 123. 



98966. No. 124. 

 Londoner Pepping. 



98967. No. 129. 



98968. No. 159. 



98943. No. 37. 

 Baumanns renett. 



98944. No. 43. 



98945. No. 47. 



98946. No. 49. 



98947. No. 53. 



98948. No. 55. 



98949. No. 61. 



98950. No. 64. 



98951. No. 67. 



98952. No. 72. 



98969. No. 162. 



98970. No. 175. 



98971. No. 176. 



98972. No. 186. 



98973. No. 187. 



98974. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From Sweden.* Plants presented by Mr. Eckstrom. 

 Central Bureau of Agriculture, Stockholm. Re- 

 ceived May 25, 1932. 



Abundance. 



98975. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From the Galapagos Islands. Seeds presented by 

 George Stone. Received April 4, 1932. 



Wild cotton collected on the island of Santa Maria. 



98976 to 98999. 



From the West Indies, British Guiana, and Sur- 

 inam. Plants and 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 11, 1932. 



Rodriguezia secunda H. B. K. Orohi- 



No. 3659. From Surinam, March 2, 1932. An 

 epiphytic orchid with small delicate pseudobulbs, 

 long slender leaves, and deep-rose flowers, borne 

 in erect secund racemes 6 inches high. It grows 

 commonly either on sapodilla or calabash trees in 

 the savanna region around Paramaribo. 



98977. Acacia choriophylla Benth. Mimo- 

 saceae. 



No. 3905. From Mariguana, Bahama Islands, 

 March 29, 1932. A shrub or small tree with 

 leathery pinnate leaves and pretty yellow flower 

 heads followed by short thick pods in which the 

 brown seeds are embedded in a white sweet aril. 

 Introduced as an ornamental shrub or wind- 

 break. 



98978. Albizzia caribaea (Urban) Britton and 

 Rose. Mimosaceae. 



No. 2965. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 24, 1932. A tall 



98976 to 98999— Continued. 



gaunt naked-looking tree with slender branches, 

 thin pinnate foliage, and papery pods 4 or 5 inches 

 long and less than an inch wide, containing 11 or 

 12 seeds. 



. Lysiloma latisiliqua (L.) Benth. Mimo- 



No. 3887. From Blue Beach, near Guantanamo, 

 Cuba, March 24, 1932. A small decorative tree 

 25 feet high, with pretty bipinnate leaves com- 

 posed of obovate leaflets and papery pods of in- 

 teresting structure. The outside of the dehiscent 

 pod appears to flake off, leaving only the papery 

 mesocarp to enclose the seeds; the dark margin 

 of the pod persists. 



98980. Amerimnon latifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze. 



No. 3657. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 24, 1932. A 

 forest tree native to the Sikkim region in India. 

 The pinnate leaves, 4 to 6 inches long, are made 

 up of 5 to 7 orbicular coriaceous leaflets, and the 

 small pea-shaped white flowers are borne in broad 

 lax panicles. The brown strap-shaped pods are 

 2 to 3 inches long. 



98981 and 98982. Bradburya virginiana (L.) 

 Kuntze. Fabaceae. Piedmont butterfly -pea. 



A long-podded vigorous legume, similar to the 

 rice bean. 



98981. No. 3815. From the Dutch side of the 

 island of St. Martin, in a very dry locality, 

 March 17, 1932. 



98982. No. 3828. From Barbudo, Leeward 

 Islands, March 14, 1932. Found in dry 

 limestone soil. 



98983. Caesalplnia paucijuga Benth. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 2967. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 24, 1932. Bra- 

 ziletto wood. A large beautiful spreading timber 

 tree which is covered in season with racemes of 

 small fragrant yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 98070. 



98984. Cestrum laurifolium L'Her. Solana- 

 ceae. 



No. 3862. From the village of Harringan, Tor- 

 tola, British Virgin Islands, March 19, 1932. An 

 attractive shrub 10 to 15 feet high with dark-green 

 leaves. The yellow funnelform flowers, one-half 

 inch long, are followed by pretty black berries 

 each with a persistent calyx and each bearing 

 three ovate brown seeds flat on one side. 



Gyminda latifolia (Swartz) Urban. 

 Celastraceae. 



No. 3842. Maiden berry. From Anguilla, Lee- 

 ward Islands, March 16, 1932. A shrub or small 

 tree, up to 30 feet high, native to the West Indies. 

 The oblong to ovate, glossy-green, slightly 

 leathery leaves are 1 to 3 inches long and the 

 axillary clusters of small greenish flowers are fol- 

 lowed by ellipsoid red drupes about a quarter of 

 an inch long, said to be edible. 



98986. Costus cylindricus Jacq. Zinziberaceae. 



No. 2958. From Tobago Island, February 20, 

 1932. A rank-growing, forest-loving species with 

 large dark-green leaves arranged spirally about 

 the flower stalk, which is a terminal conelike 

 structure with reddish bracts from above which 

 pink-white flowers peep out. 



98987 to 98990. Dolicholus spp. Fabaceae. 



98987. Dolicholus sp. 



No. 3810. From Charlotteville, Tobago Is- 

 land, February 21, 1932. A legume collected in 

 a lowland meadow. 





