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101065 to 101074— Continued. 



101067. No. 140719. 



101068. No. 140720. 



101069. No. 140721. 



101070. No. 140722. 



101075. Sesamum 

 Pedaliaceae. 



101071. No. 140723. 



101072. No. 140724. 



101073. No. 140725. 



101074. No. 140726. 

 ORIENTALE L. 



Sesame. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the director of 

 the Botanic Garden, Eala, Belgian Congo. 

 Received August 30, 1932. 



Introduced for breeding investigations being 

 carried on by Department specialists. 



101076. Sasaveitchii (Carr.) Rehder. 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From New Jersey. Plants presented by W. A. 

 Manda, South Orange. Received September 1, 

 1932. 



A large-leaved, shade-loving bamboo of running 

 habit which grows to a maximum height of 2Vi feet. 

 The leaves, usually five to a branch, are up to 7 

 inches long by 1H inches wide. In autumn they 

 have the peculiar habit of drying out and bleaching 

 in a rather narrow and regular strip around the 

 margin, which gave rise to one of the specific syno- 

 nyms, albo-marginata. 



101077. Cassia grandis L. f. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. Pink-shower. 



From Cuba. Seeds collected at the Atkins Insti- 

 tution of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, by T. A. Fennell, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received May 9, 1930. Numbered in 

 August 1932. 



A leguminous tree that produces masses of pale- 

 pink flowers in the early spring, before the leaves 

 appear. It is adapted for park and garden work in 

 Florida where Cassia fistula and others of the genus 

 have done well. 



101078 to 101080. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Moses Albert 

 Azancot, Tangier, Morocco. Received Septem- 

 ber 1, 1932. 



101078. Cousinia sp. Asteraceae. 



Taimat. A prickly leaved thistlelike plant 

 growing wild around wheat fields. The flower 

 buds are boiled in salted water and eaten, tasting 

 something like asparagus. The uncooked juice 

 of the plant is used with apparent success as a 

 substitute for rennet by the local cheese manu- 

 facturers of Tangier. 



101079. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broadbean. 



A small bean used in Morocco as feed for cattle 

 and goats. They are sown broadcast. 



101080. Scolymus sp. Cichoriaceae. 



Tagarneena. A wild plant used by the natives 

 as a vegetable. 



101081. Amy gd alus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From Africa. Scions presented by O. S. H. Rem- 

 ecke, Department of Pomology, College of Agri- 

 culture, Stellenbosch, Union of South Africa. 

 Received September 8, 1932. 



Inkoos, an early, white-fleshed, freestone peach 

 which originated in South Africa and is said to 

 withstand warm weather during a normal cold 

 winter. 



For previous introduction see 93826. 



101082 and 101083. 



From South America. Seeds from Surinam, pre- 

 sented through David Fairchild. Received 

 September 1, 1932. 



101082 and 101083— Continued. 



101082. Euterpe oleracea Mart. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



Manac or manague; a tall graceful forest palm 

 with a trunk seldom more than 4 inches in diam- 

 eter. The pinnate leaves droop gracefully and 

 the tree is found singly, not in clusters. It is said 

 that fats suitable for oils and soaps can be derived 

 from the blue-black, berrylike fruits. 



For previous introduction see 99567. 



101083. Ravenala guyanensis Steud. Musa- 

 ceae. 



There are only two species of this genus, one in 

 Madagascar and the other in tropical South 

 America. This species is not so large as the 

 Madagascar one, but it rises to a height of 25 feet, 

 making a fanlike head. Its enormous flower 

 spike is 9 feet long and as much as a man can carry. 

 Unlike the Madagascar species, the seeds of which 

 have a deep-blue aril, the seeds of this have an 

 orange aril. 



For previous introduction see 98880. 



101084. Aralia chinensis L. Ara- 

 liaceae. Chinese aralia. 



From Washington, D.C. Seeds collected by Paul 

 Russell in the park west of the Department of 

 Commerce Building. Received September 12, 

 1932. 



A tall shrub up to 25 feet high, native to China, 

 with bipinnate leaves made up of ovate, closely 

 serrate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long and panicles of 

 small white flowers followed by small black fruits. 

 While the typical form has prickly stems, this 

 plant is absolutely unarmed. 



For previous introduction see 93878. 



101085 to 101090. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Alfred Bircher, 

 Middle Egypt Botanic Station, El Sari, Egypt. 

 Received September 8, 1932. 



101085. Dovyalis caffra (Hook, and Harv.) 

 Warb. (Aberia caffra Hook, and Harv.). 

 Flacourtiaceae. Kei-apple. 



A very prickly shrub or small tree, native to 

 tropical Africa, where it is used as a hedge. The 

 pale-green leaves are over an inch long and nearly 

 an inch wide. The edible fruit resembles a small 

 yellow apple and is so exceedingly acid when fresh 

 that it is said to be used as pickles without adding 

 vinegar. 



For previous introduction see 99415. 



101086. Dovyalis macrocalyx (Oliver) Warb. 

 Flacourtiaceae. 



A small tree native to Angola, Africa. The 

 thinly coriaceous leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, are 

 elliptical to ovate, and the inconspicuous flowers, 

 in small axillary clusters, are followed by orange- 

 scarlet ovoid berries one half inch long. The fruit 

 is surrounded by the persistent calyx which is 

 fimbriate-ciliate with slender capitately glandular 

 hairs. 



101087. Eugenia pungens Berg. Myrtaceae. 



Guabiyu. 



A bush native to South America, with pungent 

 leaves and myrtlelike flowers. The black fruits, 

 generally in pairs, are about an inch across and 

 contain a sweet yellow flesh, enclosing 1 or 2 large 

 green seeds. 



101088. Grewia tiliaefolia Vahl. Tiliaceae. 



A small tree, native to India and tropical Africa, 

 with purple branchlets and dentate, obliquely 

 cordate leaves 4 inches long. The small flowers 

 are in axillary clusters and the 1- to 4-lobed black 

 fruits, about the size of small peas, are eaten by 

 the natives. 



