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102277 to 102287— Continued. 



102279. Crescentia cujete L. Big- 

 noniaceae. Calabash-tree. 



No. 3066. Cuttings of a handsonre 

 tree, native to tropical America, with 

 wide-spreadine; branches and tbe gen- 

 eral habit of tbe Burbank plum. The 

 glossy dark-green loaves, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, are broadly lanceolate, and the 

 solitary pendulous round fruits are 18 

 to 20 inches in diameter, but can be 

 made, to assume various shapes by skill- 

 fu, tying. 



102280. Dracaena sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 3038. Seeds presented by E. S. 

 1 i wnes of Castleton Gardens, Jamaica, 

 Ma eh 7. 1933. A tree 20 feet high and 

 hall as w.de. The bright-orange fruits 

 are in long pendent clusters. 



1CF281. Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Poinsettia. 



No. 3063. From Kingston, Jamaica, 

 March 10, 1933. Cuttings presented by 

 Mi'. Goodman, of the Hope Gardens. A 

 " double " variety, with more numerous 

 bracts than the common form. 



102282. Livistona hoogbndorpii Andre. 

 Phoenkaceae. Palm. 



No. 3040. Seeds collected in Castle- 

 ton Gardens, Jamaica, March 7, 1933. 

 A tall Javanese palm with fan-shaped 

 leaves 4 to 6 feet wide on spiny petioles 

 3 to 5 feet lon^, red-brown at the base 

 and becoming olive green near the blade. 

 The blades are made up of 10 to 12 pli- 

 cate pendulous segments with 5 to 7 

 acute lobes at the apex. 



.For previous introduction see 101263. 



102283. Pelargonium inquinans (L.) 

 Ait. Geraniaceae. Fish geranium. 



No. 3046. Cuttings collected in the 

 Hope Gardens, Jamaica, March 12, 1933. 

 A thick-stemmed geranium with long- 

 stemmed, roundish or kidney-shaped 

 velvety leaves, and scarlet flowers. It 

 succeeds well in the dry Tropics. 



102284 and 102285. Persea Americana 

 Mill. Lauraceae. Avocado. 



102284. No. 3075. From San Andrea 

 Island, March 16, 1933. A West 

 Indian avocado which ripens in late 

 March or early April. It is an 

 oblong fruit 4 inches long and of a 

 bright-green color. The seed, how- 

 ever, is relatively very large. 



102285. No. 3333. Fruit purchased in 

 a market in Hispaniola. 



102286. Philodendron sp. Araceae. 



No. 3044. Cuttings collected in the 

 Hope Gardens, Jamaica, March 9, 1933. 

 An unusually attractive vine with rather 

 small leaves, 6 inches across, of an in- 

 tense dark green. 



102287. Roystonea sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Royal palm. 



No. 3035. Seeds collected at Kings- 

 ton, Jamaica, March 7, 1933. The West 

 Indian Royal palm is a more stately tree 

 than the Cuban or Florida Royal palm. 



102288. Sorghum pltjmosijm (R. Br.) 

 Beauv. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 Department of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales, through G. D. Ross, under- 

 secretary. Received March 15, 1933. 



102288— Continued. 



An Australian grass over 2 feet high, 

 with slender stems and long narrow 

 leaves. It is not popular with sheep 

 herders, but is considered a very good 

 grass for cattle. Tbe seed shatters freely. 



102289 to 102309. 



From Manchuria. Seeds purchased from 

 the Manshu Nosan Shokai, Inc., Dairen. 

 Received March 15, 1933. 



102289 to 102293. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



102289. Acer diabolicum Blume. 



Devil maple. 



A tree up to 30 feet high with 5- 

 lobed leaves 4 to 8 inches across, the 

 broadly ovate lobes being coarsely and 

 remotely dentate. The racemes of 

 small yellow flowers are followed by 

 keys with bristly nutlets. It is native 

 to Japan and closely resembles A, 

 francheti of central China. 



For previous introduction see 97499. 



102290. Acer micranthum Sieb. and 

 Zucc. 



A graceful shrubby tree, native to 

 Japan. The cordate, doubly serrate 

 leaves are 5- to 7-lobed ; the small 

 green-white flowers are in slender 

 racemes, and the wings of the keys 

 spread almost at right angles. 



102291. Acer rubripes Hort. 



A name for which a description and 

 a place of publication have not been 

 found. 



102292. Acer rufinerve Sieb. and 

 Zucc. 



A small deciduous Japanese maple 

 with blue-white young shoots and 

 dark-green irregularly serrate 3-lobed 

 or obscurely 5-lobed leaves. The flow- 

 ers are in erect racemes about 3 inches 

 long, and the keys are up to three- 

 fourths of an inch long. Occasion- 

 ally the young foliage, the leafstalks, 

 and the midribs are red. 



For previous introduction see 97493. 



102293. Acer sp. 



102294. Berberis quelpaertensis Nakai. 

 Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



A much-branched shrub with stout 

 trifid spines, oblanceolate sessile serrulate 

 leaves up to an inch long, and oblong 

 red berries. Native to Quelpaert Island. 

 Chosen. 



102295. Carpinus tschonoskii Maxim. 

 Betulaceae. Hornbeam. 



A graceful shrubby tree up to 45 feet 

 high, native to northeastern Asia, with 

 the young branchlets and leaves softly 

 pubescent. The elliptic to oblong leaves 

 are 2 to 4 inches long and have irregu- 

 larly finely serrate margins. 



102296. Cassiope lycopodioides (Pall.) 

 D. Don. Ericaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 102191. 



102297. Cornus controversa Hemsl. 

 Cornaceae. Giant dogwood. 



This Chinese dogwood is one of the 

 most striking of the genus ; in its native 

 home it sometimes becomes a tree 60 

 feet high with a trunk 7 feet in girth. 



