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PLANT MATERIAL, INTRODUCED 



103744 to 103746. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by Asaph 

 Grasovsky, Department of Agriculture and 

 Forests, American colony, Jerusalem. Received 

 September 13, 1933. 



Locally developed varieties, introduced for the 

 use of Department specialists. 



103744. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot. 



Ciabisee. From the horticultural station at 

 Jerusalem. 



103745. Prunus sp. 



Karasia. A plum grown in the village of 

 Wallageh. 



103746. Prunus sp. 



Swedah. A plum from the village of Artess. 

 103747 and 103748. 



From Straits Settlements. Seeds presented by the 

 assistant curator, Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 

 Received September 13, 1933. 



103747. Livistona subglobosa (Hassk.) Mart. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A medium-sized palm, native to Java, with 

 palmately divided leaves having segments 10 

 to 12 inches long which are two-parted nearly 

 to the base into linear pendulous lobes. The 

 small, very dark violet fruits, one-half inch in 

 diameter, are borne in a panicle on a spadix about 

 a foot long. 



For previous introduction see 103166. 



103748. Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Burck. 

 Sapotaceae. Guttapercha tree. 



A tree up to 100 feet high, native to the Malay 

 Peninsula, and a source of guttapercha. The 

 oblanceolate coriaceous leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, 

 are dark green above and golden-coppery beneath. 

 The small white flowers, in clusters of 3 to 5 in 

 the axils or on the bare parts of the branches, are 

 followed by oblong red pubescent fruits nearly 

 an inch long. 



103749 Garcinia cornea L. Clusi- 

 aceae. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented by J. E. 

 Higgins, director, Canal Zone Experiment 

 Gardens, Summit. Received September 18, 

 1933. 



A small erect tree native to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. The oblong or oblong-lanceolate leathery 

 shining leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and the round- 

 ish, dull rusty yellow fruits are the size of a small 

 orange. 



103750 to 103765. 



From the Union of South Africa. Trees purchased 

 from H. F. Kothe, Edendale, Natal. Received 

 September 19, 1933. 



Introduced under the following varietal names 

 for the use of Department specialists. 



103750 to 103753. Amygdalus communis L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



103750. Britz. 



103751. Harriott Seedling. 



103752. Mission Princess. 



103753. Rosens Lewelling. 



103754 to 103759. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



103754. Alexander Jewell. 



103755. Bells November. 



103756. Hertzog. 



103750 to 103765— Continued. 



103757. Killiekrankie. 



103758. Schoongezkht. 



103759. Van Rensburg Late. 



103760 to 103764. Malus sylvestris Mill. Mala- 

 ceae. Apple. 



103760. Beyers. 



103761. Ecclenville Pippin. 



103762. Rokewood. 



103763. Statesman. 



103764. Tulis. 



103765. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Alpha. 

 103766. Thalictrum sp. 



aceae. 



Amygdalaceae. 

 Apricot. 



Ranuncul- 

 Meadowrue. 



From Sitkalidak Island, Alaska. Seeds purchased 

 from Walter J. Eyerdam, Seattle, Wash. Re- 

 ceived December 5, 1931. Numbered in 1933. 



103767. Bumelia sp. Sapotaceae. 



From British Guiana. Seeds presented by J. G. 

 Myers, Rupununi Savannas, through David 

 Fairchild. Received September 15, 1933. 



Wichabai tree. A small tropical tree with edible 

 black berries nearly as large as a cherry and green 

 delicious pulp resembling that of a plum. The 

 latex is sticky. 



103768. Ettonymus alatus (Thunb.) 

 Rupr. Celastraceae. 



Winged euonymus. 



From Zenkoku, Chosen. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 

 9, 1929. Numbered in September 1933. 



A spreading shrub up to 5 feet high, with corky 

 branches, sharply toothed elliptic leaves about 2 

 inches long, and clusters of yellow flowers followed 

 by small two-seeded bright-red fruits. 



103769. GORDONIA LASIANTHUS ElllS. 



Theaceae. Loblolly-bay. 



From England. Plants purchased from V. E. 

 Gauntlett & Co., Chiddingfold, Surrey. Re- 

 ceived September 23, 1933. 



An evergreen tree up to 60 feet high, but usually 

 shrubby in cultivation. The obovate-lanceolate 

 leaves, 4 to 6 inches long, have crenate margins, 

 and the large white flowers, appearing in July and 

 August, are 2 to 3 inches across. Native to the 

 southeastern United States. 



103770. (Undetermined.) 



From Annam, Indo-China. Seeds presented by 

 M. Poilane, Institut des Recherches Agrono- 

 miques de 1'Indochine, Division de Botanique 

 Forestiere, Saigon. Received August 12, 1933. 



A shrub that may have value as a stock plant for 

 Coffea arabica. 



103771. Strychnos spinosa Lam. 

 Loganiaceae. Kaffir-orange. 



From Madagascar. Seeds presented by Henri 

 Perrier de la Bathie, Academie Malgache, Tan- 

 anarive. Received September 25, 1933. 



Piriformis. A variety of the Kaffir orange with 

 pear-shaped fruits. This is a low spiny tree, native 

 to tropical M adagascar. The slightly leathery ovate 

 to suborbicular leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, and 

 the small greenish flowers, borne in dense terminal 

 cymes, are followed by orange-red fruits, usually 

 globular, with edible flesh. 



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