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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103908 to 103927— Continued. 



103923. (Undetermined.) 



Onjilasonde. A timber tree whose 

 pretty dark-brown wood is used for 

 cabinetwork. 



103924. (Undetermined.) 

 Bulbs. 



103925. (Undetermined.) 

 Large bulbs. 



103926. (Undetermined.) 

 Bulbs. 



103927. (Undetermined.) 



Osui. A small tree with hard close- 

 grained wood which resists decay. 



103928 to 103937. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived November 20, 1933. 



103928. Aristolochia brasiliensis Mart, 

 and Zucc. Aristolochiaceae. 



A tropical vine, sometimes growing to 

 a length of 15 feet, with long-stemmed, 

 reniform, heart-shaped leaves 6 to 8 

 inches wide. The large, dingy-yellow 

 flower, with purplish marks, is strongly 

 two-lipped, with the upper lip 4 inches 

 long and purple within, and the lower lip 

 the same length but 5 to 7 inches wide. 

 Native to Brazil. 



103929. Cordia nitida Vahl. Boragina- 

 ceae. Glossy cordia. 



Red manjack or West Indian cherry. 

 A shrubby tree with harsh glossy foliage, 

 white flowers, and red viscid berries 

 which are eaten by the wild doves. 



For previous introduction see 98832. 



Nos. 103930 to 103932 were collected 

 in Mexico by Prof. Juan Balme, botanical 

 explorer. 



103930. Crescentia alata H. B. K. Big- 

 noniaceae. Calabash-tree. 



A sm'all ornamental tree closely allied 

 to G. cujete; it is 10 to 20 feet high, 

 with fascicled trifoliolate leaves. The 

 brownish, rank-scented flowers, borne 

 singly on the trunk, are followed by hard 

 globose fruits about 2 inches in diameter. 

 The tree is occasionally cultivated in the 

 Philippines where it was introduced from 

 Mexico at an early date. 



103931. Ferocactus latispinus (Ha- 

 worth) Britt. and Rose. Cactaceae. 



A stout globular cactus about a foot 

 high, with 10 to 15 white to pink spines 

 arising from each areole. Of these spines 

 the 4 or 5 central ones are much stouter, 

 with one much flattened and hooked. 

 The campanulate flowers, about 1 inch 

 long, are rose to purple. Native to 

 Mexico. 



103932. Ipomoea arborescens Don. Con- 

 volvulaceae. 



An erect woody treelike plant that may 

 reach a height of 15 feet or more. The 

 twigs and oval cordate leaves are fine 

 velvety pubescent, and the white flowers 

 are over 2 inches in diameter. It is 

 native to Mexico and thrives best in 

 cool dry air. 



103933. Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. 

 Anders. Acanthaceae. 



103928 to 103937— Continued. 



An evergreen climbing shrub, 6 to 8 

 feet high, with ovate leaves about 2 

 inches long and solitary blue flowers with 

 orange throats, over an inch long, with 

 stalks about the same length. Native to 

 western tropical Africa. 



Nos. 103934 and 103935 were collected 

 in Mexico by Prof. Juan Balme, botanical 

 explorer. 



103934. Opuntia streptacantha Lem. 

 Cactaceae. Pricklypear. 

 A much-branched cactus, sometimes 15 



feet high, with a trunk 18 inches in 

 diameter. The dark-green, obovate to 

 orbicular joints, about a foot long, are 

 covered with numerous white spines. 

 The orange-yellow flowers, 3 inches 

 across, are followed by dull-red, globular 

 fruits about 2 inches in diameter. Na- 

 tive to central Mexico. 



103935. Pachira insignis (Swartz) Sav. 

 Bombacaceae. 



Variety Rosea. A beautiful tropical 

 tree, native to the West Indies and north- 

 ern South America, which becomes about 

 30 feet tall, with a trunk up to a foot 

 in diameter. The beautiful fragrant 

 flowers, rose-colored in this form and 

 about 7 inches long, are followed by large 

 woody capsules containing numerous edi- 

 ble seeds which look and taste very much 

 like chestnuts. 



For previous introduction see 58582. 



103936. Pinus insularis Endl. Pinaceae. 



Pine. 



A tall three-needle tropical pine which 

 grows on the highlands in the Philippine 

 Islands between 3,000 and 8,000 feet 

 altitude. The flaccid slender leaves are 7 

 to 9 inches long, and the ovoid cones are 

 about 3 inches in length. This lot of seed 

 came originally from the Bureau of 

 Forestry, Manila. 



For previous introduction see 101448. 



103937. Tabebuia guatacan (Seem.) 

 Hemsl. Bignoniaceae. 



Collected in Mexico by Prof. Juan 

 Balme, botanical explorer. A tall tropi- 

 cal tree becoming nearly 100 feet high,, 

 with smooth pale-gray bark and opposite 

 long-stemmed digitately compound leaves 

 with five very large leaflets. The hand- 

 some yellow flowers are 3 inches long. 

 The olive-brown wood is very dense and 

 hard and is used for tool handles, boats, 

 etc. Native from Panama to Guatemala. 



103938. Phyixostachys sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



From Glenn Dale, Md. Plants presented by 

 P. H. Dorsett ; propagated from material 

 collected in China by the late Frank N. 

 Meyer. Received December 11, 1933. 



A hardy bamboo of rapid-spreading habit, 

 12 feet high, with a conspicuous glaucous 

 band beneath each node and the upper half 

 of the internode at first often glaucous. 

 The lower culm sheaths have irregular, ill- 

 defined, brownish-black blotches. The lan- 

 ceolate leaves, of which there are 3 or 4 

 on a branchlet, have usually 5 pairs of 

 secondary veins ; the leaves do not curl so 

 quickly when the branches are cut as do 

 those of most bamboos. 



103939 and 103940. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by J. B. 

 Spingarn, Amenia, N. Y. Received No- 

 vember 21, 1933. 



