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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101663 to 101694— Continued. 



101674 to 101676. Ku Chu'a Hung, 



meaning millet season red peach. 

 Collected near Shnngchihtsun. A 

 freestone which ripens in August. 



101674. No. 12. 



101675. No. 13. 



101676. No. 14. 



101677 to 101689. Ta Tao, or Fei 

 peach. A large clingstone which 

 ripens in early September. 



101677 to 101686. From near the 

 village of Sunchiachuang, south 

 of Feicheng. 



101677. No. 15. 101682. No. 20. 



101678. No. 16. 101683. No. 21. 



101679. No. 17. 101684. No. 22. 



101680. No. 18. 101685. No. 23. 



101681. No. 19. 101686. No. 24. 



101687 to 101689. From the vil- 

 lage of Tiaochiatun, south of 

 Feicheng. 



101687. No. 25. 101689. No. 27. 



101688. No. 26. 



101690 to 101692. Castanba mollissima 

 Blume. Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. 



Collected in an orchard near the vil- 

 lage of Chunyangkou, northeast of Taiaii, 

 Shangtung. 



101690. Tsao or Ts'ao ; early chestnut. 

 Said to ripen the end of August or 

 early in September. 



101691. Mao Lee Tzu ; hairy chest- 

 nut. Said to ripen the middle of 

 September. 



101692. Ming or Min Lee Tzu; late 

 chestnut. A seedling which ripens 

 the middle of September. 



101693 and 101694. Diospyros kaki L. 

 f. Diospyraceae. Kaki persimmon. 



Secured through Chu Li Chi, a persim- 

 mon storage owner, at the village of 

 Hsiangtang, north of Tangshan Hot 

 Spring, Hopeh. 



101693. Ch'u Tou Shih Tzu; lantern 

 persimmon. 



101694. Tai Kai Shih; large per- 

 simmon. 



101695 to 101702. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. 

 A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatus'co, Vera 

 Cruz. Received January 14, 1933. 



101695. Acrocomia 

 Phoenicaceae. 



MEXICANA 



Karw. 

 Palm. 



Collected at 800 feet altitude and 

 found in the cooler regions of Mexico up 

 to 3,000 feet. A prickly palm about 20 

 feet high, with a brown, woolly trunk 

 over a foot thick and terminal leaves 

 from 6 to 8 feet in length. The sheath- 

 ing bases of the leaves are armed with 

 long black spines, and the spathe also is 

 very spiny. The fragrant yellow flow- 

 ers are followed by round fruits in very 

 long clusters. 



101696. Attalea cohdne Mart. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Cohune. 



A magnificent feather-leaved palm na- 

 tive to the West Indies and Central 

 America where it reaches a height of 40 



101695 to 101702— Continued. 



feet, with leaves 20 feet long produced 

 abundantly at the top of the trunk. The 

 yellowish flowers are borne very freely, 

 and the ovoid fruit, 2 to 3 inches long, 

 contains a seed or nut which yields a 

 valuable oil of high quality, used for 

 cooking purposes. 



For previous; Introduction see 9854f>. 



101697. Ceratozamia mexicana Brongn. 

 Cycadaceae. 



A handsome cycad from southeasten 

 Mexico, with a short thick ovoid trunk 

 crowned with a whorl of rich dark-green 

 pinnate loaves several feet in length 

 An excellent decorative plant, best grown 

 in sandy loam. 



101698 to 101701. Chamaedorea spp. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



101698. Chamaedorea elatior Mart. 



A low palm collected between 800 

 and 900 feet altitude at Zacuapam, 

 Vera Cruz. It has a flexuqus stem 

 10 to 15 feet high and pinnate leaves 

 6 to 8 feet long. Native to southern 

 Mexico. 



101699. Chamaedorea elegans Mart. 



Pacayito. 



Collected between 800 and 900 feet 

 altitude. A handsome dwarf palm, na- 

 tive to southern Mexico and Central 

 America. It is an excellent ornamental 

 house plant, as it will tolerate shade 

 to a greater extent than many other 

 plants, and often comes into flower 

 when not over a foot high. The deep- 

 green finely pinnate graceful loaves are 

 very attractive. 



101700. Chamaedorea sartorii Liebm. 



A palm, native to southern Mexico. 

 with a trunk 8 to 15 feet high, cov- 

 ered with the bases of the leaf pet ; oles 

 The pinnately compound leaves, 3 to 

 4 feet long, are made up of alternate 

 falcate pinnae 12 inches long, and the 

 oval black fruits are less than an 

 inch long. 



101701. Chamaedorea tepejilote 

 Liebm. 



A palm, native to southern Mexico, 

 up to 10 feet high, with pinnate leaves 

 about 4 feet long. The undeveloped 

 inflorescence is eaten as a vegetable. 



For previous introduction see 93281. 



101702. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



Collected in a garden at Rinconada, 

 Vera Cruz. 



101703. Antigonon guatimalense 

 Meisn. Polygonaceae. 



From Cuba. Tubers presented by Robert 

 M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institu- 

 tion of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. 

 Received January 19, 1933. 



Throughout the American Tropics one of 

 the most popular and conspicuous orna- 

 mental herbaceous climbers is the Rosa de 

 montana (Antigonon leptopus), with its 

 showy racemes of rose-pink flowers. The 

 species, A. quatimalcnse, while much less 

 common in cultivation, has more numerous 

 flowers that are deeper pink and nearly 

 twice as large. 



