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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



104331 to 104343— Continued. 



fruits, three-fourths of an inch long, 

 make this one of the most attractive of 

 all dooryard palms. 



For previous introduction see 102590. 



104332. Astrocaryum aurbum Griseb. 

 and Wendl. 



A palm closely related to Elaeis, with 

 a prickly trunk, pinnately divided 

 leaves of linear-lanceolate segments, 

 shining above and greenish golden be- 

 neath. It is native to Trinidad. 



For previous introduction see 80762. 



104333. Bactris sp. 



These are low pinnate-leaved palms, 

 usually with spiny trunks. 



104334. Bentinckia nicobasica 

 (Kurz.) Beccari. 



An elegant little palm with a habit 

 resembling that of a Kentia ; its native 

 home is the Nicobar Islands. The pin- 

 nate, irregularly divided fronds are 

 large and spreading, and the branched 

 spadix bears small purplish berries. 



For previous introduction see 56530. 



104335. Chrysalidocarpus madagas- 

 cariensis 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 103161. 



104336. Elaeis guineensis Jacq. 



African oil palm. 



coca Lam. 

 Cocaine-tree. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 104192. 



104338 to 104343. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



104338. Maximiliana caribaea Griseb. 

 and Wendl. 



A tall, spineless, pinnate-leaved palm, 

 in general habit resembling the coconut 

 palm. The large pale-green leaves have 

 segments about 3 inches long. Native 

 to St. Kitts, British West Indies. 



104339. Phytelephas karsteni O. F. 

 Cook. 



An ivory palm from the valley of the 

 Magdalena River, Colombia, with no 

 trunk. The numerous large pinnate 

 leaves, with 80 to 100 pairs of pinnae, 

 have no petioles. 



104340. Ptychosperma sp. 



The ptychospermas are pinnate-leaved 

 palms, native to the tropical islands of 

 the Pacific Ocean. 



104341. Rhyticocos amara (Jacq.) 

 Beccari. 



A tall slender perfectly straight 

 feather palm 50 feet high, with leaves 

 15 feet long. The golden-yellow fruits, 

 2 inches long by over 1 inch wide, are 

 covered with a pulp filled with long 

 fibers. This pulp ferments easily and 

 develops butyric acid. The seed is 

 large and of the characteristic coconut 

 shape. 



For previous introduction see 99631. 



104337. Erythroxylon 

 Erythroxylaceae. 



104331 to 104343— Continued. 



104342. Seaforthia elegans R. Br. 



A palm up to 30 feet high, native to 

 the southern coast of Australia and the 

 neighboring islands. The dark-green, 

 pinnate fronds are 15 feet long, and the 

 small fruits are oval and very fibrous. 



For previous introduction see 96490. 



104343. Styloma pacifica (Seem, 

 and Wendl.) O. F. Cook. 



Fiji fan palm. 



Variety longipedunculata. A form 

 with longer peduncles. A fan palm, 

 native to the Fiji Islands, with a smooth 

 straight trunk up to 30 feet high and a 

 foot in diameter. The nearly circular 

 leaves, 4 feet long by 3 feet wide, are 

 on petioles 3 to 4 feet long and, when 

 young, are densely covered with whitish- 

 brown tomentum, later becoming smooth 

 and deep green. 



For previous introduction see 80192. 



104344. Magnolia splendens Urban. 

 Magnoliaceae. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by Mrs. 

 C. E. Home, of Santurce. San Juan, 

 through T. B. McClelland, Director, Insu- 

 lar Experiment Station, Mayaguez. Re- 

 ceived February 26, 1934. 



A Puerto Rican forest tree 45 to 90 feet 

 high, with oval leathery leaves 3 to 7 inches 

 long and white flowers about 3 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 30912. 



104345 to 104378. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by Sir 

 William Wright Smith, Regius Keeper, 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Re- 

 ceived February 24, 1934. 



104345. C A R A G A N A ARBORESCENS Lam. 



Fabaceae. Siberian pea-tree. 



A deciduous Siberian shrub of erect 

 habit up to 20 feet in height which, by 

 pruning, may be made to take the form of 

 a small tree. The pinnate leaves are about 

 2 inches long, and the small yellow flowers 

 are produced singly on slender stalks. 



For previous introduction see 52691. 



104346. CARAGANA ARBORESCENS CUNEI- 



folia (Dipp.) C. Schneid. Fabaceae. 



A dwarf form of the well-known Sibe- 

 rian pea-tree with the leaflets quite uni- 

 formly wedge-shaped and the flowers on 

 shorter stalks. This form was originally 

 described from Dahuria and Mongolia. 



For previous introduction see 102357. 



104347. Carmichaelia flagelliformis 

 Colenso. Fabaceae. 



A New Zealand shrub about 4 feet high, 

 with stiff slender leaves and short dense 

 axillary fascicles of purplish flowers borne 

 in great profusion. 



For previous introduction see 78920. 



104348. Carmichaelia petriei T. Kirk. 

 Fabaceae. 



A stout leafless shrub. 1 to 6 feet high, 

 with rigid branches and very small pur- 

 plish flowers in lax racemes. Native to 

 New Zealand. 



