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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98976 to 98999— Continued. 



98988 and 98989. Doucholus reticulatus 

 (Swartz.) Millsp. 



A legume with yellow flowers and very short 

 broad pods. 



98988. No. 3843. Collected March 15, 1932, 

 above the village of Bottom on the island 

 of Saba. 



98989. No. 3857. Collected on the mountain 

 side back of Road Town, Tortola Island, 

 March 1, 1932. 



98990. Dolicholus minimus (L.) Medic. 



No. 3858. From near the village of Harringan, 

 Tortola Island, March 19, 1932. A legume 

 which may have value as a green manure. 



For previous introduction see 97311. 



98991. Eschweilera sp. Lecythidaceae. 



No. 2857. From the Botanic Garden, Port-of- 

 Spain, Trinidad, February 12, 1932. A large tree 

 50 feet tall, with fruits in clusters resembling 

 acorns with their acorn cups. The seed is bean 

 shaped, however, and strikingly different from 

 any acorn. 



98992. Eugenia lambertiana DC. Myrtaceae. 



No. 3779. From near St. Cloud, on Basse Terre, 

 Guadeloupe, March 13, 1932. A tall shrub, 

 native to the West Indies, with glossy dark -green 

 oblong to elliptical leaves 4 to 6 inches long. 

 The small flowers are followed by axillary clusters 

 of 2 to 6 globular yellow fruits about one-half inch 

 in diameter. 



98993. Phaseolus adenanthus 

 Fabaceae. 



Meyer. 

 Bean. 



No. 3725. From Lamentin, Guadeloupe, March 

 10, 1932. A sparsely flowering legume of scraggly 

 habit growing over underbrush. The white and 

 purple flowers, borne on long peduncles, remind 

 one of sweet peas. 



For previous introduction see 97883. 



98994. Galactia longiflora Arnott. Fabaceae. 



No. 3859. From the road between the villages 

 of Bottom and St. John, Saba Island, March 15, 

 1932. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 98852. 



98995. Guzmaniasp. Bromeliaceae. 



No. 3806. From the highlands of Guadeloupe, 

 March 12, 1932. A bromeliad with leafy terminal 

 inflorescences, not panicled, rising from the broad 

 rather tender leaves which form a rosette. The 

 leaves of the inflorescence differ little from the rest 

 of the plant. A decorative species, but not a 

 strikingly handsome one. 



98996. Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. Faba- 

 ceae. Indigo. 



No. 2616. From the beach of Beata Island, 

 Dominican Republic, January 18, 1932. 



98997. Inga ingoides Willd. Mimosaceae. 



No. 2991. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, February 27, 1932. A tree 30 to 40 feet high, 

 native to British Guiana. The compound 

 leaves are made up of 3 to 4 pairs of elliptical 

 leaflets 2 to 4 inches long, and the small tubular 

 flowers are followed by tomentose four-angled 

 pods 4 to 6 inches long. 



98998. Ipomoea polyanthes Roem. and Schult. 

 Convolvulaceae. 



No. 3763. From near the village of Vauclin, 

 Martinique, March 10, 1932. A climbing herb 

 with large bright-yellow flowers not abundant 

 enough to make it a very showy species. 



For previous introduction see 97769. 



98976 to 98999— Continued. 



98999. Nymphoides humboldtianum (H. B. K.) 

 Kuntze (Limnanthemum humboldtianum 

 Griseb.). Menyanthaceae. Floatingheart. 



No. 3808. From the Lamaha Canal, near 

 Georgetown, British Guiana, February 27, 1932. 

 A water plant having tiny white flowers, with 

 fringed petals which rise a foot above the floating 

 leaves. 



99000 to 99023. 



From the West Indies, British Guiana, and Suri- 

 nam. Seeds collected by David Fairchild and 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received April 20, 1932. 



99000. Mora excelsa Benth. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 3712. From Trinidad, February 16, 1932. 

 A large forest tree, native to Guiana. The 

 abruptly pinnate leaves are made up of 3 to 4 

 pairs of blunt leaflets 5 to 8 inches long, and 

 the small flowers, borne in cylindrical spikes 6 to 

 10 inches long, are followed by oblong woody 

 pods 3 to 6 inches long, each containing one seed. 



99001. Paullinia pinnata L. Sapindaceae. 



No. 2990. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 27, 1932. A 

 strong-growing vine that climbs 30 to 40 feet to- 

 the tops of trees. The bright-red fruits, the size 

 of cherries, are borne in racemes 6 inches or more 

 in length. 



99002. Peltogyne porphyrocardia Griseb. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 2970. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 25, 1932. 



For previous introduction and description see 



98558. 



99003. Platymiscium polystachyum Benth. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2992. Mormigo, palo de marimba. From 

 the Botanic Garden, Georgetown, British Guiana, 

 February 25, 1932. A handsome tropical legu- 

 minuous tree with opposite shining-green com- 

 pound leaves made up of 3 to 5 ovate leaflets and 

 racemes of small flowers. The wood is hard, 

 streaked with black and red, and is considered 

 excellent for cabinetwork. 



For previous introduction see 80698. 



99004. Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. Mimo- 



No. 3706. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 23, 1932. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 98881. 



99005 and 99006. Teramnus labialis (L.) Spreng. 



A legume found in dry places, growing over tall 

 grasses. Its great productiveness and the vigor of 

 its growth are in its favor as a cover crop, although 

 there is little substance in its foliage. 



99005. No. 3809. From near Richmond, Tobago 

 Island, March 19, 1932. 



99006. No. 3856. From the French side of the 

 island of St. Martin, March 17, 1932. 



99007 and 99008. Trichachne insularis (L.) 

 Nees. Poaceae. Grass. 



A tropical grass cultivated in Central America 

 where it grows from 6 to 7 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 52922. 



99007. No. 3863. From the experiment station 

 at Harringan, Tortola Island, March 19, 1932. 



99008. No. 2809. From Nome Rouge, Grenada, 

 Windward Islands, February 10, 1932. 



