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PLANT MATEEIAL INTRODUCED 



101271 to 101291— Continued 



101286. Notiiopanax colensoi (Hook, f.) Seem. 

 Aruliaceae. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree up to 15 feet 

 high, native to New Zealand. The palmately 

 compound coriaceous leaves are made up of 3 to 5 

 obovate, coarsely serrate leaflets 2 to 6 inches 

 long, and the small flowers, borne in large com- 

 pound umbels, are followed by globular purple- 

 black fruits one-fifth inch in diameter. 



101287. Oleaiua cheesemanii Cockayne and 

 Allen. Asteraceae. 



A much-branched shrub 3 to 12 feet high, 

 native to New Zealand. The membranous 

 linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate leaves, 2 

 to 4 inches long, have sinuate margins, and the 

 small heads of white flowers are borne in large 

 rounded corymbs. 



101288. Pachystegia insignis (Hook. f.) 

 Cheesem. Asteraceae. 



A robust spreading New Zealand shrub, 6 to 

 -9 feet high, with stout densely tomentose branches, 

 thick leathery oblong entire leaves, 3 to 7 inches 

 long, white tomentose beneath, and large hemi- 

 spherical heads, 3 inches in diameter, of white 

 flowers on peduncles a foot long. 



101289. Parsonsia hetekophylla A. Cunn. 

 Apocynaceae. 



A tall, slender, branching vine, woody at the 

 case, with coriaceous leaves varying from linear 

 to obovate, 2 to 4 inches long. The terminal and 

 axillary, many-flowered cymes of small, fragrant, 

 white flowers are followed by cylindrical pods 

 6 inches long. Native to New Zealand. 



101290. PlTTOSPORUM BUCHANANI Hook. f. Pit- 



tosporaceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, native 

 to New Zealand. The oblong to lanceolate 

 membranous leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are silky 

 pubescent, and the small, dark-purple flowers 

 are borne in axillary clusters. 



101291. Pratia angulata (Forst. f.) Hook. f. 

 Campanulaceae. 



A slender, creeping, herbaceous perennial form- 

 ing broad matted patches. The stems are 2 to 7 

 inches long, the rather fleshy ovate to orbicular 

 leaves, less than one-half inch long, are sinuate 

 dentate, and the axillary flowers, less than 1 

 inch long, are white with purple streaks. It is 

 native to New Zealand. 



For previous introduction see 91294. 



101292 to 101295. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, 

 superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received Oc- 

 tober 31, 1932. 



101292. Polygala oblongata (Britton) Blake 

 (Badiera oblongata Britton). Polygalaceae. 



A tropical evergreen shrub, native to Cuba 

 and the Bahama Islands, with oblong-obovate 

 leathery leaves about 1 inch long and small 

 flowers in very short racemes. 



mucronata Griseb. Fab- 



101293. Belairia 

 aceae. 



A thorny shrub with shining-green leaves com- 

 posed of 3 to 9 linear-oblong mucronate leaflets; 

 the flowers are followed by small membranous 

 pods. It is native to Cuba. 



101294. Solanum macranthtjm Dunal. Solan- 

 aceae. 



A very rapid-growing tree with large, dark- 

 green, spiny leaves and a great profusion of 

 large, blue-violet flowers which change color 

 from day to day, becoming a pale blue and later 

 fading to white. 



For previous introduction see 97852. 



101292 to 101295— Continued 



101295. Zamia integrifoua Ait. Cycadaceae. 



A cycad, native to the West Indies, with a 

 trunk 12 to 18 inches high and a crown of pin- 

 nately compound leaves somewhat resembling a 

 palm. The alternate leaflets, in 7 to 16 pairs, 

 are oblong to lanceolate and are sometimes 

 dentate at the apex. 



101296 and 101297. Allium sativum 

 L. Liliaceae. Garlic. 



From China. Bulbs presented by W. M. Hayes, 

 Tenghsien, Shantung. Received November 9, 

 1932. 



Locally grown varieties, introduced for the use 

 of Department specialists. 



101298 and 101299. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Arthur F. 

 Street, R. W. Cameron & Co., Inc., Sydney, 

 through Monson Morris, Hollyberry Farm, 

 Aiken, S.C. Received November 4, 1932. 



1C1298. Calandrinia balonensis 

 tulacaceae. 



Lindl. Por- 

 Parakeelya. 



101300. Phoenix 

 Phoenicaceae. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 101242. 



101299. Calandrinia remota J. M. Black. 

 Portulacaceae. Parakeelya. 



A low procumbent annual, or possibly per- 

 ennial, 4 to 12 inches high, native to South Aus- 

 tralia. The succulent, linear-spatulate leaves are 

 less than an inch long, and the rather large pur- 

 ple to white flowers are 1 to 2 inches across. It 

 is of possible value as a forage plant. 



EECLINATA Jacq. 



Senegal date palm. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the director of 

 agriculture, Western Provinces, Zaria, Nigeria. 

 Received November 4, 1932. 



A tropical and South African date palm 20 to 30 

 feet high with green reclinate pinnate leaves 6 to 9 

 feet long composed of rigid leaflets and yellowish 

 fruits half an inch long with a sweetish pulp. 



For previous introduction see 101144. 



101301 and 101302. 



From India . Seeds presented by W. Head, deputy 

 director of gardens, Saharanpur, United Prov- 

 inces. Received November 3, 1932. 



101301. Amygdaltjs persica L. 



Amygdalaceae. 

 Peach. 



A good type. Introduced for the use of De- 

 partment specialists. 



101302. Prtjnus sp. Amygdalaceae> Plum. 



Ladakh. 



101303 to 101306. 



From Malta. Seeds presented by J. Borg, superin- 

 tendent, Department of Agriculture, Valletta. 

 Received November 3, 1932. 



101303. Amygdaltjs per* 

 Amygdalaceae. 



A white nectarine. 



101304. PRUNU3 ARMENIACA L. 



Alexandrine. 



101305. Prunus armeniaca L. 



101306. Prunus domestica L. 

 St. John's. 



nectarina Ait. 

 Nectarine. 



Amygdalaceae. 

 Apricot. 



Amygdalaceae. 

 Apricot. 



Amygdalaceae. 

 Common plum. 



