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99000 to 99023 — Continued. 



99009. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3827. March 3, 1932, near Kabel Station, 

 Surinam. A vine with large yellow flowers, found 

 over tall forest trees at the edge of the Surinam 

 River. 



halimifolium Benth. 



99010. Stegnosperma 

 Phytolaccaceae. 



No. 3878. Beata Island, Dominican Republic. 

 A very pretty scandent shrub with fruits which 

 are reddish brown when ripe and, when opening, 

 show a magenta aril that almost conceals the 

 shiny black seed. In habit it resembles the north- 

 ern bittersweet, and it could be used in the same 

 decorative way. 



For previous introduction see 97901. 



99011. Guaiacum officinale L. Zygophyllaceae. 



lignum vitae. 



No. 3880. From Barbuda, Leeward Islands, 

 March 14, 1932. An evergreen tree up to 30 feet 

 high, native to tropical America. The pinnate 

 leaves are made up of 4 to 6 obovate leaflets 2 

 inches long, and the small blue flowers are in ter- 

 minal clusters. The yellow-brown wood is very 

 hard and heavy and is valued for hubs, cogs, and 

 pulleys. 



99012. Duggenahirsuta (Jacq.) Britton. Rubi- 



No. 3781. From Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, 

 French West Indies, March 13, 1932. A shrub up 

 to 10 feet high, with long slender branches, native 

 to the West Indies and northern South America. 

 The lanceolate to ovate leaves are 2 to 8 inches 

 long, and the small white flowers, borne in spicate 

 panicles, are followed by white to blue berries 

 one-fourth inch in diameter. 



99013. Ruellia tuberosa L. Acanthaceae. 



No. 3841. From near the village of Bottom, 

 Saba, Netherland West Indies, March 15, 1932. 

 An erect or ascending finely pubescent herbaceous 

 perennial 2 feet high, native to the West Indies, 

 tropical America, and the southeastern part of the 

 United States. The ovate to oblong leaves, 5 

 inches long, are undulate on the margin and have 

 winged petioles, and the tubular purple flowers, 

 2 to 3 inches long, are borne in several-flowered 

 cymes. 



99014. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3844. Collected near the edge of the rain 

 forest of St. Cloud, above Basse Terre, Guade- 

 loupe, French West Indies, March 13, 1932. A 

 tree 50 feet high, bearing masses of yellow-brown 

 fruit capsules that split open into three valves and 

 show inside a parchmentlike mesocarp and 1 or 2 

 small seeds that are embedded in a deep orange- 

 colored aril. When the fruit opens it resembles 

 the northern bittersweet and could be used in the 

 same decorative way. 



99015. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3792. From Saba, Netherland West Indies, 

 March 15, 1932. An orchid growing on the moun- 

 tain side, where it was exposed to the bright 

 tropical sunlight. 



99016. BUNCHOSIA GLANDULOSA (Cav.) DC. 



Malpighiaceae. 



No. 3879. Collected March 17, 1932, near Little 

 Bay, St. Martin Island, Netherland West Indies. 

 A shrub or small tree 25 feet high, native to the 

 West Indies. The oblanceolate to obovate leaves, 

 1 to 5 inches long, are bright green above and paler 

 beneath, and the small yellow flowers, in panicles, 

 are followed by ovoid yellow to orange drupes 

 nearly half an inch in diameter. The fruits are 

 said to be eaten by birds. 



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99000 to 99023— Continued. 



89017. Cephaelis muscosa Swartz. Rubiaceae. 



No. 3782. From near St. Cloud, Basse Terre, 

 Guadeloupe, March 13, 1932. A shrub or small 

 tree up to 15 feet high, native to the West Indies 

 and Brazil. The oblong-lanceolate leaves are 3 

 to 4 inches long, the small white flowers are in 

 heads with pale-blue bracts, and the ripe berries 

 are blue. 



99018. Tamonea guianensis Aubl. Melastoma- 

 ceae. 



No. 3780. From near St. Cloud, Basse Terre, 

 Guadeloupe, March 13, 1932. A shrub or small 

 tree up to 25 feet high, native to the West Indies. 

 The oblong to ovate leaves, 3 to 8 inches long, are 

 green and glabrous above and pale and scurfy 

 beneath. The small white flowers are borne in 

 many-flowered panicles. 



99019. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3707. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 27, 1932. A 

 rank-growing woody vine which climbs to the 

 tops of trees. The large opposite leaves are 4 

 inches wide by 5 inches long, and the immense 

 woody pods are 7 inches by 4 inches. The large 

 leaves make this desirable as a pergola vine for 

 subtropical regions. 



99020. SCOLOPIA COCHINCHINENSIS (Lour.) ClOS. 



(S. crenata Clos.). Flacourtiaceae. 



No. 3708. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 27, 1932. A 

 thorny shrub or small tree, native to southern 

 China. The lanceolate to ovate leaves, 2 to 6 

 inches long, are shining above, pale and reticulate 

 beneath, and glandular crenate on the margin. 

 The racemes of inconspicuous flowers are followed 

 by red fruits about one-half inch in diameter. 



99021. Elaeodendron xylocarpum (Vent.) 

 DC. Celastraceae. 



No. 3864. From Tortola Island, March 19, 1932. 

 A small tree up to 30 feet high, native to the West 

 Indies. The elliptic to oblong coriaceous light- 

 green leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, and the axillary 

 clusters of small green flowers are followed by 

 ellipsoid fruits 1 inch long. 



99022. ClTHAREXYLUM FRUTICOSUM L. Ver- 



benaceae. 



No. 3849. Fairy tree. From the village of Cod- 

 rington, Barbuda, Leeward Islands, March 14, 

 1932. A tree up to 30 feet high, native to the 

 West Indies, where the wood is used for furniture 

 and general construction. The oblong to obovate 

 leaves are 2 to 6 inches long. The small tubular 

 flowers are borne in spikelike racemes and are 

 followed by red-brown to black drupes about 

 one-third inch in diameter. 



99023. Alloplectus cristatus (L.) Mart. 

 Gesneriaceae. 



No. 3752. From the island of Martinique, 

 March 10, 1932. A most attractive vine with 

 bright-red bracts and trumpet-shaped flowers 

 that rise from these heads of clusters of bracts. 



99024 to 99027. Vicia faba L. Faba- 

 ceae. Broadbean. 



From Peru. Seeds collected by H. G. MacMillan 

 and CO. Erlanson, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received May 17, 1932. 



Haba. Broadbeans purchased in the market at 

 Tarma, Peru; grown in the highlands at 10,000 feet 

 altitude. 



99024. No. 210. Purple beans. 



99025. No. 211. White beans. 



99026. No. 212. Purple-black beans. 



99027. No. 213. White and purple-mottled beans. 



