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103111 to 103150— Continued. 



armed with straight slender prickles, and 

 leaves composed of 7 to 11 narrowly ob- 

 long leaflets. The solitary purple flow- 

 ers, 2 to 3 inches across, are followed by 

 deep-red, obovoid fruits. 



103141. SOLANUM VERBASCIFOLIUM L. So 



lanaceae. Nightshade. 



C. 130. A shrub or small tree up to 

 30 feet high, with ovate to lanceolate 

 velvety tomentose leaves 6 to 10 inches 

 long and small white flowers followed by 

 yellowish fruits half an inch in diameter. 

 Native to Mexico and established gener- 

 ally in the Tropics. 



103142. Sophoea sp. Fabaceae. 

 C. 172. 



103143. Thalictrum delavayi Franch. 

 Ranunculaceae. Meadowrue. 



B. 127. A slender Chinese plant 2 to 

 3 feet high, with nodding purple flowers 

 half an inch across. 



For previous introduction see 95602. 



103144. Trollius patulus Salisb. Ran- 

 unculaceae. 



B. 166. A low perennial herb, less 

 than 1 foot high, native to southern 

 Asia. The palmately dissected radical 

 leaves are incised-dentate, and the large 

 golden-yellow flowers are borne on one- 

 flowered scapes. 



103145. Tsdga tunnaxensis (Franch.) 

 Masters. Pinaceae. Yunnan hemlock. 



C. 196. A forest tree up to 150 feet 

 high, with trunks 6 to 7 feet in diam- 

 eter. The branchlets are covered with a 

 rufous-gray pubescence, and the leaves, 

 up to an inch long, are rounded at the 

 apex and have white lines beneath. The 

 small dull cones, 1 inch long, have fewer 

 scales than those of Tsuga chine nsis. 

 Native to western China at 11,000 feet 

 altitude. 



For previous introduction see 100613. 



103146. Vaccinium delavayi Franch. 

 Vacciniaceae. Blueberry. 



C. 35. A bushy shrub with grayish 

 bark, leathery shining-green obovate 

 leaves half an inch long, very small 

 white flowers in small racemes, and small 

 globose capsules. Native to Yunnan. 



For previous introduction see 100615. 



103147. (Undetermined.) 

 C. 76. 



103148. (Undetermined.) 

 C. 93. 



103149. (Undetermined.) 

 C. 129. 



103150. (Undetermined.) 

 C. 258. 



103151 to 103154. Gossypium herba- 

 cetjm L. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by A. Popov, head 

 of the Department of New Cultures and 

 Introduction, through Dr. N. I. Vavilov, 

 director, Institute of Plant Industry, 

 Leningrad. Received June 12, 1933. 



From the Turkistan Plant Breeding Sta- 

 tion ; introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



103151 to 103154— Continued. 



103151. No. 107. 103153. No. 347. 



103152. No. 260. 103154. No. 534. 



103155 to 103173. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm, 



From Ceylon. Seeds presented by T. H. 

 Parsons, curator, Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Peradeniya. Received June 15, 1933. 



103155. Areca concinna Thwaites. 



A pinnate-leaved palm, 8 to 12 feet 

 high, native to Ceylon. The subglabrous 

 leaves, 3 to 4 feet long, are made up of 

 lanceolate leaflets 2 feet long, and the 

 orange-yellow spindle-shaped fruits are 1 

 to 2 inches long. 



103156. Areca triandra Roxb. 



A graceful spineless palm, ultimately 

 .about 25 feet high, usually with several 

 trunks which bear crowns of pinnate 

 leaves 4 to 6 feet in length. The fruits, 

 about the size of an olive, are orange- 

 scarlet. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see 98485. 



103157. Arenga engleri Beccari. 



A cluster palm with no trunk, which 

 suckers from the ground and forms 

 clumps 10 feet across. The pinnae are 

 16 inches long and over an inch wide 

 and are fish-tail shaped. The red fruits 

 are less than an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 99515. 



103158. Calyptrocalyx spicatus (Lam.,) 

 Blume. 



A graceful palm, 30 to 40 feet high, 

 with pinnate leaves and slender spikes 

 of red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 93401. 



103159. Caryota mitis Lour. (C. soholi- 

 fera Mart.). 



A palm, native to the Malay Penin- 

 sula, 15 to 20 feet high, which sends up 

 suckers from the base. The pinnate 

 leaves, 6 to 9 feet long, are divided into 

 wedge-shaped segments, and the globular 

 purple fruits are about the size of a 

 cherry. 



For previous introduction see 93402. 



103160. Caryota ueens L. Toddy palm. 



A palm up to 80 feet high and 18 

 inches in diameter, with twice palmately 

 divided leaves 20 feet long by 12 feet 

 wide, and the segments are curved and 

 drooping. It is native to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



For previous introduction see 99725. 



103161. Chrysalidocarpus madagascabi- 

 ensis Beccari. 



A graceful palm, native to Madagas- 

 car, about 15 feet high, with pinnate 

 leaves 10 feet long, having the segments 

 arranged in fascicles and appearing to 

 be in threes, giving a triangular effect. 



For previous introduction see 93408. 



103162. Pxychosperma sp. 



Palms of this genus have smooth, 

 ringed trunks, crowned at the summit 

 by a dense cluster of pinnate leaves. 



103163. Linoma alba (Bory) O. F. Cook 

 {Biotyosperma alba Wendl.). 



A small palm up to 30 feet high, na- 

 tive to tropical Africa. The pinnate 



