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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103079 to 103098— Continued. 



A collection of soybeans from Honan and 

 the neighboring Provinces, introduced for 

 the use of Department specialists. 



103079. 



No. 



48. 



Shang Tsai. 



103080. 



No. 



52. 



White soybean. 



103081. 



No. 



53. 



Yellow soybean. 



103082. 



No. 



61. 



Lu Yi. 



103083. 



No. 



69. 



Wen Hsuan. 



103084. 



No. 



70. 



Ling Pao. 



103085. 



No. 



71. 



Shi Hua. 



103088. 



No. 



73. 



Wen Hsiang. 



103087. 



No. 



74. 



Tung Hsu. 



103088. 



No. 



78. 



Ming Chuan. 



103089. 



No. 



80. 



Yunan. 



102090. 



No. 



81. 



Sniping. 



103091. 



No. 



89. 



Wu An. 



103092. 



No. 



93. 



Kaifeng. 



103093. 



No. 



101. 



Wai Chuan. 



103094. 



No. 



103. 



Lnkou. 



103095. 



No. 



106. 



Ming Chuan. 



103096. 



No. 



108. 



Kaifeng. 



103097. 



No. 



109. 



Hsin Cheng. 



103098. 



No. 



111. 



Cheng Hsuan. 



103099 to 103106. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds, 

 native to southern Africa, presented by 

 the McGregor Museum, Kimberley. Re- 

 ceived June 8, 1933. 



to 103102. Aloe spp. Liliaceae. 



103099. Aloe broomii Schoenland. 



An erect or ascending plant with a 

 short trunk bearing a dense rosette 

 of ovate-lanceolate unspotted glaucous 

 or reddish leaves up to 5 inches long. 

 The yellow flowers are in a dense 

 raceme on a short thick scape. 



103100. Aloe hereroensis Engler. 



Variety orpeniae. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 102789. 



103101. Aloe pretqriensis Pole Evans. 



An aloe with dense rosettes of taper- 

 ing leaves, usually withered at the red 

 tips, with a stoutish stem 4 to 5 inches 

 in diameter. The dark-brown to black 

 stem is extremely rough and is clothed 

 throughout its entire length by the re- 

 mains of withered leafstalks. The 

 most distinctive feature of the plant 

 is its tall branched inflorescence with 

 dense racemes of bright-scarlet flowers. 



103102. Aloe wickensii Pole Evans. 

 Liliaceae. 



A handsome stemless succulent with 

 a dense rosette of narrow sword-shaped 

 pale-green leaves about 2 feet long and 

 yellow flowers in a dense raceme. 



103103. Arthrosolen polyce p h a l u s 

 (E. Mey.) Meyer. Thymelaeaceae. 



A much-branched shrub 1 to 2 feet 

 high. The linear-lanceolate leaves are 6 

 inches long, and the rich-yellow flowers, 

 in small terminal heads, are surrounded 

 by colored bracts. 



103099 to 103106— Continued. 



103104. Ceratotheca triloba E. Mey^ 

 Pedaliaceae. 



An erect annual plant up to 6 feet 

 high. The obtusely quadrangular stems 

 are hairy, and the coarsely crenate leaves, 



1 to 6 inches long, vary from broadly 

 cordate and three-lobed near the base to 

 lanceolate and sparingly crenate at the 

 top of the plant. The solitary axillary 

 flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, are lilac 

 streaked with purple, and the loosely 

 pubescent capsules, an inch long, have 

 two horns at the tip. 



103105. Rhigozdm brevispinosum : 

 Kuntze. Bignoniaceae. 



An erect spiny shrub 4 to 10 feet high. 

 The oblong to oblanceolate leaves, 1 to 



2 inches long, are tomentose and clustered, 

 at the tips of the branchlets, and the 

 campanulate funnel-shaped yellow or 



white flowers are less than an inch long 

 and are axillary or fascicled in the leaf 

 clusters. 



capense Burm. f. 



103108. Sesamum 

 Pedaliaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 102814. 



103107. Balsamocitetjs paniculate 

 (Schum.) Swingle. Rutaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by J. 

 Voelcker, agricultural botanist, Moor 

 plantation, Hadan, Nigeria. Received 

 June 13, 1933. 



Sanga fruit. A spiny shrub, native to 

 western tropical Africa, with membranous 

 trifoliolate leaves consisting of oblong-ovate 

 leaflets 1 to 3 inches long, small white 

 flowers, and globose woody fruits. 



For previous introduction see ,100912. 



103108 and 103109. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived June 12, 1933. 



103108. Phoebe elongata Nees. Laura- 

 ceae. 



A tree up to 60 feet high, native to 

 tropical America. The elliptic to ovate 

 leaves, 2 to 8 inches long, are glabrous 

 above and slightly pilose beneath, and 

 the small white flowers are borne in 

 axillary clusters. 



103109. Tabebdia heterophylla (DC.) 

 Britton (T. tripJiylla DC). Bignonia- 

 ceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet 

 high, native to the West Indies. The 

 densely lepidote compound leaves are 

 made up of 1 to 5 oblong to obovate- 

 leathery leaflets 1 to 3 inches long, and 

 the pink-and-white funnelform flowers, 2 

 to 3 inches long, are borne in clusters of 

 1 to 20. 



103110. Phoenix pusilla G a e r t n . 

 Phoenieaceae. Bate palm. 



From India. Seeds collected by the sys- 

 tematic botanist of the Madras Presi- 

 dency through the principal of the Agri- 

 cultural College of Coimbatore, and pre- 

 sented through the Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kew, England. Received June 13, 

 1933. 



