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102644 to 102687— Continued. 



102671. Passiflora pedata L». Passi- 

 floraceae. 



No. 3128. Presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. A species 

 witb particularly attractive foliage and 

 fruits tbat are dark green wben ripe. 



102672. Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. 

 Fabaceae. Rice bean. 



No. 3028. A deep-brown bean pur- 

 chased in the market at Port-au-Rrince, 

 Haiti, March 3, 1933. 



102673. PORTLANDIA GRANDIFLORA L. Ru- 



biaceae. 



No. 3133. Presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba, April 2 1933. A tropical 

 shrub up to 15 feet high, native to the 

 West Indies, with opposite elliptical 

 leathery leaves and axillary funnel-snaped 

 flowers 4 inches long marked with purple- 

 red calyx stripes, but with a very beau- 

 tiful cream-colored corolla. 



For previous introduction see 97577. 



102674. Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3051. Collected in the Bath Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Jamaica, March 9, 1933. 

 A glabrous tree up to 30 feet high, na- 

 tive to tropical America. The compound 

 leaves are made up of 5 to 9 elliptical- 

 lanceolate shining leaflets 4 to 8 inches 

 long, and the small yellow flowers, in 

 lax panicles, are followed by flat, very 

 oblique veiny pods nearly 2 inches across. 



102675 to 102677. Schomburgkia spp. 

 Orchidaceae. Orchid. 



102675. Schomburgkia thomsoniana 

 Reichenb. f. 



No. 3057. Originally from Grand 

 Cayman Island and presented by Ed- 

 ward J. Downes, of the Hope Gardens, 

 Jamaica, March 10, 1933. A hand- 

 some West Indian orchid closely re- 

 lated to Schomburgkia tibicinis. The 

 panicle has 15 flowers, the sepals are 

 very pale yellow with a pale-mauve 

 disk, and the light sulphur-yellow 

 petals are lined and streaked with 

 dark purple. 



102676 and 102677. From Old Provi- 

 dence Island, March 14, 1933. 



102676. Schomburgkia sp. 



102677. Schomburgkia sp. 



1 Nos. 102678 to 102681 were presented by 

 Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins In- 

 stitution of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. 



102678. Solanum pierreancm Paill. and 

 Bois. Solanaceae. 



No. 3135. A small sweet pepper with 

 bright scarlet fruits which are ornamental 

 as well as edible. 



102679 to 102681. Stigmaphyllon spp. 

 Malpighiaceae. 



102679. Stigmaphyllon 

 ledifolium (H. B. K.) Sinall. 



No. 3140. A woody vine native to 

 Cuba. The linear to suborbicular 

 leathery leaves, 1 to 4 inches long, are 

 lustrous above, and the axillary clus- 



102644 to 102687— Continued. 



ters of bright-yellow flowers are fol- 

 lowed by 1 to 3 maplelike winged 

 fruits nearly an inch long. 



102680. Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum 

 Juss. 



No. 3131. A woody vine, native to the 

 West Indies, with rigid leathery linear 

 to ovate leaves, coarsely reticulated 

 beneath. The bright-yellow flowers 

 are in axillary clusters, and the maple- 

 like fruits are oblong with straight 

 edges. 



102681. Stigmaphyllon p u b e r u m 

 (Rich.) Juss. 



No. 3134. A woody vine, native to 

 the West Indies, with the brancblets 

 covered with appressed brown hairs. 

 The ovate-acuminate leaves, 2 inches 

 long, are nearly glabrous above and 

 appressed pubescent beneath. The 

 petals of the bright-yellow flowers, an 

 inch across, are fringed on the mar- 

 gin, and the maplelike fruits are more 

 than an inch long. 



102682. Strophanthus sp. Apocynaceae. 

 No. 3058. From the Hope Gardens, 



Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 1933. A 

 strong climber with coarse leaves and 

 large pink and white flowers with short 

 acute petals. 



102683. Synadenium grantii Hook. f. 

 Euphorbiaceae. African milk-bush. 



No. 3130. Presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba, April 2, 1933. A stout 

 shrub 8 to 10 feet high with pale-gray 

 bark, native to tropical Africa. The 

 slightly fleshy, oblanceolate to obovate 

 leaves are 3 to 7 inches long, and the 

 small dark-red flowers are borne in axil- 

 lary cymes. 



102884. Tillandsia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



No. 3148. Collected near Georgetown, 

 Grand Cayman, British West Indies, 

 March 29, 1933. A small epiphytic til- 

 landsia with attractive transverse mark- 

 ings. Found in dense brush. 



102685. Tr iopteris jamaicensis L. 

 Malpighiaceae. 



No. 3132. Presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

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

 growing twining glabrous woody vine, 

 native to the West Indies, with small 

 violet to purple flowers. 



102686. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3142. From Old Providence Is- 

 land, March 13, 1933. A fern found 

 growing on the rocks in a very dry sit- 

 uation where it was exposed to the most 

 intense sunlight. It had formed a per- 

 fect network of creeping rlrzomes from 

 which rose decorative leaves that were 

 strikingly like the leaves of the Ficus 

 repens (when old). 



102687. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3109. Bull Rush palm. From 

 Grand Cayman, British West Indies, 

 March 29, 1933. A beautiful fan palm 

 with very dark-green leaves on long pet- 

 ioles and a tendency for the base of 

 the leaflets to cross over at the suture. 

 It is an ornamental palm which can 

 stand long periods of drought. 



