INVENTORY 



101158. Nephelium lappaceum L. 

 Sapindaceae. Rambutan. 



From Central America. Seeds presented by Wilson 

 Popenoe, research department, United Fruit Co., 

 Tela, Honduras. Eeceived October 6, 1932. 



An erect stately tropical tree 35 to 40 feet high, 

 native to the Malay Archipelago and not yet ex- 

 tensively cultivated elsewhere. The compound 

 leaves are composed of 5 to 7 pairs of elliptic, obovate 

 or oblong, glabrate leaflets about 4 inches long, 

 shining and dark green above, paler beneath. The 

 small flowers are in loose axillary and terminal pani- 

 cles. The fruits, which are produced in clusters of 

 10 or 12, are oval, about 2 inches in length, and 

 covered with soft fleshy spines less than an inch 

 long. They are crimson, somewhat greenish, 

 yellowish, or orange-yellow. The outer covering 

 from which the spines arise is thin and leathery 

 and is easily torn off, exposing the white translucent 

 flesh (aril) which adheres to the oblong and flattened 

 seed. The flavor is mild acid, somewhat suggesting 

 that of the grape. 



For previous introduction see 95367. 



101159 to 101162. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, 

 superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received 

 October 3, 1932. 



101159. Citharextlum caudatum L. Verbena- 



A shrub 10 to 12 feet high, native to the West 

 Indies. The elliptical to oblong leathery leaves 

 are 3 to 5 inches long, and the white tubular flow- 

 ers, borne in erect racemes 4 to 9 inches long, are 

 followed by ovoid-oblong black fruits about one- 

 fourth inch long. 



101160. Eugenia sp. Myrtaceae. 



101161. Jatropha hastata Jacq. Euphorbia- 

 ceae. 



A shrubby perennial about 3 feet high with 

 obovate to oblanceolate hastate leaves and umbel- 

 like cymes of small scarlet flowers. It is native 

 to Cuba. 



For previous introduction see 



101159 to 101162— Continued 



coriacea (Swartz) Britton. 



101162. Ocotea 

 Lauraceae. 



An evergreen tree 30 to 40 feet high with oblong- 

 lanceolate coriaceous leaves 2 to 6 inches long and 

 panicles of small whitish flowers followed by dark- 

 blue fruits nearly an inch long with red or yellow 

 persistent calyx bases. It is native to the West 

 Indies. 



For previous introduction see 90929. 



101163. Ficus carica L. Moraceae. 

 Commons&g. 



From Florida. Cuttings presented by H. E. Ellis, 

 Jacksonville. Received February 1, 1930. Num- 

 bered in October 1932. 



A seedless fig developed by George E. Shepherd, 

 Riverside, Jacksonville, Fla. 



101164 to 101168. 



From Greece. Seeds and bulbs presented by Prof* 

 Anagnostopoulos, Ecole Superieure 



Athens. Received October 7, 



P. Th. 



d'Agriculture, 

 1932. 



101164 to 101166. Crocus spp. Iridaceae. 



101164. Crocus boryi J. Gay. 



An autumn-flowering crocus with 3 to 6 

 linear-lanceolate leaves and white flowers some- 

 what lilac lined at the base outside and having 

 a yellow throat. The anthers are white and 

 somewhat longer than the filaments, and the 

 scarlet style branches are divided into capillary 

 segments. 



101165. Crocus cartwrightianus Herb. 



An autumn-flowering crocus with 1 to 4 violet 

 flowers and narrow slightly ciliate leaves. It is 

 very close to C. hadriaticus and is native to arid 

 hills near the sea in Greece. 



101166. Crocus sp. 



101167. Ornithogalum arabicum L. Liliaceae. 

 Star-of-Bethlehem . 



Bulbs of a herbaceous perennial, native to the 

 Mediterranean region. The thick ovoid bulb 



2 It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other 

 plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when introduced by the 

 Division of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing of such names here does not consti- 

 tute their official publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their 

 entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature 

 becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to change 

 with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom mention the 

 seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible identification from the seeds alone. 

 Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories are appearing in this country for the first time, and 

 there are no seed samples or herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be 

 compared. The only identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other 

 species of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications therefore must 

 necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question regarding the correct- 

 ness of the identification of any plant received from this division, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers 

 should be sent in so that definite identification can be made. 



