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99500 to 99575- 



No. 3752. From 

 March 10, 1932. 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



-Continued, 

 the island of Martinique, 



For introduction of seeds and description see 

 99023. 



99503. Alpinia exaltata (L. f.) Roem. and 

 Schult. Zinziberaceae. 



No. 3665. Massalsa or masusa. Purchased in 

 the market at Paramaribo, Surinam, March 2, 

 1932. The purple-brown fruits of this plant are 

 used to flavor curry sauce and to give it its yellow 

 color. The flavor is superior to that of turmeric. 



For previous introduction see 97924. 



99504. Amherstia noiulis Wall. Caesalpini- 



No. 2870. From the Trinidad Botanic Garden, 

 February 16, 1932. This is considered by many 

 to be the most beautiful of all flowering trees 

 and one of the most difficult to propagate. The 

 tree is native to the Malay Peninsula and was 

 named for Lady Amherst. It requires a high 

 moist temperature and rich loam soil. 



99505 to 99510. Ananas sativus Schult. f. Brome- 

 liaceae. Pineapple. 



99505. No. 3755. Black Antigua. From the St. 

 Lucia Experiment Garden, March 8, ]932. 

 A very sweet, tender-fleshed variety, excellent 

 for home use but not for shipping. 



„v,J. No. 3756. Sugarloaf. From the St. 

 Lucia Experiment Garden, March 8, 1932. 

 A good-shaped, desirable form of excellent 

 quality. 



99507. No. 3840. Tortola. From the Tortola 

 Experiment Station, March 19, 1932. This 

 pineapple of the Red Spanish type was se- 

 lected as the most vigorous on the island. The 

 fruit is about 8 inches long by 4 or 5 inches 

 wide and is comparable to the Red Spanish 

 in flavor. 



99508. No. 3680. From Surinam, April 4, 1932. 

 Collected in dense undergrowth near the 

 Kadjoe Rapids. A wild pineapple introduced 

 for breeding purposes. 



No. 3673. Frcm the experiment garden 

 at Paramaribo, Surinam, March 2, 1932. 



99510. [Received without notes.] 



99511 to 99513. Anthurium spp. Araceae. 



99511. Anthurium grandifolium Kunth. 



No. 3786. From Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, 

 French West Indies, March 13, 1932. A very 

 handsome enormous-leaved aroid growing as 

 an epiphyte on the trunks of trees at the edge of 

 the rain forest. A stemless plant with long- 

 stemmed, elongate-cordate, acute, leathery, 

 shining-green leaves over 2 feet long, including 

 the petiole. The brown-green tipped spadix is 

 nearly a foot long. Native to Venezuela. 



99512. Anthurium selloum C. Koch. 



No. 2751. From St. Eustatius, Netherland 

 West Indies, January 21, 1932. A magnificent 

 dull-green leaved species found in forest under- 

 growth at 1,700 feet altitude. Its enormous 

 leaves make it an exceptional ornamental. It 

 is short-stemmed with somewhat leathery ob- 

 long-cordate leaves, stems 1 to 2 feet long, and 

 leaf blades up to 3 feet long. The spadix is 

 about a foot long, and the pale-green linear- 

 lanceolate spathe is about 5 inches long. Na- 

 tive to the West Indies. 



99513. Anthurium sp. 



No. 3883. From the Grenada Botanic Gar- 

 den, February 9, 1932. An aroid with large 

 leaves. 



99500 to 99575— Continued. 



99514. Aralia sp. Araliaceae. 



No. 3730. From the Jardin d'Essais, Tivoli, 

 Martinique, March 10, 1932. A very handsome 

 plant with dark-green glossy orbicular leaves 6 

 inches long by 4 inches wide which are not varie- 

 gated and have coarsely serrated margins. 



99515. Arenga engleri Beccari. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



A cluster palm with no trunk, which suckers 

 from the ground and forms clumps 10 feet across. 

 The pinnae are 16 inches long, over 1 inch wide, 

 and fishtail shaped. The red fruits are less than 

 1 inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 97740. 



99516 to 99518. Artocarpus communis Forst. 

 Moraceae. Breadfruit. 



99516. No. 2576. From Nassau, New Provi- 

 dence Island, January 9, 1932. A seedless 

 grapefruit from the garden of Mrs. Edward 

 George. 



99517. No. 2820. From Grenada, Windward 

 Islands. 



99518. No. 3760. From Grande Terre, Guade- 

 loupe, March 11, 1932. 



99519. Artocarpus sp. Moraceae. 



No. 3865. From the experiment station at 

 Harringan, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 

 March 19, 1932. A tree with beautiful broad dark- 

 green leaves and light-pink seedless fruits from 1 

 to 2 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. 



99520. Bactris pavoniana Mart. 



Phoenica- 

 Palm. 



No. 2648. From Blubber Valley, Antigua, Lee- 

 ward Islands, January 26, 1932. ' A beautiful 

 palm, 50 feet tall, with feathery leaves, more strik- 

 ing than those of the Royal palm. The trunks of 

 old trees are smooth, but those of young trees are 

 covered with bands of black spines which later 

 fall off. The leaves are also armed with black 

 spines. The fruit is as large as a walnut. This is 

 apparently an almost extinct species; Blubber 

 Valley is the only place where it is found. 



For previous introduction see 97280. 



99521. Bauhinia megalandra Griseb. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 3884. From the Botanic Garden, Port-of- 

 Spain, Trinidad, February 15, 1932. A tree, na- 

 tive to the West Indies, with deeply obcordate 

 leaves 5 inches long and small white flowers, 

 either solitary or in racemose clusters, at the tips 

 of the branchlets. 



99522. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. 



No. 3890. From Haiti, March 27, 1932. A 

 pretty dwarf species found on the perpendicular 

 walls of the citadel at 3,000 feet altitude. The 

 rosettes of round leaves were pressed against the 

 lichen-covered walls and made a very attractive 

 show. 



99523. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. 

 From Dominica, Leeward Islands. 



99524. Bentinckia nicobarica (Kurz) Beccari. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 2842. From Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1932. A handsome feather palm, form- 

 ing a single tall stem 70 feet high and 9 inches in 

 diameter at the base. When young it reminds 

 one of a Kentia, but it is a far statelier palm when 

 full grown. 



For previous introduction see 97281. 



99525 to 99527. Bougainvillea spp. Nyctaglna- 

 ceae. 



