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1C2837 and 102638— Continued. 



Native name. Okunkun or Okun. Intro- 

 duced for the use of Department specialists. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 102378. 



102637. Collected in a clump of palms 

 6% miles from the Oyo rest house on 

 the Oyo-Iseyin Road. 



102638. Collected on a farm near the 

 Oyo rest house. 



102639 to 102642. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Scions and trees presented by V. P. 

 Alekseev, chief, foreign plant introduc- 

 tion, Institute of Plant Industry of the 

 Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 

 Leningrad. Received April 20, 1933. 



102639. Malls sylvestris Mill. (Pyrus 

 malus L.). Malaceae. Apple. 



Received as the Circassian apple. A 

 semiwild variety of exceptional vigor and 

 productivity, which should be of interest 

 for fruit breeding work in the southern 

 part of the United States. 



102640 to 102642. Amygdalus communis 

 L. (Prunus amygdalus Stokes) . Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Almond. 



102640. No. 62. 102642. No. 162. 



102641. No. 96. 



102643. Zinnia multifloea L. Astera- 

 ceae. 



From Argentina. Seeds collected by Walter 

 Fischer, United States Tariff Commis- 

 sion, at Oncativo, Province of Cordoba. 

 Received April 24, 1933. 



A wild zinnia, found along fence rows 

 and roadsides in the Province of Cordoba. 

 The small flower heads are a light brick red. 



102644 to 102687. 



From the West Indies and the Canal Zone. 

 Plants and seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild. with the 1933 Allison V. Ar- 

 mour expedition. Received April 15, 

 1933. 



102644. Adenidm obesum (Forsk.) Roem. 

 and Schult. Apocynaceae. 



No. 3033. Presented by Mr. Good- 

 man, curator, Hope Gardens, Kingston, 

 Jamaica. A slow-growing shrub, not 

 over 3 feet high, native to the dry 

 regions of Africa and named after the 

 desert port of Aden. The gorgeous deep- 

 pink or white flowers are 3 inches across 

 and remind one of enormous oleander 

 blossoms. 



Nos. 102645 and 102646 were collected 

 on Grand Cayman, British West Indies, 

 March 29, 1933. 



102645. Aechmea sp. Bromeliaceae. 



No. 3127. A species with very large 

 leaves over 2 feet long and 4 to 5 inches 

 wide. The light-green fruits are in large 

 clusters. 



102646. Aeranthes sp. Orchidaceae. 



Orchid. 



No. 3149. An epiphytic orchid that 

 forms strandlike roots and covers the 

 bark of trees with its interesting growth. 

 Its delicate white flowers, 1 to 2 inches 

 across, are fragrant in the evening. 



102647 to 102649. Agave spp. Anrarylli- 

 daceae. 



102644 to 102687— Continued. 



102S47. Agave acklinicola Trelease. 



No. 3012. From near Moss Harbor, 

 Crooked Island, Bahamas, Feb uary 

 20, 1933. A stemless but not cespi- 

 tose agave with dull-grayish, narrowly 

 lanceolate leaves 6 to 7 feet long, ter- 

 minated by a smooth glossy red-brown 

 spine an inch long, graying with age. 

 The inflorescence is unknown, but this 

 agave is closely related to Agave 

 bahamana. Native to the Bahamas. 



102648. Agave brevispina Trelease. 



No. 3022. Galatas, or Croix des 

 bouquets. From Point Decouverte, 

 above Kenscoff, Haiti, March 2, 1933. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 102586. 



102649. Agave morrisii Baker. 



No. 3059. From Jamaica, British 

 West Indies, March 11, 1933. A 

 stemless agave, native to Jamaica, 

 with a rosette of 20 to 30 spatulate 

 leaves, 4 to 6 feet long. The end 

 spine is an inch long, and the mar- 

 ginal prickles are dark brown. The 

 much-branched inflorescence, 15 to 20 

 feet high, bears bright-yellow flowers 

 2 to 3 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 

 102277. 



102650. Ananas sativus Schult. f. Bro- 

 meliaceae. Pineapple. 



No. 3074. Plants presented by Mr. 

 Goodman, of the Hope Gardens, King- 

 ston, Jamaica, March 10, 1933. In 

 Jamaica this pineapple is known as the 

 Ripley. It is a small to medium-sized, 

 sugar-loaf pineapple with deep-yellow, 

 very sweet flesh of fine texture. The 

 eyes are rather deep, necessitating a good 

 deal of waste in preparing the fruit for 

 the table. 



102651. ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM 



Bailey. Phoenicaeeae. 



No. 3115. From Barro Colorado Is- 

 land, Canal Zone, March 23, 1933. A 

 tall slender handsome spiny palm with 

 pinnate leaves, found in the dense rain 

 forest. The orange-yellow fruits, 1% 

 inches by 1% inches, are rugose and 

 mucronate and are covered with a thin 

 fleshy fibrous juicy sweetish pulp. They 

 are borne in long pendent clusters. 



102652 to 102654. Brassavola spp. Or- 

 chidaceae. Orchid. 



From San Andres Island, Colombia. 



102652. Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl. 



An epiphytic orchid 8 to 12 inches 

 high, native to tropical America. The 

 thick fleshy half-cylindrical linear leaf 

 is 6 to 8 inches long, and the large 

 pale-green flowers with a white lip are 

 2 to 3 inches across and are borne in 

 a raceme 1 foot long. 



102653. Brassavola sp. 



A form with large white fragrant 

 flowers. 



102654. Brassavola sp. 



[Received without notes.] 



Nos. 102655 and 102656 were collected 

 near Salt Pond, Great Inagua, Bahama 

 Islands, March 26, 1933. 



