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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102356 to 102362— Continv.ecl. 



102359. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. 



Hawthorn. 

 From Zakataly, Caucasus. 



102360. I'RUNUS CERASIFERA DIVARICATA 



(Ledeb.) C. Schneid. Amygdalaceae. 



Plum. 



From Poti, Caucasus. 



102361. Pyracaxtha sp. Malaceae. 



Firetfcorn. 



From Zanataby, Caucasus. 



102362. Tilia sp. Tiliaceae. Linden. 

 From Khabarovsk. 



102363 to 102365. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, horticultural section, Ministry of 

 Agriculture, Giza. Received March 30, 

 1933. 



102363. Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Banauac. 



An attractive small evergreen tree, 

 attaining a height of 30 feet, with dark- 

 green thick-pointed leaves and small, 

 dark-red, subacid, well-flavored fruits 

 borne in racemes like the currant. 

 These may be eaten raw or made into 

 jelly. The tree is widely distributed 

 throughout the Tropics at low and me- 

 dium altitudes under varying climatic 

 conditions. Native to the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



102364. Chamaerops humilis L. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Hair palm. 



A low palm with a stem only 1 to 2 

 feet high, said to be the only palm na- 

 tive to Europe, found in the Mediter- 

 ranean region. The nearly orbicular 

 leaves are deeply laciniate into narrow 

 bifid lobes, and the margins of the 

 petioles are armed with stout spines. 

 The small yellow flowers are followed by 

 globose or ovoid yellow-brown fruits. 



102365. Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart. 

 Phoenicaceae. Doum palm. 



A palm about 30 feet high, which is 

 noted as one of the few branching palms. 

 It grows in alkaline, sandy soils and is 

 native from upper Egypt to central 

 Africa. The stems of old trees some- 

 times fork 3 or 4 times. The beautiful 

 yellow-brown fruits are borne in clus- 

 ters of 100 to 200 pounds. In upper 

 Egypt the poor people eat the fibrous 

 husk, which tastes like gingerbread but 

 is rather hard. The hard tough wood 

 is used for domestic utensils. 



For previous introduction see 9S494. 



102366. Citrus limetta Risso. Ruta- 

 ceae. Sweet lime. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by M. 

 Lifshitz, manager, Palestine Plantations, 

 Ltd., Tel-Mond, Kfar-Saba, at the re- 

 quest of Robert W. Hodgson, associate 

 professor of subtropical horticulture, 

 Berkeley, Calif. Received March 30, 

 1933. 



The pale-green fruit, about the size of a 

 lemon, has skin less than a quarter of an 

 inch thick, and the juice is cloying and 

 sweet. As a stock this sweet lime re- 

 quires less water and produces trees yield- 

 ing earlier fruit than the bitter orange. 



102367. Phoenix dactyl iter a L. 

 Phoenicaceae. Date palm. 



From India. Seeds presented by the fruit 

 specialist. Government of Punjab, Lyall- 

 pur, through W. T. Swingle. Received 

 March 25, 1933. 



10236S. Phoenix reclinata Jacq. 

 Phoenicaceae. Senegal date palm. 



From Africa. Seeds collected at Akure, 

 Ondo ■Province', in southern Nigeria, ^hd 

 presented by the director of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Ibadan, Ni- 

 geria. Received March 25, 1933. 



A date palm 20 to 30 feet high, native 

 to the tropical and subtropical parts of 

 Africa. The reclinate pinnate leaves are 

 6 to 9 feet long and have risrid green 

 leaflets. The yellowish fruits, with edible 

 sweetish pulp, are half an inch long. 



102369 to 102372. Malus sylvestris 

 Mill. (Pyrus mains L.). Malaceae. 



Apple. 



From Poland. Scions presented by Dr. 



W. Filewicz, Sinoleka. Received March 



31, 1933. 



Received under the following varietal 

 names : 



102369; Glogierbwkd. 



102370. Kosztela. 



102371. Malinowe Oberladzkie. 



102372. Reneta Lundakergska. 



102373. Cycas siamensis Miquel. 

 Cycadaceae. 



From Siam. Seeds presented by A. Kerr, 

 director. Botanic Garden. Bangkok. Re- 

 ceived March 28, 1933. 



A cycad, native to Siam. with a smooth 

 white stem up to 15 feet high and 6 inches 

 in diameter above the abruptly swollen 

 base. The light-green, pinnately-compound 

 leaves. 3 fret long, have about 70 pairs of 

 narrowly linear, leathery leaflets 3 to 4 

 inches long, and the ovoid fruits, about 9 

 inches long, are covered with orange wool. 



102374. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



From Manchuria. Seeds purchased from 

 L. Ptitsin, Harbin. Received March 28, 

 1933. 



Sample no. 17, collected i in northern 

 Manchuria in January 1933'. 



102375. Gossypium peruvianum Cav. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From South America. Seeds presented by 

 the American consul at Guayaquil, Ecua- 

 dor. Received March 30, 1933. 



Red Peruvian. 



102376 and 102377. Citrtjllus vul- 

 garis Schrad. Cncurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



From Yugoslavia. Seeds presented by 

 L. G. Michael, agricultural attache. 

 American Lesation, Belgrade, through L. 

 A. Wheeler. Bureau of Agricultural Eco- 

 nomics. Received March 30. 1933. 



102376. Variety 1. 



103377. Variety 2. 



