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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102644 to 102687— Continued. 



102655. Neomamillaria sp. Cactaceae. 

 No. 3017. 



102656. Cephalocereus millsp a u g h i i 

 Britton. Cactaceae. 



No. 3018. A large cactus with branch- 

 ing stems, 6 to 20 feet high, sometimes 

 8 inches thick at the base of the trunk. 

 It has 8 to 13 ribs, and a score of acieu- 

 lar brown-yellow spines, about 2 inches 

 long, rise from each gray-brown areole. 

 The ratber stiff greenish flowers, white 

 within and less than an inch long, are 

 succeeded by small reddish globose 

 fruits. Native to the Bahama Islands. 



For previous introduction see 102349. 



Nos. 102657 and 102658 were presented 

 by Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. 



102657. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck (C. 

 decumana Murr.). Rutaceae. 



Grapefruit. 



No. 3113. Harvard No. 1. An ex- 

 tremely juicy, very sweet, medium-sized 

 grapefruit with deep-yellow flesh, little 

 rag, and tender follicles. A cross be- 

 tween the orange and the grapefruit. 



102658. Clerodendrum anafense Britton 

 and P. Wils. Verbenaceae. 



No. 3137. A Cuban tree 30 feet high, 

 with obovate coriaceous leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long and clusters of white flowers 

 an inch long followed by brilliant blue 

 fruits. 



102659. Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3150. From Grand Cayman, Ba- 

 hama Islands, March 29, 1933. Bulbs 

 found in deep sandy soil ; this may be a 

 local variety. 



102660. Cyrtosperma Senegal ense 

 (Schott) Engler. Araceae. 



No. 3122. Presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. The giant 

 aroid of the Cameroons, grown from seed 

 sent by the Allison V. Armour expedition 

 to West Africa in 1927. It sends up its 

 square, 16-inch-long spathe on a spiny 

 stem 10 feet high. The plant requires 

 wet sandy soil and warm moist atmos- 

 phere. 



For previous introduction see 99319. 



102661. Dendrobium pierardi Roxb. Or- 

 chidaceae. Orchid. 



No. 3047. Presented by Mr. Goodman, 

 curator, Hope Gardens," Kingston, Ja- 

 maica. An epiphytic herb with slender 

 pendulous pseudobulbs 2 to 3 feet long, 

 native to India. The rose-mauve flowers, 

 2 inches across and borne usually in 

 pairs, have a pale primrose-yellow lip 

 streaked with purple at the base. 



102662. Dioscorea bulbifera L. Diosco- 

 reaceae. Airpotato. 



No. 3032. From Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 

 A tall climbing vine with cordate-ovate 

 leaves, native to tropical Asia. The 

 axillary tubers are often bitter, but in 

 this variety they are bland in flavor and 

 are used for food. 



Diosco- 

 Yampie. 



102644 to 102687— Continued. 



102663. Dioscorea trifida L. f. 

 reaceae. 



No. 3045. From the market at King, 

 ston, Jamaica. The yampie, a high- 

 quality species of yam, exists in several 

 varieties, of which this one from Jamaica 

 is one of the best known. The species 

 is grown only with difficulty outside the 

 Tropics. 



Nos. 102664 and 102665 were presented 

 by Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. 



102664. Drymaria cordata 

 Silenaceae. 



(L.) Willd. 



No. 3123. A small creeping annual 

 which may prove a valuable cover crop 

 for shady areas. It has flat round leaves 

 an inch or less wide and small white 

 flowers in cymes. Native to the West 

 Indies. 



102665. Espadaea amoena A. Rich So- 

 lanaceae. 



No. 3129. A tree, native to Cuba, very 

 common along the seacoast. The black 

 and yellow wood is very hard and du- 

 rable, and the small fruits are bright 

 yellow. 



For previous introduction see 101025. 



Fla- 



Flacourtia inermis Roxb. 

 courtiaceae. 



No. 3084. Fruits collected in the Ex- 

 periment Garden, Summit, Canal Zone, 

 from a tree which grew from seed col- 

 lected by David Fairchild in Ceylon in 

 1926. The lovi-lovi tree of Ceylon has 

 brilliant-red fruits, the size of small cher- 

 ries, produced in immense quantities. 

 They are very sour and are said to make 

 excellent jelly or preserves. 



102667. Hippeastrum sp. Amaryllida- 

 ceae. 



No. 3023. Wild plants collected in 

 Haiti. 



102668. IPOMOEA HEPTAPHYLLA (Rottl. 



and Willd.) Voigt. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 3019. Tubers collected along a 

 roadside in Great Inagua, Bahama Is- 

 lands, February 26, 1933. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 102469. 



102669. Kopsia frdticosa (Ker) A. DC. 

 Apocynaceae. 



No. 3138. Seeds presented by Robert 

 M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institu- 

 tion of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. A large 

 evergreen shrub, native to Burma, with 

 elliptic leaves 4 to 8 inches long. The 

 flowers, over an inch long and 2 inches 

 across and borne in cymes, have pink 

 corolla tubes with red mouths. The pyri- 

 form fruits, 1 inch long, are greenish 

 purple. 



For previous introduction see 101134. l| 



102670. Maba crassinervis Urb. Dios- 

 pyraceae. 



No. 3005. From Watlings Island (San 

 Salvador), January 1, 1933. A tropical 

 American shrub 4 to 11 feet high, occa- 

 sionally a small tree, with leathery obo- 

 vate or broadly ovate leaves about 2 

 inches long and inconspicuous flowers in 

 small racemes. 



