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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99500 to 99575 — Continued. 



99545. No. 3742. Soupe. The petiole of the 

 leaf is moderately shaded with maroon, and 

 there is a maroon petiolar spot on the blade. 



99546. No. 3744. Blanc; a white variety which 

 is one of the finest in cultivation at Tivoli, 

 where the collection of economic plants is 

 grown. There is a dull maroon petiolar spot 

 on the leaf blade, and this color extends along 

 the basal veins and the suture. The petiole 

 is slightly shaded with maroon. 



99547 to 99550. Xanthosoma spp. 

 99547. Xanthosoma sp. 



Araceae. 



No. 3745. Cama. The petiole is green, often 

 with irregular purple-maroon streaks or blotches 

 on sinus wings and with a maroon line on the 

 margin of each wing. 



99548. Xanthosoma sp. 



No. 3747. Bouton. 

 roon on lower half. 



Petioles glaucous ma- 



99549. Xanthosoma brasiliense (Desf.) 

 Engler. 



No. 3748. Calabou. The leaves of this plant 

 when properly cooked make one of the most 

 delicately flavored green vegetables known; 

 they are somewhat acrid in the raw state. 



99550. Xanthosoma sp. 



No. 3749. Chou Dauc. The basal lobes of the 

 leaf blade are pointed, and the basal veins are 

 naked at the base. The petiole is green with a 

 glaucous bloom, and there is a pinkish line on 

 the sinus wing. 



93551. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Ara- 

 ceae. Dasheen. 



No. 3750. Baton nois. A variety with a dark- 

 maroon leaf petiole, which is lighter near the top, 

 and a green blade, slightly mottled with light 

 gre3n. 



99552. Xanthosoma sp. Araceae. 



No. 3751. Boucand blanc. A variety with the 

 basal lobes of the leaf blades rounded and the 

 petioles green, with a pinkish line on the margin 

 of the recurved sinus wings. 



99553. Colocasia sp. Araceae. 



No. 3784. Madere Blanche. From Pointe-a- 

 Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, pur- 

 chased in the market, March 12, 1932. A variety 

 with both leaf blades and petiole plain green. 



99554. Dieffenbachia sp. Araceae. 



No. 3785. Madere Noir. Purchased in the mar- 

 ket at Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, March 12, 

 1932. 



99555. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Ara- 

 ceae. Dasheen. 



The leaf blade of this variety has a maroon 

 petiole spot, and the petiole is plain green. 



99556. Corypha utan Lam. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



No. 2683. From the Botanic Garden, Do- 

 minica, Leeward Islands, January 29, 1932. A 

 palm with fan-shaped leaves with spiny petioles 

 and an erect paniculate spadix. Native to the 

 East Indies. 



99557. Croton eluteria (L.) Swartz. Euphor- 



No. 3872. From Cat Island, Bahamas, Jan- 

 uary 5, 1932. A wild tree from which the natives 

 collect the bark and sell it for medicinal purposes. 



For previous introduction see 69065. 



99500 to 99575— Continued. 



99558. Cydista sp. Bignoniaceae. 



No. 2817. From the Grenada Botanic Garden, 

 February 10, 1932. A vine with beautiful deep- 

 pink flowers which grows to the top of large forest 

 trees. 



99559. Cynometra trinitensis Oliver. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 2869. Presented by R. O. Williams, of the 

 Botanic Garden, Trinidad, February 16, 1932. 

 A large native leguminous tree with leathery 

 leaflets 4 inches long by over 1 inch wide, in 

 pairs. The young pendent growths are pure white 

 and give the tree a most striking appearance. 

 The small white flowers, produced abundantly, 

 make this an ornamental dooryard tree. 



. Cyrtostachys renda Blume. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm. 



No. 2843. From Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 

 February 15, 1932. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 98551. 



99561 and 99562. Dioscorea spp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Martinique, March 10, 1932. 



99561. Dioscorea alata L. 



Winged yam. 



No. 3757. Caplaou; a yam characterized by 

 its large size and flat wedge shape. It ripens 

 its tubers during the winter months, but is not 

 prized so highly as the Portugaise. 



99562. Dioscorea rotundata Poir. 



White Guinea yam. 



No. 3759. Portugaise; a white-fleshed yam, 

 usually of good size and excellent quality; the 

 lower part of the vine is glaucous and vigorous 

 vines usually grow thorns. This is the most 

 highly prized of the yams of Martinique, and 

 was probably introduced into the island from 

 Portugal in the sixteenth century. 



99563. Diospyros sp. Diospyraceae. 



Persimmon. 



No. 2968. From the Botanic Garden, George- 

 town, British Guiana, February 25, 1932. Seeds 

 of a dense-growing evergreen tree 25 to 30 feet 

 high, with glossy-green leaves 6 inches long by 2 

 inches wide. The small fruits have an unpleas- 

 ant odor. 



99564. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Yam. 



No. 3758. San Martin; from Martinique, 

 March 10, 1932. A large white-fleshed yam with 

 a long neck; the quality is rather poor, but, be- 

 cause it ripens its tubers in the winter, it is much 

 grown on the island. 



99565. Eugenia sp. Myrtaceae. 



No. 2691. Guava berry tree: from the Dominica 

 Botanic Garden, January 29, 1932. An erect- 

 growing tree with smooth bark and glossy, fine- 

 leaved foliage. The black berries are used in 

 making liqueurs. It is native to the Virgin 

 Islands. 



99566 to 99568. Euterpe spp. 



Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



99566 and 99567. Euterpe oleracea Mart. 



Manac or Manaque. For previous introduc- 

 tion and description see 98493. 



No. 2883. From the Avena Forest 

 Reserve, Trinidad, February 16, 1932. 



99567. No. 3871. From the island of St. 

 Kitts, January 24, 1923, at 700 feet altitude 

 on Mount Misery, in what remains of the 

 original wild forest of the island. 



