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103599 to 103602— Continued. 

 103601. Kalanchoe grandidieri Baill. 



Crassu- 



An arborescent succulent plant, native to 

 Madagascar, with a smooth stem 3 to 6 feet high 

 and entire flat leaves 4 to 6 inches long. At the 

 top of the stem a flower stalk, about 20 inches 

 high, bears a paniclelike cluster of pendulous 

 violet flowers. 



For previous introduction see 77908. 



103602. Poinciana adansonioides Hort. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



Collected in dry limestone soil at Manompetsa. 



A name for which a place of publication and a 

 description have not been found. 



103603 to 103605. 



From the Society Islands. Budsticks and plants 

 presented by Harrison H. Smith, Papeari, 

 Tahiti. Received August 8, 1933. 



103603. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutaceae. 



Grapefruit. 



A variety with green flesh. 



103604. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutaceae. 



Grapefruit. 



A variety with pink flesh of excellent quality, 

 originally from Sarawak. 



103605. Gardenia taitensis DC. Rubiaceae. 



Tiare Tahiti. A spineless tropical shrub with 

 opposite obovate leaves and fragrant white 

 flowers, borne singly in the uppermost leaf axils. 

 It is native to the Society Islands, where it grows 

 to perfection on the low atoll islands. 



103606 to 103623. 



From Tonkin, Indo-China. Seeds grown at the 

 Agricultural Station de Phu-Ho, and presented 

 through the director of the Institute National 

 d'Agronomie Coloniale, Nogent-sur-Marne, 

 France. Received August 3, 1933. 



Caesalpiniaceae. 



103606 to 103609. Cassia spp. 



103606. Cassia absus L. 



An erect annual tropical legume, about 2 

 feet high, with small red-yellow flowers. It 

 is native to India and Egypt. 



For previous introduction see 93765. 



103607. Cassia hirsuta L. 



An erect annual herb covered with long hairs. 

 The compound leaves are made up of 3 to 5 

 pairs of ovate leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, and the 

 yellow flowers are borne in axillary racemes. 

 It is native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 90535. 



103608. Cassia mimosoides L. 



A sensitive plant, with pea-shaped flowers, 

 which does well in poor dry soil. 



For previous introduction see 90546. 



103609. Cassia patellaria DC. 



A subshrubby perennial with densely pubes- 

 cent stems 2 to 3 feet high, native to tropical 

 America. The small oblong-linear leaflets 

 are borne in 10 to 25 pairs, and the inconspicuous 

 flowers are in peduDcled axillary clusters. 



103310. Crotalaria chinensis L. Fabaceae. 



A perennial herb 1 to 2 feet high, native to 

 southeastern Asia. The ascending branches are 

 clothed with long brown silky hairs; the simple 

 linear to oblanceolate leaves are 1 to 2 inches 

 long; and the inconspicuous flowers are in densely 

 capitate terminal clusters of 3 to 6. 



103606 to 103623— Continued. 



103611. Crotalaria uncinella Lam. Fabaceae. 



A much-branched shrub over a foot high, with 

 slender branches and terminate leaves composed 

 of oval-obtuse leaflets. The small flowers, in 

 terminal and axillary racemes, are succeeded by 

 small round pea-shaped pods. Native to the 

 island of Bourbon. 



103612. Flemingia congesta Roxb. Fabaceae. 



An erect shrub 4 to 6 feet high, with angular 

 silky branchlets, native to southeastern Asia. 

 The trifoliolate leaves have broadly lanceolate 

 leaflets 4 to 6 inches long, and the small flowers, 

 covered by the shining pale-brown silky calyx, 

 are in dense oblong racemes 2 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 102760. 



103613 to 103622. Meibomia spp. Fabaceae. 



103613. Meibomia capitata (Brnm.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium capitatum DC). 



A subshrubby shrub native to southeastern 

 Asia. The somewhat leathery trifoliolate 

 leaves have obovate-cuneate leaflets 1 to 2 

 inches long, green above and covered beneath 

 with silky white hairs. The inconspicuous 

 flowers are borne in dense headlike racemes 1 

 to 2 inches long. 



103614. Meibomia cephalotes (Roxb.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium cephalotes Wall.). 



A tall shrub with densely silky, acutely 

 angled, zigzag branches and compact umbels 

 of deep-red flowers. It is native to the tropical 

 zone of the eastern Himalayas. Cattle and 

 goats are said to be fond of the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 86682. 



103615. Meibomia elegans (Lour.) Kuntze. 



A low shrub or herbaceous perennial with 

 villose stems and compound leaves consisting 

 of three ovate-obtuse leaflets, silky hairy be- 

 neath, and 2 to 4 inches long. The small 

 flowers, in dense heads or umbels, are followed 

 by flat three-jointed pods with rounded joints. 

 It is native to Hong Kong. 



103616. Meibomia gangetica (L.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium gangeticum DC). 



A woody herbaceous plant, more or less 

 erect, and 3 to 4 feet high, with oblong leaflets 

 3 to 6 inches long and copious lateral and ter- 

 minal flower clusters. Native to the Hima- 

 layas up to 5,000 feet, and distributed through- 

 out the East Indies and tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 65587. 



103817. Meibomia heterocarpa (L.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium polycarpum DC). 



An erect or suberect undershrub found 

 throughout the Himalayas and Burma at 

 altitudes up to 5,000 feet. All of the shrubby 

 species of this genus are said to contain good 

 fibers, used in some cases for papermaking. 



For previous introduction see 99742. 



103818. Meibomia lasiocarpa (Beauv.) 

 Kuntze (Desmodium latifolium DC.) 



An erect undershrub 3 to 6 feet high, native 

 to southeastern Asia. The branches are densely 

 clothed with short brown pubescence; the 

 single leathery leaflet, 3 to 6 inches long, is 

 ovate with obscurely undulate margins; and 

 the dense spikelike racemes of small flowers are 

 2 to 6 inches long. 



103819. Meibomia mauritiana (Willd.) 

 Kuntze (Desmodium mauritianum DC). 



A much-branched perennial herb 1 to 3 feet 

 high, native to the island of Mauritius. The 

 trifoliolate leaves have firm obovate leaflets 1 

 inch long, and the small red flowers are in 

 racemes 2 to 3 inches long. 



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