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PLANT MATEEIAL INTRODUCED 



102621 to 102636— Continued. 



102621. Agave indagatorum 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



Trelease. 



No. 3004. Cuttings collected near the 

 seacoast, at Cockburn, on Watlings, or 

 San Salvador, Island. 



For previous introduction of seeds and 

 description see 102587. 



Nos. 102622 to 102628 were presented 

 by Robert M. Grey, superintendent, At- 

 kins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. 



102622. Annona bullata A. Rich. An- 

 nonaceae. 



No. 3114. Budwood of a native Cuban 

 tree which is related to the sugar-apple 

 and appears to be unusually well adapted 

 to dry soils. The aromatic leaves are 

 used to season stews, and the small 

 scaly ovoid-cordiform, scarcely edible 

 fruits which mature in July are eaten 

 by pigs. 



102623. Annona reticulata L. Annona- 

 ceae. Custard-apple. 



No. 3126. Budwood of an unusually 

 large and attractive smooth custard- 

 apple, with a reddish tinge and almost 

 no bloom. It came originally from Santo 

 Domingo. 



102624. JOANNESIA PRINCEPS Veil. Eu- 



phorbiaceae. 



No. 3116. Cuttings of a large tropical 

 American tree with handsome 3- to 7- 

 foliolate leaves about 4 inches long and 

 coconutlike fruits about 5 inches in 

 diameter, with four large oily seeds. It 

 is related to the tung-od tiee (Aleuritcs 

 fordii). 



102625. Aristolochia argyroneura Hort. 

 Aristolochiaceae. 



No. 3117. A plant of an interesting 

 species with small wine-red flowers of an 

 unusual shape, but with the fetid odor 

 of the genus. 



102626. Cactus harlowii Britton and 

 Rose. Cactaceae. 



No. 3124. A cyclindrical cactus which 

 becomes about a foot high, with 12 nar- 

 row ribs, reddish spines less tban half an 

 inch long, and deep rose-red flowers em- 

 bedded in the rather small cephalium. 

 The deep-red fruits are one-half inch 

 long. Native to Cuba. 



102627. Casimiroa edulis Llave. Ruta- 

 ceae. White-sapote. 



No. 3120. Cuttings from a seedling 

 tree which bears unusually long, almost 

 pointed fruits of good quality, with no 

 suggestion of bitter flavor. 



102628. Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) W. F. 

 Wight (Q. xanthochymus Hook. f.). 

 Clusiaceae. 



No. 3121. Seeds of a tree of fairly 

 rapid growtb, with large opposite elliptic 

 or oblong coriaceous leaves 6 to 10 inches 

 long. The orange-yellow fruits, borne 

 singly or in clusters of 3 to 5 in the axils 

 of the leaves on mature wood, are round 

 or tapering to an acute apex and are 

 often over 2 inches in diameter. They 

 are made up of 3 to 5 segments, each 

 usually containing a large oblong seed. 

 The ripe fruit has a distinctive, subacid 

 flavor. 



102621 to 102636— Continued. 



102629. Livistona hoogendorpii Andre. 

 Phoenkaceae. Palm. 



No. 3040. Seeds presented by Mr. 

 Downes, Castleton Gardens, Jamaica, 

 March 7, 1933. A handsome fan palm 

 60 feet high, with large coarse leaves 

 which, when they fall, leave prominent 

 leaf scars. The fruit is spherical and a 

 deep blue. 



102630. Lucuma serpentaria H. B. K. 

 Sapotaceae. 



No. 3141. Presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. A medium- 

 sized tree, 30 to 40 feet high, which is a 

 Cuban relative to the canistel (Lucuma 

 ■nervosa). The yellow oblate fruit, about 

 3 inches in diameter, is very similar both 

 in taste and texture to that of the 

 canistel. 



102631 to 102633. Manihot esculenta 

 Crantz (M. utilissima PohL). Euphor- 

 biaceae. Cassava. 



Cuttings collected on the island of 

 Grand Cayman, British West Indies, 

 March 29, 1933. 



102631. No. 3143. Silver Leaf. This 

 variety is preferred for cooking be- 

 cause of its unusually tender flesh. 



102632. No. 3144. White sweet. One 

 of the standard varieties of cassava 

 on Grand Cayman where the soil and 

 climatic conditions are much like 

 they are in Florida. 



102633. No. 3145. Tampa. A variety, 

 originally from Florida, which on the 

 island of Grand Cayman is said to be 

 a tremendous yielder, but not of such 

 tender quality as the others. 



102834. Philodendron WARSZEWICZH 

 Koch and Bouche. Araceae. 



No. 3104. From Summit, Canal Zone, 

 March 24. 1933. An aroid with large, 

 much-divided leaves which somewhat re- 

 semble those of Monstera except that 

 these leaves have no holes in them. It 

 was found growing wild in the rain for- 

 ests of Panama. 



Nos. 102635 and 102636 were pre- 

 sented by Robert M. Grey, superintendent, 

 Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba, April 2, 

 1933. 



102635. Salix chilensis Molina (8. 

 humboldtiana Willd.). Salicaceae. 



Willow. 



No. 3119. A graceful evergreen species 

 of attractive appearance, the common 

 willow of the Andean cordillera. 



102636. Syngonium auritum (L.) Schott. 

 Araceae. 



No. 3125. Cuttings of a handsome 

 climbing aroid of loose growth, resem- 

 bling Syngonium polyphyllam, but with 

 smaller, darker green foliage. 



102637 and 102638. Phoenix reclinata 

 Jacq. Phoenicaceae. 



Senegal date palm. 



From Nigeria. Seeds collected by J. R. V. 

 Smyth, Superintendent of Agriculture, 

 and presented by O. T. Faulkner, Director, 

 Department of Agriculture, Idadan, Ni- 

 geria. Received April 17, 1933. 



