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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99028 and 99029. 



From Tasmania. Seeds presented by L. A. Evans, 

 Sandy Bay, Ilobart. Received May 18, 1932. 



Es- 



Anopterus glandulosus Labill. 

 calloniaceae. 



Mountain laurel. A tall evergreen Tasmanian 

 shrub with spreading branches, oblong dentate 

 leaves 4 to 6 inches long clustered at the ends of 

 the branches, and axillary racemes of white 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 94259. 



99029. Blandfordia margjnata Herb. Lilia- 



A stout herbaceous perennial, 2 to 3 feet high, 

 native to Tasmania. The linear-lanceolate radi- 

 cal leaves are 1 to 3 feet long, and the upper ones 

 are few, short, and erect. The rich brown-red 

 tubular flowers are 1 to 2 inches long and are 

 borne in dense racemes 6 to 8 inches long. 



99030 to 99058. 



From the West Indies, Surinam, and British 

 Guiana. Plants collected by David Fairchild 

 and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, Buieau 

 of Plant Industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received in April, 1932. 



99030. Bromelia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



No. 3899. From Haiti, March 27, 1932. A 

 pretty wine-red-leaved species growing on the 

 battlements of the citadel of Haiti at 3,000 feet 

 altitude, where cool moist conditions prevail 

 during most of the year, but in the dry season the 

 plants are subjected to intense heat and drought. 



99031. Epidendrum sp. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 



No. 2626. From Saona, Dominican Republic, 

 January 20, 1932. An orchid with yellow flowers. 



99032. Epidendrum sp. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 



No. 2720. From St. Lucia, Windward Islands, 

 February 3, 1932. An orchid with long racemes 

 of delicate light-blue or lavender blooms, growing 

 in masses on citrus trees in the moist valley 

 beyond Bar de l'lsle. 



99033. Habenabia sp. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 



No. 3754. From Martinique, March 10, 1932. 

 A terrestrial orchid growing in full sunlight on the 

 face of a cut in the mountain side in the rain-forest 

 region between Fort-de- France and St. Pierre. 



99034 to 99036. Oncidium spp. Orchidaceae. 



Orchid. 



Nos. 99034 and 99035 were presented by H. 

 Caracciola, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, February 19, 

 1932. 



a9034. Oncidium cebolleta Swartz. 



No. 2910. An epiphytic orchid with small 

 pseudobulbs, each with a single terete obscurely 

 furrowed leaf 1 foot long. The rigid erect 

 panicle about 2 feet high bears six-parted flowers 

 having red-spotted green-yellow sepals and 

 petals and a large bright-yellow labellum. It is 

 native to Brazil. 



99035. Oncidium papilio Lindl. 



Butterfly orchid. 



No. 2911. An epiphytic orchid with oblong 

 very leathery olive-green leaves, 6 to 8 inches 

 long, mottled with purple brown. The flat- 

 tened and jointed flower stem, 2 to 3 feet long, 

 produces flowers several years in succession. 

 The flowers are 4 to 5 inches long and 2 to 3 

 inches across and are mottled brown and yellow. 

 It is native to the West Indies. 



99036. Oncidium sp. 



No. 2572. From the village of Cotton Point, 

 Rum Key, Bahamas, January 6, 1932. A large 

 terrestrial or semiterrestrial orchid with leaves 



99030 to 99058— Continued. 



24 inches long and over an inch wide and an im- 

 mense inflorescence over 8 feet tall, with many 

 flowers which change color from light pink and 

 yellow to deep pink or almost brown as they 

 mature. The blossom has the fragrance of bee 

 bread. 



99037. Tillandsia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



No. 2996. From the Sugar Experiment Station, 

 Georgetown, British Guiana, February 25, 1932. 

 A large species 3 feet long, bearing large attractive 

 clusters of red and yellow flowers. 



99038. Tillandsia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



No. 3664. From near Charlotteville, Man of 

 War Bay, Tobago, Windward Islands, February 

 20, 1932. A most attractive species, with long 

 spikes of brilliant pink and yellow flowers. 



99039 to 99041. Vanda spp. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 



99039. Vanda sp. 



No. 2688. From the Dominican Botanic Gar- 

 den, January 29, 1932. Presented by F. A. 

 Harcourt. 



99040. Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl. 



No. 2835. Agnes Joaquin. Presented by Mrs. 

 Fitt, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, February 15, 

 1932. A vigorous hybrid which becomes 10 feet 

 high and, when in full bloom, is a mass of lovely 

 pink flowers. Some flowers are on the plant all 

 the year. 



99041. Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl. 



No. 2876. Presented February 16, 1932, by 

 R. O. Williams, of the Botanic Garden, Trini- 

 dad. This straggling cactuslike orchid with 

 large rose-colored dowers on erect stalks is grown 

 very commonly in the gardens of Trinidad. It 

 seems to be very vigorous and hardy, and its 

 long peduncles make the flowers especially 

 adapted for cutting purposes. While not so 

 vigorous as its hybrid, no. 2835 [99040], it is a 

 very showy plant blooming in early spring all 

 at once, whereas the hybrid Agnes Joaquin is in 

 bloom most of the year. 



99042. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3893. From the United States Naval Sta- 

 tion at Guantanamo, Cuba, March 24, 1932. A 

 pink-flowered epiphytic orchid collected in one of 

 the driest, most arid regions of Cuba. 



Nos. 99043 and 99044 were collected on Saba, 

 Netherland West Indies, March 15, 1932. 



99043. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3792. A terrestrial orchid found in the per- 

 pendicular wall of a mountain side exposed to the 

 bright tropical sunlight. 



99044. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3867. A terrestrial orchid growing on a rock 

 fence near the town of Bottom. 



Nos. 99045 and 99046 were collected March 27 

 1932, in Haiti. 



99045. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3897. A semiterrestrial species, with hand- 

 some deep-purple flowers on a long-stalked in- 

 florescence, growing on the decaying walls of the 

 citadel at 3,000 feet altitude. 



99046. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3898. A terrestrial orchid collected on the 

 decaying walls of the citadel at 1,000 feet altitude, 

 where it is subjected to fogs and continual cold 

 moisture in the winter. Flowers not seen. 



99047. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3753. From the island of Martinique, en 

 route to St. Pierre, March 10, 1932. An epiphytic 

 orchid with small but intensely pink flowers; of 

 general appearance of a Rodriquezia. 



