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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102513 to 102585— Continued. 



102579. Martin 80c. 



102580. Monsallard. 



102581. Moscatello Piccolo. 



102582. NoMlf. 



102583. Spadona d'E state. 



102584. Succaramana. 



102585. Trionfo di Vienna. 

 102586 to 102619. 



From the West Indies and Central America. 

 Seeds collected by David Fairchild, with 

 the 1'933 Allison V. Armour expedition. 

 Received April 4, 1933. 



102586. Agave brevispina Trelease. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3022. Oalatas or Croix des bou- 

 quets. Point Decouverte, above Kenscoff, 

 Haiti, March 2, 1933. A stemless but 

 not cespitose agave, with dull dark- 

 green, broadly lanceolate leaves 3 feet 

 or more long having small dull-brown 

 spines and narrowly triangular prickles. 

 The golden-yellow flowers are in a dense 

 cluster on a scape 12 feet high. Native 

 to Hispaniola. 



For previous introduction see 102342. 



102587. Agave indagatorum Trelease. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3004. From near the sea. east of 

 Cockburn, on Watlings, or San Salvador, 

 Island. A stemless agave with grayish 

 lanceolate acute leaves about 7 feet long. 

 terminated by a chestnut-brown spine half 

 an inch long and flowers borne in a pani- 

 cle on a scape about 25 feet high. Native 

 to Watlings Island, Bahamas. 



102588. Ananas sativus 

 Bronreliaceae. 



Schult. f. 

 Pineapple. 



No. 3083. Purchased in the market 

 at Colon. Panama, March 27, 1933. A 

 large, almost spherical fruit, with deli- 

 cious aromatic flesh. 



102589. Ananas 



Bromeliaceae. 



sativus Schult. f. 

 Pineapple. 



No. 3030. March 28, 1933. Ripley. 

 From Kingston, Jamaica. A pineapple 

 with a delicious flavor. 



102590 and 102591. Areca alicae F. 

 Muell. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Seeds presented by J. E. Higgins. direc- 

 tor. Canal Zone Experiment Gardens, 

 Summit, March 23, 1933. 



For previous introduction see 92192. 



102590. No. 3085. An Australian clus- 

 ter palm with graceful spineless 

 trunks 9 feet or more in height and 

 pinnate shining-green leaves 3 to 6 

 feet long. The handsome, scarlet 

 oblong fruits, three-fourths of an 

 inch long, make this one of the most 

 attractive of all dooryard palms. 



102591. No. 

 variety. 



3090. A single-stemmed 



102592 and 102593. Arrabidaea pachy- 

 calyx Sprague. Bignoniaceae. 



A large woody vine, native to Panama, 

 with 2 or 3 entire leaflets covered beneath 

 with dense minute white tomentum. The 

 pink or purple flowers, in large terminal 

 or axillary panicles, are followed by long 

 linear pods. 



102586 to 102619— Continued. 



102592. No. 3095. Collected on the 

 Armour trail, Barro Colorado Island, 

 Panama, March 23, 1933. 



102593. No. 3103. Presented by J. E. 

 Higgins, director. Canal Zone Experi- 

 ment Gardens, Summit, March 23, 

 1033. 



102594 to 102596. Cajanus Indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeonpea. 



102594. No. 3055. No eye pigeonpea. 



102595. Collected March 14, 1933, on 

 O.d Providence Island. Probably a 

 Jamaican variety. 



102596. No. 3056. Purchased in the 

 marker at Kingston, Jamaica, March 

 11. 1933. A variety with extra large 

 pods. 



102597. Chrysophyllum panamense Pit- 

 tier. Sapotaceae. 



No. 3091. From Barro Colorado Is- 

 land, Panama, March 23. 1933. A me- 

 dium-sized tropical tree with a rounded 

 crown, smooth gray bark, and brown pub- 

 escent branchlets. The elliptic-acuminate 

 leaves, 6 to 8 inches long, are smooth and 

 dark green above and gray and slightly 

 pubescent beneath. The small yellow- 

 green flowers, in axillary clusters, are 

 followed by 1-seeded fruits about an inch 

 long. Native to Panama. 



102598. COCCOLOBA MANZINELLENIS- 



Beurl. Polygonaceae. 



No. 3078. From Ancon, Panama, March 

 18, 1933. A handsome shade tree with 

 dark-green leaves resembling oak leaves. 

 The tree is inclined to form suckers and 

 become a large bush. 



102599 to 102601. Coccothrinax spp. 

 Phoenicaceae. v Palm* 



102599. Coccothrinax sp. 



No. 3065. From Old Providence 

 Island, March 14. 1933. A short grace- 

 ful palm, 10 to 15 feet high, with large 

 handsome leaves, silvery beneath, and 

 having the characters of Coccothrinax 

 a> gen tea. Found in a rocky situation 

 about 20 feet above the sea where it 

 was exposed to the salt spray. 



102600. Coccothrinax sp. 



No. 3108. From Georgetown, Grand 

 Cayman Island. 



102601. Coccothrinax sp. 



No. 3068. From Old Providence 

 Island. March 14, 1933. Although this- 

 tree resembles no. 3065 [102599], it 

 may be distinct, as the seeds are much 

 smaller. 



102602 and 102603. Crotalaria retusa 

 L. Fabaceae. 



From New Providence Island, March 

 13 and 14, 1933. 



For previous introduction see 98842. 



102602. No. 3069. 



102603. No. 3072. 



102604. Dracaena sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 3038. Seeds presented by E. S. 

 Downes, of Castleton Gardens, Jamaica, 

 March 7, 1933. A tree 20 feet high and 

 half as wide. The bright-orange fruits 

 are in long pendent clusters. 



For previous introduction see 102280. 



